Overview

• Episode one airs on ITV1 at 9pm on Wednesday, September 24, with all seven episodes available to stream now on ITVX.
• David Tennant plays Guardian reporter Nick Davies, Robert Carlyle portrays former DCS Dave Cook, and Toby Jones appears as ex‑Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger.
• The series revisits how News of the World used illegal voicemail interception targeting celebrities, politicians and royals, with 2011 revelations including Milly Dowler leading to the paper’s closure.
• It examines the unsolved 1987 murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan and the role of Jonathan Rees, later revealed to have supplied illegally obtained information to the tabloid.
• Created by writer Jack Thorne with contributions from Annalisa Dinnella, the drama comes from producers behind Mr Bates vs The Post Office and presents a twin narrative of investigative journalism and institutional failure.