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.
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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.
Cast
Main
Sophie Turner as Zara Dunne, a trade processor at Lochmill Capital
Jacob Fortune-Lloyd as DCI Demetrius 'Rhys' Covaci, the lead robbery investigator
Archie Madekwe as Luke Selborn, a trade processor at Lochmill Capital
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
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. 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.
Filming began in London in May 2024.
Release
All six episodes were made available on 21 January 2026 on Prime Video.
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." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 64 out of 100 based on 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. Lucy Mangan of The Guardian awarded the series four stars out of five, praising the cast and writing. Anita Singh in The Telegraph also gave it four out five stars. 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."
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."
