‘The Capture’ Season 3 Seizes Peacock Release Date
'The Capture' Season 3 has a release date on Peacock, and will be one of the best things you watch this year.
Much like Paramount and HBO Max before it, Peacock is currently in the denial stage that comes before a streaming service is bought out. The people in charge continue talking as if one day, subscribers will suddenly materialize out of thin air and sign up at full price. The people who make the shows keep filming and delivering, even as stealth layoffs decimate the marketing department, ensuring that work will go unwatched. Good shows get picked up, only to wither away from a lack of viewership.
Sadly, this seems to be the fate of The Capture, which stars Holliday Grainger (The Stolen Girl) as DI Rachel Carey, which breezed by announcing an American release date without actually telling anyone. Creator Ben Chanan’s brilliantly all-too-real techno-horror wrapped in police procedural clothing already debuted Seasons 1 and 2 on the NBC streaming service to crickets and silence, and tragically, this looks to be the fate of Season 3 as well.
This is particularly upsetting because The Capture is bloody brilliant. Technically set in the “near future,” it focuses on a deepfake AI technology called “Correction,” which secret government entities use to create video evidence of crimes that didn’t occur to convict people they’re convinced are guilty of crimes they can prosecute. Season 1 introduced the concept with the case of former Lance Corporal Shaun Emery (Callum Turner), who is accused of assaulting and kidnapping his lawyer, complete with CCTV footage, despite it never actually happening. Season 2 focused on MP Isaac Turner (Paapa Essiedu), who has an interview with BBC Newsnight presenter Khadija Khan (Indira Varma) deepfaked in real time.
Here’s the Season 3 synopsis:
How do you protect the truth in a world where lies are daily currency? And with the proliferation of deepfakes, how can we trust what we see? It’s been 12 months since Rachel Carey broadcast a live deepfake of a government minister to the nation, exposing the UK intelligence service’s clandestine video manipulation programme known as Correction.
Amidst an inquiry into the unlawful use of Correction, Carey has become Acting Commander of Counter Terrorism Command, determined to regain the public’s trust in surveillance technology through the new Operation Veritas camera system. Then it happens: a brutal and exceptionally well-coordinated act of terror aimed right at the heart of the British establishment that leaves behind just one witness. The more Carey investigates, the deeper she is drawn into an unfolding geopolitical crisis that infects the British political establishment, the security services, and the media. The conspiracy reaches deep into the State, but just who is pulling the strings?
Holliday Grainger, Ben Miles, Indira Varma, and Paapa Essiedu in 'The Capture' Season 3
Grainger once again leads the cast as DI Carey, with Essiedu (The Lazarus Project) as MP Isaac Turner and Varma (Game of Thrones) as BBC reporter Khadija Khan. The series also co-stars Ben Miles (Douglas is Canceled) as Danny Hart, Lia Williams (The Crown) as Gemma Garland, and Nigel Lindsay (Victoria) as DSI Tom Kendricks, the main heads of the Corrections department. Also returning for Season 3: Ginny Holder (Death in Paradise) as DI Nadia Latif, Tessa Wong (Silent Witness) as DC Chloe Tan, Daisy Waterstone (The Durrells) as Mama Carey, and American Ron Perlman (Hellboy) as CIA agent Frank Napier.
Every season introduces a bevy of guest stars related to the new case, and this one will be no exception. Those joining the cast include Killian Scott (Dublin Murders), Jonathan Aris (Sherlock), Linus Roache (Fellow Travelers), Joe Dempsie (Get Millie Black), Andrew Buchan (Black Doves), Hugh Quarshie (MaryLand), and Amanda Drew (The Gold).
Hugh Quarshie, Lia Williams, Linus Roache, and Ron Pearlman in 'The Capture' Season 3
Series creator Chanan penned all six episodes of Season 3, with directors Anthony Philipson and Johnny Allan splitting helming duties, and produced by Derek Ritchie. Executive producers for Season 3 include Chanan, David Heyman, Rosie Alison & Sue Gibbs for Heyday Television, Tom Coan for Universal International Studios, and Rebecca Ferguson for the BBC.
The Capture season 3 will debut with all episodes on Thursday, June 18, 2026, on Peacock.
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