Stop the Press!
David Tennant and Robert Carlyle star in a gripping real-life drama about the phone-hacking scandal
Author: Rebecca Mahoney
David Tennant and Robert Carlyle star in a gripping real-life drama about the phone-hacking scandal
WORDS: REBECCA MAHONEY. PHOTOS: ITV, SHUTTERSTOCK NEW DRAMA The Hack Wednesday, 9pm, ITV1 (box set, ITVX) A series uniting BAFTA-winning Adolescence writer Jack Thorne with the producers behind Mr Bates vs The Post Office is bound to generate buzz. And with the focus on the UK’s infamous phone-hacking scandal, expectations are skyrocketing. Set between 2002 and 2012, seven-part series The Hack is a riveting, unflinching revisit to a dark decade that rocked British media. The action revolves arou...