Steal (2026 TV series)

Steal
Official release poster
GenreCrime drama
Thriller
Created bySotiris Nikias
Directed by
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Nuala O'Leary
  • Vivien Kenny
Running time50 mins.
Production companies
Original release
NetworkAmazon Prime Video
Release21 January 2026 (2026-01-21)

Steal is a British crime thriller television series created by Sotiris Nikias for Amazon Prime Video, starring Sophie Turner, Archie Madekwe and Jacob Fortune-Lloyd. It centres on the fallout of a robbery at a financial management company. It premiered on 21 January 2026.

Premise

Zara Dunne, an office worker for pension management company Lochmill Capital, is caught up in a major robbery by an armed gang. However, it soon emerges she may have had a key role in the crime.[1]

Cast

Main

Recurring

  • Jonathan Slinger as London, the leader of a team of armed robbers
  • Andrew Howard as Sniper / Morgan Trahern, a member of London's team
  • Ellie James as DI Ellie Lloyd, Covaci's second in command
  • Patrick O'Kane as DSU Duff Nichols, Covaci's supervisor
  • Harry Michell as Milo Carter-Walsh, a senior risk analyst and investment committee member at Lochmill Capital
  • Anastasia Hille as Haley Dunne, an alcoholic psychiatric nurse and Zara's mother
  • Thomas Larkin as Wayne, a risk analyst at Lochmill Capital
  • Sarah Belcher as Kate Shaw, the head of risk management and investment committee member at Lochmill Capital
  • Tara Summers as Sophia, a manager at Lochmill Capital
  • Díana Bermudez as Tall, a member of London's team
  • Spike Leighton as Junior, a member of London's team
  • Yusra Warsama as Glasses, a member of London's team
  • Andrew Koji as Darren Yoshida, a police financial investigator
  • Elòise Thomas as Myrtle Clarke, an intern at Lochmill Capital
  • Tomisin Ajani as Scots, a member of London's team
  • Kadiesha Belgrave as Chioma, a trade processor at Lochmill Capital
  • Dominic Mafham as George Cartwright, the chief investment officer at Lochmill Capital
  • Peter Mullan as Sir Toby Gould, CEO of Gould-Simmons
  • Anna Maxwell Martin as a senior MI5 official
  • Simon Bird as Oliver Davies, a comedian and talk show host
  • Peter de Jersey as Andrew Bains, the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1Fill or KillSam MillerSotiris Nikitas21 January 2026 (2026-01-21)
Trade processor Zara Dunne welcomes intern Myrtle Clarke to Lochmill Capital, a pension fund investment management firm based in The Scalpel. A group of highly trained armed robbers, led by "London", take the office hostage and use phone jammers to prevent outside communication. London's team forces processor Luke to commit trades worth over £4 billion, members of the investment committee to approve them, and Zara to confirm with the custodian bank. This clears out almost all of the firm's capital. Receptionist Donny signals the neighbouring Leadenhall Building for help and is beaten. The robbers flee when the money hits their account and before Greater London Police AFO's arrive. DCI Rhys Covaci is assigned to lead the investigation and tells Zara she is a significant witness. Recovering from a nosebleed, Zara smiles when she overhears colleagues suggesting the robbery was an inside job.
2Face ValueSam MillerSotiris Nikitas21 January 2026 (2026-01-21)
Zara and Luke are revealed to be implicated, and both receive £5 million in Bitcoin instead of the promised £100k for providing their logins. Zara hides her cold wallet at her estranged mother Haley's house. Luke feels pressure after being questioned by Covaci and financial investigator Darren Yoshida. Covaci is told by his superior, DSU Nichols, there is another level to the investigation. Yoshida discovers the money was sent to accounts in the British Virgin Islands. Covaci attends an unlicensed casino to gamble. Luke is surveilled by both the police as well as London and his team. Increasingly paranoid, he calls Covaci and asks to meet him. Zara witnesses robbers Burly, Junior and Sniper kidnap Luke from his flat, but he injures Burly with a screwdriver. She finds a discarded tranquilizer vial with Sniper's bloody fingerprint on it, but is confronted by Covaci who arrives as she leaves the building.
3Short RunSam MillerSotiris Nikitas21 January 2026 (2026-01-21)
In a flashback, Zara and Luke meet with London's team, who claim to be hackers wanting to rob a controversial tobacco fund. They agree to provide their logins for £100k each. Zara claims she was at Luke's flat to check up on him. Covaci has MI5 officer Sam Fitch join his team. Fitch and DI Ellie Lloyd take Zara's statement, but Lloyd becomes suspicious when he tries to pull surveillance on her. Covaci is shown to be in debt to his bookie. Yoshida discovers via unofficial channels the British Virgin Islands accounts are linked to defense contractor Gould-Simmons. Zara lifts Sniper's fingerprint from the vial and threatens London's team with it. Haley steals Zara's cold wallet and demands 20% in exchange for it as she lost her pension. Nichols confirms pressure from above, and urges Covaci recuse himself from the case. Covaci saves Zara from being picked up by MI5, and she confesses her involvement.
4Risk OnHettie MacdonaldPoppy Cogan & Sotiris Nikitas21 January 2026 (2026-01-21)
Zara reluctantly agrees to work with Covaci against MI5 in exchange for protection and leniency. She gives him the fingerprint, and he discovers the abandoned warehouse that London's team worked from. Covaci suggests someone senior at Lochmill is involved. Zara finds information implicating the risk management team. The police link Gould-Simmons to the money after Yoshida leaks his discovery to The Times. Covaci and Fitch interview CEO Sir Toby Gould, who says the money was hacked from his account (along with £147 million of his own funds) shortly after being transferred, and provides bank statements. Sniper becomes paranoid about Zara having his print and the team being confined to a safehouse with Luke by their employer. Luke tries to bribe Sniper to free him, as he has already been paid. Covaci struggles to find an additional £100k to clear his gambling debts. Zara is kidnapped.
5Pay Yourself FirstHettie MacdonaldShyam Popat & Sotiris Nikitas21 January 2026 (2026-01-21)
Zara is taken to an MI5 official, who pressures her to further research and identify the Lochmill insider in exchange for a new identity. Having grown closer, Covaci and Zara sleep together. A further leak implicates the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Andrew Bains, receiving the stolen money. Zara's checks implicate risk analyst Milo Carter-Walsh, who received £20 million. When confronted, he reluctantly gives her the number of who recruited him, which she passes to MI5. They provide her new identity documents and 24 hours to leave the UK. Zara successfully swaps her cold wallet with a decoy, convincing Haley it was wiped when she tried to access it. Sniper kills Junior and takes Luke, and the rest of London's team flees. The fingerprint identifies Sniper as Morgan Trahern, but Covaci and Lloyd arrive at the safehouse after MI5 have raided it. Covaci is suspended. Zara is confronted by Sniper at her flat.
6Dead Cat BounceHettie MacdonaldSotiris Nikitas21 January 2026 (2026-01-21)
Sniper takes Zara's cold wallet and steals Milo's after killing him. After obtaining Milo's access codes at the Lochmill offices, Luke and Zara fight Sniper when he prepares to kill them. Covaci intervenes to save Zara, but is injured when London's team arrives. Zara discovers they don't know who hired them. Luke escapes when Sniper kills his former colleagues. Using Covaci's Taser, Zara is able to kill the injured Sniper, but he implicates the police before dying. The £4 billion is returned to Lochmill Capital after passing through dozens of public figures' accounts, implicating them in using tax havens. Milo is named as the mastermind in the press, with Zara and Luke giving their cold wallets to MI5 to avoid prison. Covaci is fired, and sells his house to pay his debts. He deduces Yoshida, a radical former financier now disillusioned with the wealth system, was behind the operation. They turn down £10 million from him to keep quiet, but Zara reveals she kept a hold of Milo's cold wallet, containing £20 million, for them to share instead.

