Summary
A new TV series called "The Hack" is set to premiere, focusing on journalists who uncovered phone hacking in the media industry. The drama highlights the complicated relationships between the media, police, and politics. Journalist Nick Davies and actor David Tennant are central to the story.
Key Facts
- "The Hack" is a TV series about journalists exposing phone hacking in the media.
- David Tennant stars as real-life journalist Nick Davies.
- The story involves the closure of the News of the World newspaper in 2011 after its phone hacking practices were revealed.
- Journalist Nick Davies reported extensively on the phone hacking scandal.
- The show explores the connections between the press, politics, and police.
- Writer Jack Thorne collaborated with the team from "Mr Bates vs The Post Office" for the new series.
- Phone hacking affected public figures and even included hacking the voicemail of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler.
- Thorne's previous work, "Adolescence," won multiple Emmy Awards.
