Holliday Grainger is to star in a new BBC drama.
The 30-year-old actress has joined the cast of BBC One conspiracy thriller ‘The Capture’ as DI Rachel Carey, who is drafted in to investigate Callum Turner’s character Shaun Emery, who is aiming to clear his name after damning CCTV footage emerges from an incident in London.
She said: "I am thrilled to be joining the complex and intriguing world of ‘The Capture’. Ben Chanan’s scripts are totally absorbing – I’m excited to explore the mind of DI Rachel Carey."
Callum added: "’The Capture’ is one of the best things I’ve ever read and I jumped at the chance to join this wonderful team of people. Shaun Emery is an antihero.
"He’s funny yet wounded, complex, visceral and dangerous. The epic journey he goes on was one I wanted to travel."
The six-part series has been written by Ben, who will also direct the project, and he feels "blessed" that Holliday and Callum have joined the cast.
He said: "I am thrilled to have Holliday Grainger and Callum Turner leading our cast. As detective and suspect respectively, Rachel and Shaun must grapple their way through a world of deception and moral uncertainty.
"With Holliday and Callum, I feel blessed to have two such brilliant, dynamic and engaging lead actors taking us on that journey."
The show will see Shaun overturn his conviction for murder in Afghanistan only for CCTV footage to emerge from an incident in London, leaving him fighting for his freedom once again.
Carey must set about investigating the career-defining case, and she will soon learn that the truth is merely a matter of perspective.
Filming for ‘The Capture’ will begin next month.
Holliday Grainger to star in BBC thriller The Capture
