The Hack: What Is the True Story Behind the Phone Hacking Scandal?

Robert Carlyle on the hacking scandal that brought down a Murdoch paper

Robert Carlyle plays an integral role in The Hack, co-starring David Tennant, which digs deep into the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.

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Like last year’s Mr Bates vs the Post Office, The Hack (ITV, every Wednesday, 9pm), which Virgin Media One will also be showing soon, dramatises an appalling scandal: the illegal phone hacking carried out by the News of the World.

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The Hack: What is the true story behind the phone hacking scandal?

The Hack stars David Tennant as Guardian journalist Nick Davies, Toby Jones as Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger and Robert Carlyle as Police officer Dave Cook