Introduction

The Capture is a British mystery crime-drama series created, written and directed by Ben Chanan, and starring Holliday Grainger, Callum Turner, Laura Haddock, Ben Miles, Paul Ritter and Ron Perlman.

Set in present-day London, Grainger stars as Detective Inspector Rachel Carey, who is assigned to arrest and charge United Kingdom Special Forces Lance Corporal Shaun Emery (Turner), who is looking to clear his name of a horrific crime supposedly captured by CCTV.

Outline Series 01, Episode 03

Emery is questioned about Roberts’s whereabouts by US intelligence officer Frank Napier, who shows him footage of his friend Matt being tortured in the next room. Flynn and Latif leak the redacted CCTV footage online.

Carey’s team is assisted by DSU Gemma Garland from SO15, who Carey recognises as the woman who ordered the redaction. The Eaton Square house is raided by SCO19, but police are unable to find Emery. Carey searches for the earlier footage of him entering, but it is not found.

Emery escapes from the Americans and confronts Marcus Levy, a video engineer who helped with his appeal. Levy tells him that although deepfake technology does exist, there is no way to alter live footage.

However, Levy later meets with Carey and hypothesises that footage of Emery and Roberts could have been delayed slightly then altered, using a passing bus as cover for a transition shot. Emery meets Matt and sees that he has not been tortured. Emery leaves London in Matt’s car, but Matt tips off the police.

Pulling into a scrapyard, Emery discovers Roberts’s body in the boot. Observing his movements on CCTV, and growing suspicious, Carey leaves to confront him.

The Capture Series

You can find a full index of The Capture here.

Production & Filming Details

• Director: Ben Chanan.
• Producers: Rosie Alison, Ben Chanan, Tom Coan, David Heyman, Ben Irving, Tom Winchester, Derek Ritchie, and David Higginson.
• Writer: Ben Chanan.
• Music: Ian Arber and Dave Rowntree.
• Cinematography: Rasmus Arrildt.
• Editors: Kim Gaster, Richard Graham, and Emma Oxley.
• Release Date: 17 September 2019.
• Running Time: 50-60 minutes.
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.

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