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Season 3 – The Capture

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When soldier Shaun Emery's conviction for a murder in Afghanistan is overturned due to flawed video evidence, he returns to life as a free man with his young daughter. But as damning CCTV footage from a night out in London comes to light, Shaun's life takes a shocking turn and he must soon fight for his freedom once more. Detective Inspector Rachel Carey is drafted to investigate Shaun's case, but she quickly learns that disentangling misinformation from truth can sometimes be a matter of perspective. In a post-truth era of deepfakes, alternative facts and ubiquitous surveillance, seeing is deceiving; told through the lens of the intelligence community's extraordinary oversight capability, this conspiracy thriller troubles the timely question of whether we can really believe our eyes.

Critics Reviews

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Carol Midgley The Times (UK) Mar 12
4/5
I thought The Capture might be over-stretching itself with a third series, but here is its big strength: you cannot predict what is going to happen next. Go to Full Review Jack Seale Guardian Mar 9
4/5
The Capture’s dystopia is still one you can believe in. Go to Full Review Anita Singh Daily Telegraph (UK) Mar 9
3/5
Seven years on, series three could not arrive at a better time...but its storylines have become quite ridiculous. Still, if you’re willing to suspend your disbelief and be carried along for the ride, it has its moments. Go to Full Review James Croot The Post NZ 4d
Disturbing and deeply engrossing in equal measure, The Capture offers up a potent cocktail of political conspiracy thriller and fright-inducing contemporary concerns about AI and other disruptive technologies. Go to Full Review Adam Sweeting The Arts Desk Apr 13
4/5
It’s tense, rapid-fire viewing, absorbing enough to let you gloss over some riotous implausibilities which sometimes threaten to tip the entire production over a cliff. Go to Full Review Adam Miller metro.co.uk Apr 13
5/5
The Capture has never been stronger than it is in its third series, and it remains an underrated jewel in the BBC’s crown of police thrillers. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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Carolina C @Caro878 3d S3 is pretty good. Starting to get exciting. Season 1 was definitely the peak, but it’s still a fun show. Highly recommend it. See more David H @RT17081078 May 29 Some really bad melodramatic acting with scarcely believable plotting. The baddies were like cartoon characters they were so badly drawn. Rachel Carey showed an unbelievable naïveté in her role. The underlying premise is interesting but this season ruined the set up in previous seasons. No season four please! See more A S @Waaromzomoeilijk May 16 I thought season 3 was better than previous seasons. I enjoyed the pace of this season and I think they did a excellent job in making the deep fake phenomena accessible and understandable for a large audience. Well done. See more John S @JohnSmithReviews May 11 Previous seasons were alright whilst stretching believability. This season is just plain silly. It’s a struggle to watch because it’s just so ludicrous. See more Dave N @DNeale May 7 Season 1 and 2 were great - surprising but plausible. Season 3 has some great ideas and I really like the overall concept and some of the twists at the end, but the execution was terrible. It just did not feel as plausible and for the majority of the episodes it felt more like an action movie than an intelligent thriller - so much fighting, shooting, with ridiculous superhuman abilities which actually seem entirely unnecessary for the plot - why did they add that whole part to the story? Just to stretch it out more? Why does one of the episodes show us multiple scenes from the episode before, adding even more padding? It is badly paced and badly written, and if you can't figure out who Simon is within 1 minute of hearing about him I don't know what rock you've been living under recently. See more LINDA C @RT86187565 May 6 Truly awful waste of time. Good cast only deserves the 1 star. Fantastical plot, just bad. Disappointing. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Holliday Grainger

Rachel Carey

Killian Scott

Noah Pierson

Indira Varma

Khadija Khan

Ron Perlman

Frank Napier

Ben Miles

Danny Hart

Lia Williams

Gemma Garland

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Mar 8, 2026 Don't Look at the Camera A devastating attack puts Rachel Carey at the heart of a conspiracy deadlier than anything she's encountered yet, as the glare of the deepfake program "Correction" turns squarely on her. Details Episode 2 Aired Mar 15, 2026 Lone Wolves More video evidence of the attack emerges, further isolating Carey from those around her; as pressure builds to find the suspect, she looks for allies in unlikely places. Details Episode 3 Aired Mar 22, 2026 The Scarecrow The tables turn once again for Carey, who is not as in control as she thinks she is; Frank Napier fulfills his duty as a key arrest is made. Details Episode 4 Aired Mar 29, 2026 Kill Switch Whitlock's arrest gives Carey a new lead, but the consequences of her actions come back to haunt her; Pierson finds himself targeted by the forces controlling him. Details Episode 5 Aired Apr 5, 2026 Simon Says Carey finally gets some answers, though not the ones she was looking for; as the scale of the conspiracy becomes clear, Carey makes a surprising decision. Details Episode 6 Aired Apr 12, 2026 Someone to Watch Over Me Carey becomes entangled in an increasingly complex and dangerous situation as she is drawn deeper into Simon's insidious plan; with few allies left to trust, sacrifice is inevitable and Carey must decide how far she'll go to protect the truth. Details

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The Capture — Season 3

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Season Info

Director
Anthony Philipson, Johnny Allan
Executive Producer
Ben Chanan, David Heyman, Rosie Alison, Derek Ritchie, Sue Gibbs, Tom Coan
Screenwriter
Ben Chanan
Network
Peacock
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Mar 8, 2026