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Just finished "The Hack", the latest in a number of superb recent ITV dramas. Superbly acted by a high-quality cast, it is occasionally a surprisingly emotional depiction of a shameful period in journalism's history. Loved it.

YouTube video by Byline TV After The Hack #2 | with Byline Times & Impress

How is phone hacking connected to one of the most notorious unsolved murders in Britain? Episode 2 of #afterthehack is out now. If you're watching the Hack on ITV 9pm, this is the best companion podcast for all the insights, hot takes and more.

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🎥: The phone-hacking scandal has finally been given the ‘Mr Bates’ treatment by ITV. Will it lead to real accountability?

Watch @arusbridger.bsky.social speak with the creators of the show, including Jack Thorne, the writer behind Adolescence:
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Defenders of Democracy: Nick Davies Nick Davies is a journalist and documentary maker well known for his campaigns to expose injustice and the misuse of power

ITV's drama #TheHack is a must-watch. A great series about the brilliant investigative journalist NickDavies' exposure of the phone hacking scandal. @sussexbylines.co.uk featured him in the first Defenders of Democracy series
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PRP launches call for information as ITV drama The Hack reignites debate on press standards - Press Recognition Panel The ITV true crime drama The Hack has brought phone hacking and its devastating human impact back into the public eye. But while the series is rooted in events of the past, phone hacking cases are sti...

📰 Misreporting. 📸 Intrusion. 🎯 Harmful narratives.

#TheHack may be set in the past, but press harm continues today. How well is the public protected – and what more is needed?

Share your evidence:

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Started watching #theHack on ITV and want more? 'After the Hack', our recap show with @bylinetimes.bsky.social is now out! Weekly episodes on the real politics and behind the scenes goss of the phone hacking scandal, plus what action you can take to build a better media

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PRP launches call for information as ITV drama The Hack reignites debate on press standards - Press Recognition Panel The ITV true crime drama The Hack has brought phone hacking and its devastating human impact back into the public eye. But while the series is rooted in events of the past, phone hacking cases are sti...

📺 Last night’s #TheHack began to tell the story of the phone-hacking scandal. But press harm isn’t confined to history.

📢 We’ve launched our annual Call for Information to gather views on press regulation in the UK.

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Episode one of The Hack (ITV) is theatre by other means: razor-sharp writing, performances that crackle, and David Tennant as Nick Davies slyly stepping through the fourth wall. Journalism meets drama — and it’s electric.

If you enjoyed #TheHack tonight here’s why the story mattered….

The Hack: Why the press isn’t shouting about its own story - Press Recognition Panel Tonight at 9pm, ITV launches The Hack, a major new drama about the phone-hacking scandal. With a heavyweight cast including David Tennant, Robert Carlyle, Toby Jones, Steve Pemberton, Dougray Scott, E...

This matters. #TheHack

If everyone watched The Hack on ITV right now, we could start to repair our media, our discourse & our country. It is TV drama at its absolute best. I know most of this stuff & I’m reeling.

#TheHack shows the best & worst of journalism.

Nick Davies’ tenacity proves why truth-telling matters.

But when journalism strays from its purpose & accountability fails, the human cost is devastating.

This is more than just a history lesson - it's a warning we can’t afford to ignore.

Settling in for #TheHack on ITV1 at 9pm. Are you watching? Or have you already binged the boxset on ITVX?

"I hope you're going to get as angry as we did."

Patrick Spence, executive producer of #TheHack, talks to The Media Show. Have a listen from 30:27.

The Hack: Why the press isn’t shouting about its own story - Press Recognition Panel Tonight at 9pm, ITV launches The Hack, a major new drama about the phone-hacking scandal. With a heavyweight cast including David Tennant, Robert Carlyle, Toby Jones, Steve Pemberton, Dougray Scott, E...

📺 #TheHack starts tonight at 9pm on ITV1 – a major new drama about the phone-hacking scandal.

Unlike Mr Bates vs The Post Office, the build-up has been muted in much of the press. Why?

Read our latest blog:

Me, Toby Jones and a timely reminder of why we need a free press A new drama on the phone-hacking scandal shows us journalism at its worst, but also how reporting can make real change

A new ITV drama on the phone-hacking scandal, featuring @arusbridger.bsky.social played by Toby Jones, shows us journalism at its worst, but also how reporting can make real change.

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"Everyone is deserving of a private life... that's what this robs people of."

