CONTEMPORARY THRILLER DRAMA 2026
THE CAPTURE (SERIES 3)
NBC UNIVERSAL/ HEYDAY/ BBC · Costume Designer
DIRECTORS — Anthony Phillipson, Johnny Allan, Ben Chanan
PRODUCER — Derek Ritchie
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS — David Heyman, Rosie Alison, Sue Gibbs, Tom Coan, Rebecca Ferguson, Ben Chanan, Derek Ritchie
S3 COSTUME HIGHLIGHTS REEL
SERIES TRAILER
THE DESIGN
Returning to The Capture for Series 3, having originally designed Series 1, I sought to evolve the show’s distinctive visual identity into a more confident, powerful and controlled world. Set one year later, the costumes reflect the characters’ growing authority and shifting relationships, using precise tailoring, silhouette, texture and colour to create a heightened contemporary realism.
Rachel Carey’s evolving authority sits at the heart of the design. Her wardrobe became stronger, cleaner and more architectural, epitomised by her newly designed green coat, carefully developed through silhouette, proportion and movement. Across Counter Terrorism Command, government, intelligence and operational environments, each character and institution required a distinctive identity while remaining part of a cohesive visual world.
A particular technical challenge was the production’s cold, heavily desaturating camera LUT. Colours had to be deliberately intensified during fittings to retain their intended relationships in the finished image. Combining these carefully controlled palettes with bespoke tailoring, detailed character work and extensive specialist uniforms, the aim was to create a sophisticated visual language in which nothing felt overtly costumed, yet every frame was deliberately composed.
2026 EMBER AWARDS — Nominee, Contemporary Costume Design
“Carey’s green coat – an item of clothing that has become as synonymous with the character as Luther’s tweed jacket and Vera’s brown trench. Such is the power of the coat – selected by costume designer Hayley Nebauer.”
The Independent · Jacob Stolworthy · 8 March 2026
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