![]() ![]() ![]() The Capture, another BBC One offering that is now on iPlayer, follows DI Rachel Carey (Holly Grainger), who finds herself battling corrupt police, politicians and MI5 agents, as she tries to bring the dystopian practice of “correction” – a deep-fake technology used to convict potentially innocent people – into the public realm. Leila Farzad stars as DI Lou Slack, a corrupt Yorkshire detective in search of redemption after becoming involved in the world of organised crime. This week, BBC One aired the finale of Better, its latest contribution to the medium-budget crime mini-drama canon. Increasingly, that formula includes the bent copper. I didn’t care that these shows were often formulaic. I became adept at telling the red-herrings from the genuine clues, and the wrong ’uns from the unfairly accused. W hen I was recovering at home after a brief stint in hospital in 2021, I spent weeks watching British crime dramas. ![]()
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