“The truth doesn't die quietly.”
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.
1 season · 7 episodes
S1 E1Episode 1
Sep 24, 202548 min
Following a tip from an anonymous source, journalist Nick Davies investigates reports of endemic phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World.
S1 E2Episode 2
Oct 1, 202550 min
DCS Dave Cook takes on the most-investigated unsolved murder in the history of the Met and uncovers troubling links to Fleet Street.
S1 E3Episode 3
Oct 8, 202549 min
Nick fights to protect his editor and his newspaper from a Fleet Street backlash, while forming new alliances and coming into conflict with Scotland Yard.
S1 E4Episode 4
Oct 15, 202548 min
When a new witness comes forward, DCS Dave Cook is drawn back into the Daniel Morgan investigation.
S1 E5Episode 5
Oct 22, 202551 min
With Andy Coulson now in Downing Street, Nick teams up with the New York Times, while Dave Cook is challenged in court over the Morgan investigation.
S1 E6Episode 6
Oct 29, 202549 min
Dave finds strength from a surprising new ally, while Nick is drawn back into the fight and discovers disturbing new information that could change the hacking scandal completely.
David Tennant
Nick Davies
Toby Jones
Alan Rusbridger
Robert Carlyle
DCS Dave Cook
Rose Leslie
Charlotte Harris
Steve Pemberton
Rupert Murdoch
Eve Myles
Jacqui Hames
Dougray Scott
PM Gordon Brown
Katherine Kelly
Sheridan McCoid
Kevin Doyle
AC John Yates
Neil Maskell
Glen Campbell
Lee Ingleby
David Leigh
Pip Torrens
Stuart Kuttner
