The Capture

About The Capture

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 when 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 again.

The Capture is a crime and mystery series made for BBC One. Holliday Grainger stars as DI Rachel Carey, Ben Miles as Commander Danny Hart, Ron Perlman as Frank Napier, and Paapa Essiedu as Isaac Turner MP.

It has run to 3 seasons and 18 episodes since September 2019. That is around 6 episodes a season.

Shelv files it under mysterious, shocking, powerful, and cerebral. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Peacock Premium. It scores 7.6 out of 10 from 355 TMDB voters and it carries a TV-MA rating.

Designated Survivor, The Diplomat, and The Bletchley Circle make useful companions to The Capture, all filed under thriller.