David Tennant has teased his “very intense” new ITV drama The Hack.
The upcoming show follows the phone hacking scandal, with the Doctor Who star set to portray real-life investigative journalist Nick Davies.
Speaking on the Off Menu podcast, Tennant opened up about filming the seven-part series, recalling: “That was very intense, just because there's a lot of quite complicated information in that, you know.
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“I'm playing a journalist who sort of broke the case open, and there's just a lot of quite technical stuff. And obviously you have to be very specific on that because there's a lot of lawyers watching to make sure you don't say the wrong thing.
“That was quite a long shoot and that was very intense,” he added, though said he was “very proud to be part of something like that”, noting that “it's one of the stories of our time that needs telling”.
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Davies uncovered evidence of phone hacking at News of the World, which led to the closure of the Rupert Murdoch paper.
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The show will also star Robert Carlyle as former Met Police Detective Chief Superintendent Dave Cook, who led the investigation into the unsolved murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan, and Toby Jones as former The Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger.
Written by Jack Thorne, the show will also feature Inside No.9's Steve Pemberton, Game of Thrones’ Rose Leslie, EastEnders' Charlie Brooks and Trigger Point's Adrian Lester.
“This is a strange and deceptive piece of our recent history,” Thorne previously said. “One with so many layers to it. I thought, as someone who is interested in politics, I understood everything that happened. I did not.
“It’s a fight for the truth that really shocked me. That is why it matters to tell this story now in an age where the truth seems more in danger than ever.”
The Hack will air on ITV and STV and be available for streaming on ITVX and STV Player.
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