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Previously on The Hack.

Think who edited the paper. Think about where he sits now.

I mean, I know Andy Coulson.

Him sitting next to the Prime Minister, that's wrong in every way.

The police have Mulcaire's notebooks.

If we can get them into the public eye we'll see who hired who,

how high this goes, who's being hacked.

Just be safe with yourself. Just be safe.

It's the Daniel Morgan case. We've had

some witnesses finally come forward.

You cannot be taking phone calls from a protected witness.

From today, you will have no further contact with Gary Eaton, whatsoever.

Max, we've got them on the rack. You settle, the whole thing

- gets covered up again. - On the rack with what?

The Murdochs agreed to pay Clifford more than a million pounds.

Our biggest gun was spiked.

Our liberal conservative government will take

Britain in a historic new direction, a direction of hope and unity,

conviction and common purpose.

I'm delighted to be standing here with the new deputy Prime Minister,

and I would like now to invite him to speak to us on what I think

is a remarkable and very welcome day.

Thank you, David. We've just been through an election campaign.

And now we have a coalition.

Until today, we were rivals, and now we're colleagues.

- Is it unusual? - I know it'll cost you.

All that work given to someone else's byline.

Finding it a little bit hard to get my head around.

Look.

BBC are playing it on repeat. I've watched it 15 times

and it was sickening the first time.

Andy Coulson now sits at the right hand side of God.

There's a direct link between number 10 and Murdoch,

I don't like that whisper chain. We need our...

- Our own coalition. - We need allies.

We have allies. I'm assembling a huge team of lawyers.

- People are working together. - No, we need allies in the press.

You don't think I've tried? Nobody will touch it.

Thank you.

Well, they won't on Fleet Street, but I've always

thought a lot of Glen Campbell. I think Panorama will bite.

No, no, no. The BBC won't risk a battle with Murdoch.

But then there's Dispatches, maybe.

Internationally, Bill Keller.

You can't think the New York Times would want to be involved.

Murdoch's hole on the Wall Street Journal

is galling to Bill, I think he could.

I've got resources, of course, but...

Alan, they won't share back.

TV hacks might, but the New York Times.

This will always be your story, Nick.

No, it's bigger than that. Me.

I can't make friends at school. Why not a pen pal?

I get it. Yeah.

Yeah, I get it. It's a good idea.

It's a necessary idea.

Good.

So Nick Davies and the Guardian are losing the exclusive,

but winning the war.

- Steve. - Yeah.

I'm aware

that it has taken a few years

to get to this point, and many of us are eager

to draw these pre-trial hearings to a close.

But I'm afraid, a new matter has arisen

that requires our attention.

Last night, an application was made

by the counsel for the defendants, as regards a possible irregularity

in the conduct of this investigation, in relation

to the prosecution witness, Mr Gary Eaton.

In order to resolve this, it is my view

that we must spend some time hearing evidence directly,

from DCS David Cook, and the officers in his team,

which will begin on Monday.

These rules are ridiculous.

- They are tight on this. - No conferring me colleagues?

I mean, I work with these officers day in, day out.

They don't want you to prepare. It's known as an ambush defence,

And they want me to tell them everything about Gary Eaton?

While the suspects are sitting right there.

If the judge does decide to lose Gary Eaton's evidence,

it would be a a significant setback.

Oh, losing Gary Eaton would be a fucking disaster.

So we do what the judge tells us to.

All you have to do is answer the questions.

Dave will be fine. He's good in the spotlight.

And while you sit in the spotlight, boy scout behaviour.

Day in, day out, agreed? The defence could put you under surveillance.

They could track your car, your phone,

They'd love nothing more than to catch you out.

These men have been under arrest for over a year.

This is a fucking farce. Nothing to do with truth,

nothing to do with justice.

We do the best we can within the system we've got.

What do you call three Pulitzer Prize winners sitting in a row?

A murder? An ambush? An armada?

Do you really call them, "help"?

This is, er, quite something.

- It's remarkable journalism, Nick. - Thank you.

Any chance they're doing it in America, too?

A few suspected names.

Nothing firm. It's all in there.

You have no one on record from News of the World?

- No. - But plenty off the record.

Am I right?

She's trying to get you to reveal who your Mr Apollo is.

Oh, I see, you think he's a News International insider. Interesting.

Em. But no, not sharing.

And frankly, even if I wanted to, he's disappeared.

