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The Hack is a forthcoming ITV drama, starring David Tennant and Robert Carlyle.
It focuses upon the phone hacking scandal and the investigation into the unsolved murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan.
Set between 2002 and 2012, the drama deftly interweaves two real-life stories – the work of investigative journalist Nick Davies, played by David Tennant, who uncovered evidence of phone hacking at the News of the World – and running parallel, the story of the investigation into the unsolved murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan, led by former Met Police Detective Chief Superintendent Dave Cook, played by Robert Carlyle, while Toby Jones plays former Editor-in Chief of The Guardian Alan Rusbridger.
Written by BAFTA, Tony and Olivier Award-winning screenwriter Jack Thorne and produced by the team from
Mr Bates vs The Post Office. The drama has been directed by BAFTA Award-winning director Lewis Arnold (Time, Sherwood, The Long Shadow) and is executive produced by BAFTA and RTS Award-winning Patrick Spence (Mr Bates vs The Post Office, A Spy Among Friends, Adult Material), who is the Managing Director of AC Chapter One.
Jack Thorne also is alongside Joe Williams as executive producers, Lewis Arnold and David Tennant. Abi Bach is the series producer. Annalisa Dinnella has written one of the episodes and is co-writing two of the episodes with Jack Thorne. The Hack is an ITV Studios co-production with Stan in Australia in association with AC Chapter One and One Shoe Films.
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