The BBC’s surveillance thriller returns with a timely and chilling new chapter as The Capture opens one year after Rachel Carey (Holliday Grainger) exposed the intelligence service’s secret video manipulation programme, Correction. Now acting head of SO15, Rachel is preparing to launch Operation Veritas — a revolutionary camera network designed to detect live deep-fakes — with backing from Home Secretary Isaac Turner (Paapa Essiedu) promising a bold new era in counter-terror policing.

But any hope of rebuilding public trust is shattered when a devastating terror attack rocks central London, leaving Rachel as the sole key eyewitness. What follows is a high-stakes investigation that spirals into a geopolitical crisis, pulling her deep into a web of state secrecy, political manoeuvring and media complicity. As the inquiry into Correction continues and the British establishment comes under intense scrutiny, the question at the heart of season three is clear: in an age of manipulated reality, who is really controlling the narrative?

Also starring: Indira Varma as BBC News presenter Khadija Khan, Ben Miles as Danny Hart, Lia Williams as Gemma Garland, Ginny Holder as DI Nadia Latif, and Ron Perlman as CIA agent Frank Napier.

The Capture – 8 March 2026 – BBC One (9pm)

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