The Hack

Loved this series.

The form was unconventional and the writing was phenomenal, however the main strength of the show is the acting.

David Tennant portrays Nick so beautifully with all those amazing moments of vulnerability that DT is really a master of and Robert Carlyle is just superb. He made Dave absolutely relatable and showed the misery and frustration with utmost expertise. I also really enjoyed Toby Jones, the way he showed love and care for Nick, and Dougray Scott as Gordon Brown was really a master class in acting.

Do watch this show, folks, it's definitely worth it.

This is a very important story and needs to be told. The Hack does the job, but not well enough. The first issue is the bizarre decision to intertwine 2 related stories by telling them in completely different styles. Like combining coronation street and Emmerdale in the same series. Bonkers!

But the thing I think they got wrong was to add humour to the storyline of the New's of the World hacking. This is too serious a story to be made light off. It was easy on the eye but it devalued the importance of the story, which is still not over.

This series has a super all star cast and great performances. But the direction let it down, IMHO.

This is challenging TV, and makes the viewer work to penetrate the webs, layers, and extent of deceits and conspiracy. By focusing the threads the way it does it reveals an unchecked media organisation's breathtakingly shameless and callous disregard for the public interest, and the contemptible private interest and profit/power rationales that drove them.

Although it can be structurally difficult to appreciate how the jigsaw all relates whilst in motion, I think, the overwhelming legacy of this series will be that it forms a lasting thorn in the side of Murdoch and News Corp. The show reveals a truth they can never escape from and that should always be in consideration when we contemplate their 'output' - even as a new generation take the reins of stewardship.

It occurred to me whilst watching, that perhaps this view is shared by the remarkable cast that showed up to lend their weight to ensuring that this story doesn't go away and get buried by zealous PR but stains forever a publisher who clearly lacks the morality and decency required to be a reliable witness for the events of our times, and is instead a self serving propagandist.

Performance 10/10 Production 10/10 Story-telling 8/10 Significance 10/10 The Guardian 11/10 - this establishment has overtaken the NYT as the International Paper of Record and fearlessness. Subscribe.

The Hack is probably the most important TV show you will watch this year. In my view, it is in the public interest that viewers take the time to fully appreciate its 'timely' message and the history it documents by shining light into dark places..

This is brave and uncompromising television, brilliant.

This is a great story about an incredible, dedicated journalist who continued to fight after repeated defeats to expose an incredible level of corruption. I was interested from the beginning, the screenplays gripping with excellent dialogue. David Tennant, Robert Carlyle, and Toby Jones excel in their roles; Tennant especially shines. Gripping, compelling story that should be heard considering the current crackdown on journalists.

Outstanding, the style may be out there for sure but I like it. Excellent storytelling of an atrocious scandal. Opens your eyes to how easily we can be led by those in power, and how they get away with it. And you see it again today, hatred is being carefully stoked, and people get pulled along like puppets. Many don't question it - simple lies feel safer than hard truths, and the comfort of belonging to a "tribe" outweighs the discomfort of doubt. And while communities fracture, the real beneficiaries are those funding the hate. They grow richer, seize more power, and tighten their control. We need more Nicks and Alans.