Overview
- Episode 1 aired on ITV1 on September 24, with remaining episodes set for Wednesdays at 9pm and all seven available to binge on ITVX and STV Player.
- The series interweaves Guardian journalist Nick Davies’s reporting on phone hacking with DCS Dave Cook’s inquiry into Daniel Morgan’s 1987 murder.
- Viewers praised David Tennant’s portrayal of Davies but some criticised fourth‑wall narration and found the opening complex, while others reported being hooked and binge‑watching.
- David Tennant, Robert Carlyle and Toby Jones lead a large cast that includes Steve Pemberton as Rupert Murdoch and features figures central to the period.
- Background context highlighted in coverage notes that phone hacking extended to victims including Milly Dowler and that a 2021 inquiry deemed the Met’s handling of the Morgan case "institutionally corrupt."