The Capture trailer

Fans of The Night Manager may be disappointed now that series two of the popular drama has come to an end but the BBC has just released a first-look trailer for The Capture ahead of its long-awaited return.

The 20-second teaser for series three premiered on BBC One on Sunday, February 1 following the climax of The Night Manager, starring Tom Hiddleston.

The third series of The Capture reunites Holliday Grainger with Paapa Essiedu as well as Indira Varma, who also starred in The Night Manager.

Series three comes 12 months after Rachel Carey (Grainger) 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.

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Holliday Grainger is back in BBC’s The Capture alongside Paapa Essiedu(Image: Laurence Cendrowicz/Universal International Studios)

And 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? Caught in an increasingly violent situation, and with few allies left to trust, what sacrifices will Carey be willing to make?

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The Night Manager star Indira Varma is in BBC’s The Capture(Image: Laurence Cendrowicz/Universal International Studios)

In the teaser, Rachel says: “The queston we asked ourselves a year ago has become even more urgent. How do we sort fact and fiction? How can we believe what we see?”

The teaser also features returning cast members Paapa Essiedu as Isaac Turner MP, Indira Varma as Newsnight presenter Khadija Khan, Ben Miles as Danny Hart, Lia Williams as Gemma Garland, Ginny Holder as DI Nadia Latif, Nigel Lindsay as DSI Tom Kendricks and Ron Perlman as Frank Napier.

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Hugh Quarshie as Commissioner Cameron Yates(Image: Laurence Cendrowicz/Universal International Studios)

Killian Scott, Joe Dempsie, Andrew Buchan, Hugh Quarshie and Amanda Drew join The Capture series three, alongside returning cast Tessa Wong (DC Chloe Tan), Daisy Waterstone (Abigail Carey) and Andy Nyman (Sir Rowan Gill).

The Capture series three premieres on BBC iPlayer and BBC One this spring. Ahead of this, the first two series of The Capture will return to BBC iPlayer from Friday 13 February.

The Capture is created, written and executive produced by BAFTA award-winning Ben Chanan, who is directing series three along with Anthony Philipson and Johnny Allan.

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The first two series will be available on BBC IPlayer ahead of season 3’s premiere(Image: Laurence Cendrowicz/Universal International Studios)

While viewers have to wait a little while for the premiere, it’s now been confirmed what will be replacing The Night Manager in the prime-time Sunday 9pm slot in the coming weeks.

Launching on Sunday, February 8, is Lord of the Flies. The novel, which secured William Golding the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983, has been brought to the small screen by writer Jack Thorne, whose credits include Adolescence, His Dark Materials, Help, and Enola Holmes.

An ensemble cast featuring more than 30 boys, with many stepping into their first professional acting roles, is headed by Winston Sawyers as Ralph, Lox Pratt as Jack, David McKenna as Piggy and Ike Talbut as Simon. Joining them are fellow castaways Thomas Connor as Roger, Noah and Cassius Flemming as twins Sam and Eric, Cornelius Brandreth as Maurice and Tom Page-Turner as Bill.

The Capture returns to BBC One this spring while series one and two will be available on BBC iPlayer from Friday, February 13