Director: Lewis Arnold
Cast: David Tennant, Robert Carlyle, Rose Leslie, Dougray Scott, Toby Jones
The Hack is a 2025 British drama series directed by Lewis Arnold, recounting two explosive true stories: journalist Nick Davies exposing widespread phone hacking at a major British tabloid, and the long-stalled murder investigation surrounding private detective Daniel Morgan — a case that implicates police, press, and power.
What is The Hack about?
Two parallel storylines unfold across the series. In one, a tenacious investigative reporter pieces together damning evidence that a top-selling newspaper had been systematically hacking into private voicemails — celebrities, politicians, and ordinary people alike targeted for scoops. In the other, a cold case stretches across decades: Daniel Morgan, a private investigator, was brutally killed in a south London pub car park, and the decades-long effort to bring anyone to justice keeps running into walls of institutional corruption, cover-ups, and compromised policing. Together, both stories paint a damning portrait of how British media and law enforcement failed the public.
Cast & crew
David Tennant and Robert Carlyle lead an exceptional ensemble, joined by Rose Leslie, Dougray Scott, Toby Jones, Eve Myles, and Steve Pemberton — all veteran British television performers. Director Lewis Arnold, known for precise character-driven drama, keeps the pacing taut and the tone appropriately sombre throughout the series.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers and the Iranian diaspora, The Hack resonates on a deeply familiar frequency: stories of journalists silenced, investigations buried, and institutions that protect themselves over the truth. The British phone-hacking scandal and the Daniel Morgan affair share thematic DNA with media-and-state collusion that many diaspora audiences recognise from their own experience. The series is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing, making it fully accessible without needing to follow English subtitles. As a prestige British production with a stellar cast, it also offers diaspora viewers an entry point into one of the United Kingdom's most consequential press scandals.
Where & how to watch
The Hack is available on K-Time with full Persian dubbing — no English required. Stream on your browser, smart TV دستگاه, or Android phone with no VPN and no geo-blocking. Subscribe and cancel anytime.