Do you have an angle? The... You... Paper...

Well, Bill's instincts were, er, Royal Family,

- Murdochs, press intrusion. - In that order?

We'll find our way. It's important no one can say that

we colluded with you or were baby fed just to stand your story up.

You're not here to stand my story up.

- I wasn't saying that. - We further each other's stories.

Anything new we get, we know you're the keeper of the flame.

We'll bring you in.

I might say likewise, but I've given you all I have.

I don't know when this started either.

Em, you might get a call from the New York Times

- in the next few days. - New York Times, fancy.

They're getting involved. We're giving them what we have.

Two newspapers are better than one.

You know, Nick, when I look at the kids who come around for playdates,

I instinctively know who are good at sharing,

- and who aren't and you... - Alan thinks it's a good idea.

- I think it's a good idea. - Oh, you weren't very good

- at sharing at all, were you? - I'm not done.

They'll do their thing.

It actually makes it easier to pursue.

And I was actually quite good at football as a kid, so...

That's what I would have done at your playdate.

I'd have found a ball and kicked it. I didn't care about toys.

Anyway, I have an idea.

So Harry Evans wrote in his memoir about a plane crash.

I don't know Harry Evans.

Editor of the Sunday Times, from 1967 to '81. Newspaper legend.

Doesn't that mean he worked for Murdoch?

- Oh, they didn't get on. - Murdoch fired him?

Eventually, actually, first he promoted him, gave him editorship.

- So that's not... - And he's the hero in this story?

- I haven't told the story. - But your eyes imply he's the hero.

The DC-10, in Paris, passenger jet.

There was clearly a problem with the manufacture of the plane

- but Harry couldn't print. - Without evidence.

Exactly. So Harry got his reporters to intervene.

Linked the bereaved families with highly effective lawyers

in the US, because US courts were more likely

to order McDonnell Douglas to disclose internal paperwork.

- My plan is to do the same. - Haven't we already tried that

- with Max Clifford? - No. No. Then you

involve me in your case. Very kindly. Now I'm going to recruit for you.

So they bribed Max.

They won't be able to stop an army of people.

If I can get a list of the hacked and encourage them to come forward,

we can flood the courts.

- I can't see you as a footballer. - Fuck off.

Look, Andy Coulson created a culture at the News of the World.

To prove he did so we need to get

as many of his top journalists implicated as possible.

Mulcaire's notes had Clive Goodman's name written

at the top. Court record.

So we can find the other editors who commissioned him.

Come on, it's time to get nuclear, don't you think?

The inevitable dig followed.

I had to identify with the help of my furry friend,

every celebrity, politician, and sports star they'd gone after.

High ranking, the low ranking, the illustrious, the audacious.

And then I had to persuade those people to fight.

Like MP Tessa Jowell.

Yes, I have been spoken to by the police.

All the dirt they had on your ex-husband came from hacking.

And ruined my marriage, I am aware.

I'd like to publish an article about your experiences,

and I'd like you to consider pursuing it further in court.

- I have good lawyer recommendations. - But that would mean stirring it up.

We've struggled enough. Please, leave it alone.

I had proof that Charles Clarke had been hacked.

I told a friend who knew him to tell him.

- My friend said... - He's not willing to engage.

With Charlotte's help, I identified a dozen law firms who specialised

in representing celebrities. I contacted all of them.

I wish I could tell you their names.

- I'm getting nothing. - Nothing?

They're busy. They're worried about reviving an embarrassing story.

They can't afford it. But mostly...

Mostly, they're frightened.

I've heard rumours about Nicole Kidman.

- Hello, Charlotte. - Nice to meet you.

A charming lawyer. How nice.

Nicole's lawyer is John Kelly.

Have you met John Kelly?

No. She wasn't warned by the police.

And no, she won't be meeting with you

or any other journalist.

Mr Kelly, this is worth pursuing. For Nicole, for all your clients.

It's still a no, I'm afraid.

- A hard no. - Her trustees say no.

Mark Thompson came about because two of his clients,

one of whom was Big Brother's Jade Goody, had been hacked.

Jade had died of cancer.

- They're not interested in pursuing. - Perhaps I could talk to them.

Becuase you're more persuasive than me? I get it. You're desperate.

There is another... someone I can't give you her name.

- We called her "AZP". - She's very angry.

They've ruined her life. She's leaning into all this.

