TRAILER: THE CAPTURE RETURNS TO BBC ONE FOR SECOND SERIES
BBC One, Heyday Television and Universal International Studios’ hit thriller The Capture will return to BBC One and iPlayer for its second series on Sunday 28th August.
BAFTA and Emmy Award nominated Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You, The Lazarus Project) stars as Isaac Turner MP, a young rising star politician with ambitions for the very top, alongside Holliday Grainger (Strike) who reprises her role as DCI Rachel Carey.
Created and written by Ben Chanan, the next instalment of The Capture will again question if we can really believe what we see. Britain is under siege: hacked news feeds, manipulated media, and interference in politics.
Entrenched in the UK’s own ‘Correction’ unit, DCI Rachel Carey (Grainger) finds herself in the middle of a new conspiracy - with a new target. But how can she solve this case when she can’t even trust her closest colleagues?
Escalating from the CCTV thriller of series one, the six-part run features 'invisible' assassins, the terrifying rise of deepfake technology, the ever-growing tension between government and Big Tech, and corruption at the heart of the British media.
Indira Varma (This Way Up, Game of Thrones), Andy Nyman (Hanna, Unforgettable), Charlie Murphy (Peaky Blinders, Happy Valley) and Rob Yang (American Rust, Succession) join the cast for series two.
Alongside Ron Perlman (Hand of God, Sons Of Anarchy), Ben Miles (Devils, V For Vendetta), Lia Williams (The Crown, Riviera), Cavan Clerkin (The Last Kingdom, Babylon), Ginny Holder (Avenue5, MotherFatherSon) and Nigel Lindsay (The Salisbury Poisonings, The Last Kingdom) who reprise their roles from series one.
The first series of The Capture was a big hit for the BBC, growing its live BBC One audience across the series and attracting an average consolidated audience of 7.7 million viewers. On BBC iPlayer, it was 2019’s most requested new title across all genres.
Series two of The Capture will air on BBC One and iPlayer in August. Series one will return to BBC iPlayer in August.