THE CAPTURE (SERIES 1)

NBC UNIVERSAL/ HEYDAY TELEVISION/ BBC · Costume Designer

DIRECTOR — Ben Chanan

PRODUCER — Derek Ritchie

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS — David Heyman, Rosie Alison, Tom Winchester, Tom Coan, Ben Irving, Ben Chanan

SERIES TRAILER

THE DESIGN

My approach to the first series of The Capture began with extensive research into the realities of policing, spending time with detectives in a London police station and working closely with specialist police and counterterrorism advisors. This established an authentic foundation for the show’s complex world of police, military, intelligence and legal institutions. From this grounding in reality, I developed a heightened contemporary aesthetic, using carefully considered tailoring, silhouette and colour to create a world that felt credible yet visually compelling.

Each institutional group was given a distinctive visual identity, with the cooler blues and teals of British policing and counterterrorism contrasting with the greens of the CIA. These controlled palettes were developed in close relationship with the production design, allowing shifts between the show’s various surveillance environments to feel immediately recognisable while contributing to its underlying atmosphere of tension and paranoia.

At the centre of the design was Rachel Carey. As a young, fast-tracked detective navigating an established hierarchy, her wardrobe needed to communicate confidence, ambition and individuality while subtly setting her apart from her colleagues. I developed a sharper, more distinctive silhouette for her, including the green coat and dark green jumpsuit that became defining elements of her Series 1 look. The intention throughout was to create a polished, cinematic visual language that heightened the drama without compromising the authenticity of its characters and their world.

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