- I'd love to... - Yeah, of course you fucking would.

If she's brave enough to talk more, then you'll hear more. Until then...

- They're just all so scared. - They are profoundly scared.

Mr Cook, do you accept that a number of rules

were broken with regard to Gary Eaton?

- I do. - And the issue for the judge

to decide on is the spirit in which these rules were broken.

Were they broken in bad faith, or was it done transparently

and in the interests of justice?

Those are the two sides that we are litigating at the moment,

- you understand that? - Yes, I do.

Let us begin with your initial meeting with Mr Eaton.

It's been suggested that you led the witness during this conversation.

I think it's important for me to say that I never wanted to meet

with Mr Eaton in the first place.

He insisted he would only speak with me, so I went along.

And the job is to find out if he was valid.

And to do that, you have to ask some probing questions.

"Give me the name of the brothers."

That's hardly a probing question, is it, Mr Cook?

He wasn't interested in any brothers at all, was he?

You gave him the brothers.

I gave him the brothers. I did not give him the name of the brothers.

You were aware at that first meeting of how important it was to

preserve the integrity of the process?

And that's what I thought we were doing, it was all recorded.

And we all have the transcripts here before us.

But that wasn't my question.

It was a simple question.

Let's try another.

Do you accept that by having direct phone conversations with a witness,

you were breaching the sterile corridor system?

Yes, I do. But I would say that this was a particularly

- difficult set of circumstances. - Wasn't difficult at all.

All you had to do was say to this man, "I'm sorry,

"the rules are, I'm not allowed to have direct contact with you.

"You have your own witness protection handler.

"They can sort out any problems you may have,

"but from now on, you must not ring me,

"and if you do, my phone will bar you."

And that is what I did on several occasions.

Did you ever bar Gary Eaton from calling your phone?

It's not always possible on every type of phone.

Are you saying that it's not possible from a Metropolitan Police phone?

It's... It's a terribly, simple question.

He changed his number. I didn't know his number.

I'd like to turn now to the issue of your note taking.

My Lord, between August the 23rd...

...and the 16th of September 2006,

not one of Mr Cook's numerous telephone calls to Eaton

appears on the schedule.

Mr Cook, do you mind telling us

how it is that between the 23rd of August and the 16th September,

you managed to make so many calls without recording any of them?

From memory, the vast majority, if not all,

were to do with Mr Eaton's welfare,

his domestic, stuff like that, nuisance stuff.

But you accept, do you not,

that the court has no way of knowing what was said during these calls?

I accept that. And my Lord, do you mind if I sit down?

- I suffer from vertigo. - Please.

Let us look at tab number nine.

We can see top line...

...that the debrief begins on the 1st of August.

We can see that it's followed the next day

by a call which is 15 minutes long.

That one is logged.

Then, on the 28th of August,

there's a nine-minute call, which is not logged.

Then, on the 1st of September, Eaton suddenly changes his story.

He says for the first time that he was

- at the scene of the murder. - Well, what are you suggesting?

I'm suggesting that that may not be a coincidence, Mr Cook.

I suppose you're going to deny it

and say that it is just a coincidence. You're going

to deny that during these, unlogged calls,

- you were feeding Mr Eaton his story? - And why would I do that?

This case has been causing the Metropolitan Police

untold embarrassment for over two decades.

You were desperate to nail someone.

Of course, if you think you have somebody

who may be an eyewitness, you embrace them with both arms.

But you allowed this dishonest, mentally ill man

to run riot over your investigation.

Not only that, but you manipulated him

because he was easily manipulable.

And because he was your one way of bringing this case back to life

and ending your career with a real coup.

Isn't that what has gone on here, Mr Cook?

You could not be further from the truth, sir.

If you haven't changed your ways.

No chance. Thanks.

Can you still win?

Now that we've lost Gary Eaton, the entire case...

rests on two witnesses. Lindsey Wright,

Jimmy Cook's ex-girlfriend, who is basically a fucking nightmare,

and James Ward, our original supergrass, who's erratic at best.

Nine days they kept me on that stand.

On day one, I really thought I could win.

- Hoped. - Yeah, I remember hope.

I'm sorry they did that to you.

- You didn't deserve it. - Ah, maybe I did.

So, what about you? Can you, erm, win?

Journalism isn't about winning or losing.

It's about the gradual erosion of self-worth.