David Tennant says UK investigative journalism should be "applauded" but new docudrama #TheHack shows how press standards spiral out of control without accountability.

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‘We should have been shouting about this earlier’: David Tennant on his shocking TV show about phone hacking He went to court over having his phone tapped, and now he’s starring in ITV’s look at the Guardian’s investigation into the scandal. Tennant and writer Jack Thorne open up about this ‘immensely troubl...

🚨 David Tennant will be talking about new phone hacking docudrama The Hack live on ITV1's This Morning at 12:00.

#TheHack starts Wednesday at 9pm on ITV1 with the full box set on ITVX.

The Hack starts Wednesday at 9pm on ITV1 with the full box set on ITVX. Don't miss it! #TheHack

Me, Toby Jones and a timely reminder of why we need a free press A new drama on the phone-hacking scandal shows us journalism at its worst, but also how reporting can make real change

Robert Redford, me, Toby Jones - and a reporter who found corruption in his own backyard. Thoughts on the coming ITV drama, The Hack www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

Consultation on a variation to the fee scheme for regulators under Article 11.3 of the Royal Charter - Press Recognition Panel We are consulting on a variation to the fee scheme for regulators. Article 11.3 of the Royal Charter requires the PRP to prepare, consult publicly upon, and publish a scheme for charging fees (the fee...

We are consulting on a variation to the fee scheme for regulators to give the PRP a limited discretion to waive the requirement to pay in one annual instalment.

The consultation closes at 12:00 on 10 October 2025.

For more information and how to respond 👇

Whose Line Is It Anyway? How Freedom of Speech Gets Used and Abused - Press Recognition Panel Freedom of speech gives the press extraordinary privileges. But those privileges come with responsibility.

IPSO ruled that The Telegraph misled readers by omitting the Muslim Association of Britain's response to a serious claim.

David Davis MP called that undermining press freedom.

Our new blog explains why it's actually about editorial standards.

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🚨 New trailer for ITV phone hacking drama #TheHack, coming this autumn.

It portrays the criminal activity that led to the Leveson Inquiry and the creation of the PRP, set up to protect the public from press abuse.

Sadly, press harm is far from a historic issue.

Whose Line Is It Anyway? How Freedom of Speech Gets Used and Abused - Press Recognition Panel Freedom of speech gives the press extraordinary privileges. But those privileges come with responsibility.

"Freedom of speech gives the press extraordinary privileges. But those privileges come with responsibility."

In our latest blog, we ask what press freedom is for – and why it shouldn’t be used as a shield for sloppy journalism or political spin.

Whose Line Is It Anyway? How Freedom of Speech Gets Used and Abused - Press Recognition Panel Freedom of speech gives the press extraordinary privileges. But those privileges come with responsibility. That principle came into sharp focus on 30 April 2025 when David Davis MP launched a blisteri...

🚨 New blog: Whose Line Is It Anyway?

What happens when press freedom is used to amplify political messaging instead of holding it to account?

A recent IPSO ruling – and the political reaction it sparked – raises bigger questions about freedom of speech, journalism, PR, and public trust.

Walk the Walk: A Call to Action for the Press to Reform in the Public Interest Since Parliament agreed to the creation of the Recognition System following the Leveson Inquiry’s recommendations, a familiar refrain has emerged from a certain section of the press: the claim that th...

If the press is genuinely committed to reform, they must act on IPSO’s own review findings and take steps towards implementing independent press self-regulation.

Read more in our latest blog – it’s time for action! #PressRegulation

The Hack, a new ITV drama about the phone hacking scandal, airs this autumn.

The criminal activity portrayed led to the Leveson Inquiry & creation of the PRP, set up to protect the public from press abuse.

Sadly, press harm is far from a historic issue.

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Walk the Walk: A Call to Action for the Press to Reform in the Public Interest Since Parliament agreed to the creation of the Recognition System following the Leveson Inquiry’s recommendations, a familiar refrain has emerged from a certain section of the press: the claim that th...

IPSO was touted as a ‘tough new regulator’, but it replicates many of the structural deficiencies it was designed to fix.

When will the industry step up to protect the public and allow IPSO to do its job more effectively?

#PressRegulation

4/4 Find out more:

Pressing issues – Making the media work for democracy:
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Press Intrusion and Regulation 2024:
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3/4 The report 'Pressing Issues' includes recommendations for media reform, such as empowering Ofcom as a backstop regulator for the press and closing loopholes in the Online Safety Act.