Episode

The Hack: Episode 5

Name: The Hack: Episode 5
Released: 2025-10-22
Duration: 51 min
Cast: David Tennant, Toby Jones, Robert Carlyle, Rose Leslie, Steve Pemberton

The HackMiniseries2025-10-22

Overview

With Andy Coulson now in Downing Street, Nick teams up with the New York Times, while Dave Cook is challenged in court over the Morgan investigation.

Details

Series: The Hack
Season: Season 1
Episode: Episode 5
Air date: 2025-10-22
Runtime: 51 min

Episode context

Episode 5 is Episode 5 in Miniseries of The Hack. It aired on 2025-10-22. The runtime is 51 min.

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Episode 4 2025-10-15 | 48 min When a new witness comes forward, DCS Dave Cook is drawn back into the Daniel Morgan investigation.

Episode 6 2025-10-29 | 49 min Dave finds strength from a surprising new ally, while Nick is drawn back into the fight and discovers disturbing new information that could change the hacking scandal completely.

More episodes from this season

Episode 3 2025-10-08 | 49 min Nick fights to protect his editor and his newspaper from a Fleet Street backlash, while forming new alliances and coming into conflict with Scotland Yard.

Episode 7 2025-11-05 | 49 min As the hacking scandal finally explodes and Rupert Murdoch prepares to face Parliament, Nick, Dave, and their allies face new threats.

Episode 2 2025-10-01 | 50 min DCS Dave Cook takes on the most-investigated unsolved murder in the history of the Met and uncovers troubling links to Fleet Street.

Episode 1 2025-09-24 | 48 min Following a tip from an anonymous source, journalist Nick Davies investigates reports of endemic phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World.