Alan's given the story to Panorama and the New York Times,

and he's probably right because I can't get anyone

to go to court, which means we can't...

I... I thought I had a way to get to Mulcaire's notes,

I thought I was finally getting somewhere,

but like everything I tried.

What about Jonathan Rees?

Surely he's just as bad as Mulcaire.

He's on trial, if you haven't noticed.

We raided his house a few years ago.

We found invoices on his desk.

Rees to Alex Marunchak and the News of the World.

Rees went to prison for conspiring to pervert the course of justice,

came out and went right back into the employ of News of the World,

while Andy Coulson was the editor.

Under Coulson, News of the World employed a convicted criminal?

Now, this fell into your lap, okay?

You can't quote me.

You can't name Rees.

But you can use this to nail them.

This could get you in serious trouble.

I'm already in serious trouble.

So you're calling Jonathan Rees, "Mr A"?

I think it's my best pseudonym yet.

I can't name him till after the Morgan trial.

It's very tenuous, legally, even to hide him under a pseudonym.

His lawyers can claim contempt of court.

Coulson being in government is a contempt.

- It's a good story. Does it stand up? - My source is solid.

Jonathan Rees was imprisoned

for conspiring to pervert the course of justice.

And the News of the World rehired him.

After he was released from prison while Coulson was editor.

- Feels a good one. - We'll need to give Coulson

- right of reply. - Ugh!

This is the most archaic practice, giving people quotes,

in articles against them. It's just free

- advertising space for their lies. - I think it's necessary.

If we publish his right of reply, we'll be misleading our readers.

Whatever the fight, I think it's better to stick to established

- journalist practice, don't you? - What do you know about journalism?

- You're a lawyer. - Nick. Could you maybe talk to her

- with a bit more respect? - Oh, fuck off, with respect.

- Nick. - Sorry. Sorry, Rufus. Sorry, Gill.

I know how vital you are to all this.

Just... busy time, busy head.

I'll alert some people.

- Go backstairs. - I know this will spread.

The other newspapers, they can't ignore this.

- It has to. - Gill?

If he gets the quote from Coulson, I think we can argue public interest.

- I agree. - Thank you. This is good.

Whoever your source is, this is good.

Would it surprise you to know it didn't spread?

All the other newspapers ignored the Mr A story.

You'll get them next time.

The trouble with next time...

- The trouble with... - You'll get them next time.

- I don't have a next time. - You stupid child.

Nicholas! Nicholas, don't be dramatic, Nicholas.

Let's get a washcloth for that blood, shall we?

I don't have a next time.

Er, Nick Davies.

Nick. It's Jo Becker, New York Times.

Oh, Yeah... I...

- Is now not a good time? - No, it's fine.

- How can I help? - We're going to publish.

- Great. What? - Sean Hoare is going on the record.

- He's a genuine insider. - Oh, more than that,

he's Coulson's friend. They worked the celebrity Bizarre column

that Coulson made his name on. What did he say?

Well, he talked about Coulson a lot.

I had a good relationship with him as it goes.

Yeah, I could do the fuck I wanted

as long as I came in with a good story.

The brief was...

"I don't give a fuck."

The News of the World meetings sound more fun than Guardian ones.

You're not wrong. But I asked him...

Did he know what's going on? Coulson?

The New York Times, over here on this, are they?

- Yes. - Oh... Why?

We want to investigate whether an ethical line has been crossed.

Fuck me, you sound like the Guardian.

You don't think the Guardian are valid?

I think the Guardian are being beautiful beings,

gazing down from their mighty high horses, the pious fucks.

You know? But the thing about you, you see, is that you...

You're foreign, so I like you.

I, personally...

played voicemail recordings to the bastard,

when we worked together at the Sun and the Screws.

You played recordings to Coulson?

Sean, is that on the record?

- I want a New York Mets top. - I'm sorry?

I want a New York Mets top, and then it's on the record.

- Okay. - Yeah?

- Sure. - Great.

So what do you say we go completely crazy

- and have another orange juice? - Thank you.

This is very good.

I don't think they made clear the link with Coulson.

It's good journalism, but it's...

I love an intimate party, Nick, but it is nice, don't you think,

to have at least some other people who want to be there.

This is the New York Times.

It's going to be a lot harder to fight us both.

This matters.

Yeah.

It was an extremely good piece. It...

The way it...

It was extremely good. And what happened next,

Alan was right, it made everybody braver.

