The Capture
BBC One | Peacock | Release Date: July 15, 2020
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
19
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The TelegraphAnita Singh Mar 9, 2026
Season 3 Review: The plot holes are wide enough to swallow a cruise liner. But this isn’t a documentary, and if you judge dramas on wanting to stick around and find out where the story is going, The Capture delivers. Read full review
60
The GuardianStuart JeffriesAug 29, 2022
Season 2 Review: Despite the manifold sillinesses, the opening scene in James Kent’s directed episode of Ben Chanan’s drama is done effectively. Read full review
60
The IndependentNick HiltonAug 29, 2022
Season 2 Review: The pacing is excellent, and the action sequences are suspenseful and original. ,,, Yet there are, unfortunately, mistakes here. Essiedu is miscast. ... And Grainger, too, is underused. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergJul 14, 2020
Season 1 Review: It's a twisty journey that starts as a grounded exploration of the Panopticon-esque paranoia of the British surveillance state. That it eventually becomes something convoluted and vaguely silly is a disappointment, but the six hour-long episodes at least kept me curious throughout. Read full review
60
The GuardianLucy ManganApr 16, 2020
Season 1 Review: The question of what she has seen is the carrot that dangles before us, pulling us through the rest of an hour that without it would threaten to be very lacklustre indeed. Read full review
52
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenJul 9, 2020
Season 1 Review: A conspiracy thriller, this 2019 British import offers a whiplash-inducing premiere that goes from, “This is a ridiculous investigation that appears to lack a crime” to “How is that possible?” Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChuck BowenJul 9, 2020
Season 1 Review: A newer element of our surveillance state, social media, is mentioned obligatorily but is barely explored. The Capture sucks the juice out of its pop-cultural reference points, failing to mine our current nightmares on its own terms. Read full review
40
USA TodayKelly LawlerJul 15, 2020
Season 1 Review: Dull and forgettable. ... Feels more Mad Libs than original, a little "Bodyguard," a little "Homeland," a little "Broadchurch" mixed together. Read full review
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