Overview
- Episode one airs at 9pm on ITV1 on Wednesday 24 September, with the full series available to stream now on ITVX.
- David Tennant plays investigative reporter Nick Davies, Robert Carlyle portrays DCS Dave Cook, and Toby Jones appears as former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger.
- Set between 2002 and 2012, the drama interweaves The Guardian’s investigation into News of the World phone hacking with the reopened inquiry into Daniel Morgan’s 1987 killing.
- An independent inquiry in 2021 found the Metropolitan Police to be "institutionally corrupt" in its handling of the Morgan case, a backdrop the series explores.
- From the team behind Mr Bates vs The Post Office and written by Jack Thorne, the show examines media power, police links and the role of investigative journalism.