The Capture cast: Who stars in the BBC One drama?
BBC ONE’S thriller The Capture has returned for another series, after season one proved to be a big hit.
The second series sees the return of some new and old faces to the cast.
Who is in the cast of The Capture on BBC One?
Holliday Grainger as DI Rachel Carey
Holliday Grainger has reprised her role of DI Carey for a second series of The Capture.
Holliday was born and raised in Didsbury, Manchester, and her first acting role was at six years old in the BBC comedy drama series All Quiet On The Preston Front.
She then had TV roles in Casualty, Doctors, Dalziel And Pascoe, Where the Heart Is, Waterloo Road and Merlin as her career began to blossom.
Holliday also jumped into film pretty quickly with her first role in 1997’s The Missing Postman.
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Paapa Essiedu as Isaac Turner
British actor, Paapa Essiedu, joined the season 2 cast of The Capture as the young ambitious MP, Isaac Turner.
Isaac is personally attacked by an unknown threat during his electoral campaign – using deep fake to alter his interviews, so the public turns against him.
The previous main actor, Callum Turner, left the show after the first season, and Paapa takes his place, but as a new character.
Ron Perlman as Frank Napier
US actor Ron Perlman has reprised his role of Frank Napier.
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Despite his appearances in season one where he was able to help Rachel – his character still remains a mystery.
Actor Ron is known for his work with director Guillermo del Toro, having roles in a number of his films, including Cronos, Blade II and Pacific Rim.
His most famous role was as superhero Hellboy in del Toro’s 2000s films.
Cavan Clerkin as DS Patrick Flynn
Actor Cavan Clerkin’s biggest role yet has to be playing Father Pyrlig in The Last Kingdom – a role he has starred in for five years.
Before this, Clerkin has been in Babylon, The Agency, Pulling, Dead Set and Muscle.
However, he is now appearing on our screens in The Capture as DS Patrick Flynn – one of Rachel’s key members in the Homicide squad.
Indira Varma as Khadija Khan
Indira Varma plays Khadija Khan, who is the presenter of Newsnight and a fierce interviewer who doesn’t hold back.
Else where and the actress has an impressive CV.
She has appeared in Game of Thrones, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Amazon Prime Video’s The Legend of Vox Machina, ABC’s For Life, Channel 4’s This Way Up and Prime’s Carnival Row.
Ben Miles as Commander Danny Hart
Ben Mills is best known for his starring role as Patrick Maitland in Coupling, from 2000 to 2004,
He also won acclaim for playing Peter Townsend in the Netflix drama The Crown.
Ben also starred in the critically acclaimed TV drama The Romanoffs.
Who else is starring in Capture?
The series also has some great supporting actors, these include:
- Harry Michell plays Rhys Edwards
- Natalie Dew plays Aliza Clarke
- Charlie Murphy plays Simone Turner
- Lia Williams plays Gemma Garland
- Ginny Holder plays Nadia Latif
What is The Capture on TV?
The six-part thriller continues on Sunday nights on BBC One.
You can catch the action every week on this day at 9pm, with the season expecting to end on October 2, 2022.
Any missed episodes can be watched on the BBC iPlayer.