The Hack

2025 - 2025

Episode 1

24th September 2025

Episode 1

Following a tip-off, journalist Nick Davies investigates reports of endemic phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World.

Episode 2

1st October 2025

Episode 2

2002: DCS Dave Cook takes on the most-investigated unsolved murder in the Metropolitan Police's history and uncovers worrying links to Fleet Street.

Episode 3

8th October 2025

Episode 3

Nick fights to protect his editor and his newspaper from a Fleet Street backlash as he forms new alliances and comes into conflict with Scotland Yard.

Episode 4

15th October 2025

Episode 4

DCS Dave Cook is forced to work with an unlikely ally when he is drawn back into the Daniel Morgan investigation after a new witness comes forward.

Episode 5

22nd October 2025

Episode 5

Nick teams up with the New York Times as Andy Coulson lands in Downing Street, and Dave Cook is challenged in court over the Morgan investigation.

Episode 6

29th October 2025

Episode 6

Dave finds strength from a surprising new ally, and Nick is drawn back into the fight and discovers new information that could change things completely.

Episode 7

5th November 2025

Episode 7

Nick, Dave and their allies face troubling new threats as the hacking scandal explodes and Rupert Murdoch faces Parliament.

Top Cast

David Tennant•Robert Carlyle•Rose Leslie

Director

Lewis Arnold

Writer

Jack Thorne

Set between 2002 and 2012, the drama deftly interweaves two real life stories, the uncovering of phone hacking at the News of the World, and running parallel, the investigation into the unsolved murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan.

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Full Cast

David Tennant Image

David Tennant

Nick Davies

Robert Carlyle Image

Robert Carlyle

DCS Dave Cook

Rose Leslie Image

Rose Leslie

Charlotte Harris

Dougray Scott Image

Dougray Scott

PM Gordon Brown

Toby Jones Image

Toby Jones

Alan Rusbridger

Eve Myles Image

Eve Myles

Jacqui Hames

Steve Pemberton Image

Steve Pemberton

Rupert Murdoch

Katherine Kelly Image

Katherine Kelly

Sheridan McCoid

Kevin Doyle Image

Kevin Doyle

AC John Yates

Neil Maskell Image

Neil Maskell

Glen Campbell

Lee Ingleby Image

Lee Ingleby

David Leigh

Pip Torrens Image

Pip Torrens

Stuart Kuttner

Ron Cook Image

Ron Cook

Max Mosley

George Russo

Glen Mulcaire

Rebecca Front Image

Rebecca Front

DAC Sue Akers

Cara Theobold Image

Cara Theobold

Amelia Hill

Barry Sloane Image

Barry Sloane

DS Ezra Slater

Lisa Dillon Image

Lisa Dillon

Clare Rewcastle Brown

Dolly Gadsdon Image

Dolly Gadsdon

Lily Cook / Ella

Rosalie Craig Image

Rosalie Craig

Rebekah Brooks

Jamie Parker

Robert Mortimer QC

Nadia Albina Image

Nadia Albina

Gill Phillips

Sean Pertwee Image

Sean Pertwee

Sean Hoare

Sophie Bould

Nick Davies' Mum

Daniel Ryan Image

Daniel Ryan

Tom Watson

Katie Brayben Image

Katie Brayben

Lindsey Wright

Patrick Baladi Image

Patrick Baladi

John Whitingdale

Charlie Brooks Image

Charlie Brooks

Kim Vian

Terence Maynard Image

Terence Maynard

Rufus Duffy

Jason Done

Phil Davies

Anya McKenna-Bruce Image

Anya McKenna-Bruce

Bacon

Benji Bloom

Beans

Natalie Gavin Image

Natalie Gavin

DC Susan Gangridge

Richard Pepple Image

Richard Pepple

DI Graham Twyler

Ian Burfield Image

Ian Burfield

Sid Fillery

Eileen Nicholas Image

Eileen Nicholas

Isobel Hulsmann

Andrew Whipp Image

Andrew Whipp

Jonathan Rees

Phil Davis Image

Phil Davis

Alastair Morgan

Rocky Marshall Image

Rocky Marshall

Jimmy Cook

Mark Stobbart Image

Mark Stobbart

Andy Coulson

Jonathan Coy Image

Jonathan Coy

Nick Davies' Dad

Jay Simpson Image

Jay Simpson

Glenn Vian

Ricci Harnett Image

Ricci Harnett

Gary Vian

Full Crew

David Tennant Image

David Tennant

Executive Producer

Patrick Spence

Executive Producer

Abi Bach

Producer

Lorne Balfe Image

Lorne Balfe

Original Music Composer

Joshua Pacey

Original Music Composer

Jack Thorne Image

Jack Thorne

Writer

Lewis Arnold

Director

Annalisa D'Innella

Writer

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