

24/09/2025
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.

David Tennant
as Nick Davies

Robert Carlyle
as DCS Dave Cook

Rose Leslie
as Charlotte Harris

Dougray Scott
as PM Gordon Brown

Toby Jones
as Alan Rusbridger

Eve Myles
as Jacqui Hames

Steve Pemberton
as Rupert Murdoch

Katherine Kelly
as Sheridan McCoid

Kevin Doyle
as AC John Yates

Neil Maskell
as Glen Campbell

Lee Ingleby
as David Leigh

Pip Torrens
as Stuart Kuttner

Ron Cook
as Max Mosley

George Russo
as Glen Mulcaire

Rebecca Front
as DAC Sue Akers

Cara Theobold
as Amelia Hill

Barry Sloane
as DS Ezra Slater

Lisa Dillon
as Clare Rewcastle Brown

Dolly Gadsdon
as Lily Cook / Ella

Rosalie Craig
as Rebekah Brooks

Jamie Parker
as Robert Mortimer QC

Nadia Albina
as Gill Phillips

Sean Pertwee
as Sean Hoare

Sophie Bould
as Nick Davies' Mum

Daniel Ryan
as Tom Watson

Katie Brayben
as Lindsey Wright

Patrick Baladi
as John Whitingdale

Charlie Brooks
as Kim Vian

Terence Maynard
as Rufus Duffy

Jason Done
as Phil Davies

Anya McKenna-Bruce
as Bacon

Benji Bloom
as Beans

Natalie Gavin
as DC Susan Gangridge

Richard Pepple
as DI Graham Twyler

Ian Burfield
as Sid Fillery

Eileen Nicholas
as Isobel Hulsmann

Andrew Whipp
as Jonathan Rees

Phil Davis
as Alastair Morgan

Rocky Marshall
as Jimmy Cook

Mark Stobbart
as Andy Coulson

Jonathan Coy
as Nick Davies' Dad

Jay Simpson
as Glenn Vian

Ricci Harnett
as Gary Vian
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