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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ellie Muir

The Hack: Viewers divided over ‘jarring’ filming technique in new phone-hacking drama starring David Tennant

ITV viewers have been left divided over a “jarring” filming technique used repeatedly in new phone-hacking drama The Hack.

The series, set between 2002 and 2012, which focuses on the phone-hacking scandal that brought about the demise of the News of the World, stars David Tennant as the Guardian journalist Nick Davies, who regularly breaks the fourth wall with short monologues delivered directly to camera.

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