The Hack is an upcoming British true-crime ITVX television series detailing the News International phone hacking scandal, starring David Tennant, Toby Jones and Robert Carlyle alongside an ensemble cast featuring Steve Pemberton, Eve Myles, Dougray Scott, Lisa McGrillis and Adrian Lester, amongst others.
Set between 2002 and 2012, the series examines two real life stories, the work of Nick Davies, a journalist who uncovered evidence of phone hacking at the News of the World, a now defunct British newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch, as well as the investigation into the murder of Daniel Morgan, a private investigator.
[2][1] Executive producers include Patrick Spence and Jack Thorne alongside Joe Williams for ITV Studios, Lewis Arnold and David Tennant.
[3] Initially reported under the working title Mandrake,[4][1][5] filming locations included Hemel Hempstead, Muswell Hill and Kilburn, London in February and March 2024.
[9] The cast also includes Rose Leslie, Steve Pemberton, Eve Myles, Dougray Scott, Lisa McGrillis, Katherine Kelly, Kevin Doyle, Neil Maskell, Lara Pulver, Lee Ingleby, Pip Torrens, and Adrian Lester.