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.
About the cast
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.
Watching The Hack on Ktime
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.