Paapa Essiedu is set to reprise his role as Isaac Turner in the third series of the BBC thriller The Capture, following his involvement in exposing the covert Correction programme in the previous series. New images released by the BBC show Essiedu alongside Holliday Grainger, who returns as lead character Rachel Carey.
The cast also includes Indira Varma as BBC News presenter Khadija Khan, Hugh Quarshie as Commissioner Cameron Yates, Linus Roache as Colonel Figgis, Ben Miles as Danny Hart, Lia Williams as Gemma Garland, Ginny Holder as DI Nadia Latif, Ron Perlman as CIA agent Frank Napier, Nigel Lindsay as DSI Tom Kendricks, and Tessa Wong as DC Chloe Tan. New additions to the cast include Killian Scott, Jonathan Aris, Joe Dempsie, Andrew Buchan, and Amanda Drew. Daisy Waterstone and Andy Nyman also return as Abigail Carey and Sir Rowan Gill, respectively.
The series is created, written, and executive produced by BAFTA-winning Ben Chanan. It is produced by Heyday Television, part of Universal International Studios, for BBC iPlayer and BBC One. The third series comprises six 60-minute episodes and is directed by Anthony Philipson, Johnny Allan, and Ben Chanan, with Derek Ritchie producing and serving as executive producer.
The plot picks up 12 months after the events of series two, in which Carey broadcast a live deepfake of a government minister, exposing the Correction programme. Now Acting Commander of Counter Terrorism Command, she is working to restore public trust through the new Operation Veritas camera system. A brutal and coordinated act of terror targets the British establishment, leaving only one witness. As Carey investigates, she becomes entangled in a geopolitical crisis affecting the government, security services, and media, with the conspiracy reaching deep into the state.
The Capture series three will air on BBC iPlayer and BBC One this spring, with further broadcast details to be announced.
