A former soldier finds himself at the centre of a dark surveillance plot in BBC1’s new thriller.
NEW DRAMA
The Capture Tue, BBC1 HD, 9pm (NI, 10.35pm)
Get set to enter a murky world of lies, betrayal and corruption in BBC1’s timely new drama The Capture, which examines the extraordinary power of fake news in the ‘post-truth’ era.The opening episode of the six-part conspiracy thriller sees British soldier Shaun Emery (Callum Turner) have his conviction for a murder in Afghanistan overturned due to flawed video evidence.
Yet before Shaun can settle back into his old life with his six-year-old daughter, troubling CCTV footage emerges of him kidnapping someone on the streets of London and the ex-soldier finds himself fighting for his freedom once again.
‘Shaun’s been through a lot in his life,’ says Turner. ‘His parents are dead, the Army abandoned him, his girlfriend left and then he spent six months in jail for a crime he shouldn’t have been convicted of.
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