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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Michael Hogan

‘I’m fully prepared for our dystopian future!’ Holliday Grainger on AI, firearms training and The Capture

Holliday Grainger as Rachel Carey in The Capture.
Fast-track … Holliday Grainger as Rachel Carey in The Capture. Photograph: Laurence Cendrowicz/BBC/Universal International Studios

You’ll never wheel your suitcase through an airport in the same way again. Hit techno-conspiracy drama The Capture makes its long-awaited comeback with a chilling, thrilling opening sequence at Heathrow Terminal 5. When a hostile Russian asset lands in the UK, he hacks CCTV cameras and uses real-time image manipulation to bypass border controls and passport checks. He’s travelling under a deepfake avatar – and let’s just say he’s not in London to visit M&M’s World or see the Paddington musical.

Written and created by former documentary-maker Ben Chanan, The Capture’s ripped-from-the-headlines mix of government AI usage, state-sponsored cyber-attacks, dark web data analytics and deepfake doppelgangers will make you fear for the future. The show’s star Holliday Grainger compares it to “a longform Black Mirror”.

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