Production

The series was developed by Drama Republic and created by Nikias, who had previously written thrillers under the pen name Ray Celestin. Sam Miller produced, and directed three episodes.[2] The cast is led by Sophie Turner, Archie Madekwe and Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, and also includes Yusra Warsama, Andrew Howard, Jonathan Slinger and Andrew Koji.[3][4]

Filming began in London in May 2024.[5]

Release

All six episodes were made available on 21 January 2026 on Prime Video.[6][7]

Reception

The series holds a 79% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 33 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Gripping with few narrative gripes, Steal invests in thrilling heist entertainment with stirring performances by Sophie Turner and Archie Madekwe to rousing effect."[8] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 64 out of 100 based on 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[9] Lucy Mangan of The Guardian awarded the series four stars out of five, praising the cast and writing.[10] Anita Singh in The Telegraph also gave it four out five stars.[11] Aramide Tinubu of Variety dubbed the series "an intense watch" and "'Steal' works well because of Turner's fantastic performance. At the core of the series is an unimaginable conspiracy that upends the whole British financial ecosystem. However, the unsettling nail-biter is really about the discontent bubbling just below the surface of society and the extreme things human beings are willing to do to give themselves a chance at the lives they think they deserve."[12]

Angie Han of The Hollywood Reporter was more critical, praising the opening episode as "a pretty slick little thriller" but that "the next five episodes struggle to keep up the momentum. Doing somehow both too much and too little, Steal keeps asking questions past the point where I'd stopped caring about the answers."[13]

References

  1. ^ Pinto, Jordan (13 May 2024). "Sophie Turner to lead Prime Video UK crime drama Haven from Drama Republic". c21media. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  2. ^ Kelley, Adam (10 May 2024). "Sophie Turner to Lead New Heist Series 'Haven'". Collider. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  3. ^ Craig, David (21 January 2026). "Steal cast: Full list of actors in Prime Video thriller". Radio Times. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  4. ^ Kanter, Jake (10 May 2024). "Game Of Thrones' Star Sophie Turner Headlining Amazon Prime Video Heist Series 'Haven' Alongside 'Saltburn' Breakout Archie Madekwe & 'Bodies' Actor Jacob Fortune-Lloyd". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Sophie Turner breaks cover after Joe Jonas divorce confessions". Geo.tv. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Prime Video Sets the Heist in Motion: First Look and Premiere Date for "Steal" Unveiled". The Futon Critic. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  7. ^ Turner, Laura Jane (29 December 2025). "Best shows coming in 2026: The 28 new and returning TV series you absolutely won't want to miss". Digital Spy. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  8. ^ "Steal: Season 1". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  9. ^ "Steal: Season 1". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  10. ^ Mangan, Lucy (21 January 2026). "Steal review – you long for Sophie Turner to triumph in this wild thriller". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  11. ^ Singh, Anita (21 January 2026). "Sophie Turner proves she'll make a great Lara Croft in Amazon's new thriller". The Telegraph. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  12. ^ Tinubu, Aramide (21 January 2026). "Sophie Turner Is Exceptional in Prime Video's Effective Heist Thriller 'Steal': TV Review". Variety. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  13. ^ Han, Angie (20 January 2026). "'Steal' Review: Sophie Turner Stars in an Amazon Thriller That Yields Diminishing Returns". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
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