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Ben Chanan is a British television writer, producer and director. He is best known as the creator and writer of the BBC surveillance thriller The Capture.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Chanan directed and co-wrote the Channel 4 television film Cyberbully (2015), starring Maisie Williams.[3]
In October 2018, trade press reported that Chanan had written and would direct and executive produce the BBC thriller series The Capture for Heyday Television, with Callum Turner and Holliday Grainger cast in lead roles.[4]
The Capture premiered on BBC One in 2019.[5] The series received international distribution, including in the United States, where it ran on Peacock. [6]
Variety reported in 2020 that Chanan created, wrote and directed all six episodes of the first series and would return for the second.[2] The second series aired in 2022, and Chanan discussed the series and its themes in UK press interviews. [7]
In 2025, trade publication Televisual reported that the BBC had ordered a third series of The Capture, describing it as created and written by Chanan, with him also credited as an executive producer.[8] Drama Quarterly later reported further developments about the BBC return of the series. [9]
Works
[edit]Television
[edit]- Cyberbully (Channel 4; 2015) – writer and director [3]
- The Capture (BBC One; 2019– ) – creator, writer and executive producer [1][2][8]
External links
[edit]- Ben Chanan at IMDb
Category:Living people
Category:British television writers
Category:British television producers
Category:British television directors
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "How 'fake news' stories helped to inspire new TV thriller The Capture". The Guardian. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
- ^ a b c Goodfellow, Melanie (3 June 2020). "BBC Orders Second Season of Hit Surveillance Thriller 'The Capture'". Variety. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
- ^ a b "Game of Thrones actor to play cyber-stalking victim for Channel 4". The Guardian. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (30 October 2018). "Callum Turner, Holliday Grainger to lead thriller series 'The Capture' for BBC One, Heyday TV". Screen Daily. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
- ^ White, Peter (17 June 2019). "BBC Unveils First-Look At British Spy Thriller 'The Capture'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
- ^ Hale, Mike (9 July 2020). "Peacock's 'The Capture': TV Review". Variety. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
- ^ Hibbs, James (7 July 2023). "Then You Run writer Ben Chanan on shocking pre-titles sequences". RadioTimes.com. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
- ^ a b "BBC orders third run of The Capture". Televisual. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
- ^ "The Capture nears BBC return". Drama Quarterly. 9 January 2026. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
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