Celebrities began to look up.

For instance, Charlotte Harris began to get somewhere with a client.

- Football agent, Sky Andrew. - They offered him £200,000

a year and £1.2 million in free advertising

- for a charity if he'd drop his case. - And?

- He said no. - People were willing to fight.

Most unusual people.

- Hi, Nick Davies. - Max Mosley, I'm a fan of your work.

And then, Max Mosley did something extraordinary.

To be clear, we didn't meet at the Guardian, but this setting will do.

I'd like to back, financially,

anyone wishing to bring a case against the News of the World,

indemnify them against costs and damages.

Max, that could be millions.

I'm guessing you saw it.

Nazi sex orgy, photos of me.

It was not Nazi.

It was consenting, but they didn't care.

I sued, I got a small reward.

I survived.

My son didn't.

A heroin overdose, one year after the story was published.

I'm sorry.

They can attack us.

But when our children are damaged...

But are you sure that this is what you want to spend your fortune on?

You underestimate my fortune, Mr Davies.

And my anger.

The world started to unfurl before us,

the strategy started to work.

Allies were...

Well, not exactly everywhere but gathering. And then...

The game changed, Mark Thompson got in touch.

His client, AZP, you remember AZP?

Well, apparently she loved the New York Times piece

and the Mr A story. And she wanted to meet.

Oh, and, AZP. She is...

Sienna Miller, meet Nick Davies.

- Pleasure to meet you. - Yes. Actor, tabloid magnate.

- Our ace card. - He knows it's coming.

Everyone's been whispering to her to stop. All of Hollywood.

Some roles are being withdrawn.

Others are being promised if she just lets it go.

- But you've decided to keep fighting. - They've also said,

they've told me that there is more muck on me they'd use.

Which is, I mean,

probably true, but I mean, how can they print anything worse?

All the papers are after her.

Can I ask... Sienna, can I ask what happened?

I... I can't go into the... The details.

And I really don't want to pry, but what...

What were they digging for?

Erm...

Seemingly, erm, what, anything about me is, er, interesting.

The restaurants I go to, what I wear, people I meet.

But it seems their attention was particularly grabbed by, I...

I got, er...

I got pregnant and erm... I had a decision.

To make. You understand?

- Mmm. - And...

Well, at that time, when you're... When you're dealing with that,

you need people that you can trust, and I didn't, I didn't trust anyone.

I thought that they were all selling stories about me

because they knew everything.

And I couldn't work out why. I couldn't work out why

anything I told my friends or family

was being leaked. I thought, I mean, I...

I started to, erm...

Yeah. Mmm.

I, er...

The number of people that I trusted grew smaller and smaller

until there was almost no one at all.

I didn't know which way was up. Not anymore. I drank too much,

did all the wrong things, damaged my career, damaged myself.

And they feasted on it.

Was this Mulcaire?

We don't know. We don't know who was doing what.

All we know is the results of it.

The thing that I was most, erm...

sorry about was that I, erm...

I damaged my family.

Once it was all, erm...

I only, basically, told my mum.

And they still found out.

And they published, and I thought it was her.

And the things I said to her, you know.

Must have been horrible.

But I'm a celebrity.

"I chose all this. It's not their fault.

"It's in the public interest." Hmm?

- We're taking this all the way. - Good.

- Mmm-hmm. - Thank you.

We're gonna have to disclose this.

I'm afraid there's no choice.

But I ain't done nothing.

Lindsey, your entire search history's here.

We can see what you searched and when you searched it.

But... I'm allowed to be curious, ain't I?

- Not against the law to be curious. - Look.

You're accusing Jimmy Cook of over 30 separate murders.

And each time you change a statement and say you remember a new murder,

it comes off the back of an Internet search

on how to commit that particular type of murder.

Disclosing this means that we can no longer

put you forward as a witness of truth.

And I'm afraid, Lindsey... I'm afraid we lost

the only other witness who had evidence on Jimmy.

So, your statement,

that was all the prosecution had to go on.

James Frederick William Cook.

- No. - Stand, please.

I direct a verdict of not guilty in respect of count one,

and you are now free to go.

No, no, no, no, no, no. What if he...

Oh, shit! I'm now number one target. You know that?

How could you let this happen?

How could you let this happen?!

- You take sugar? - Er, just half.

And a splash of milk. Thanks.

- Erm, how long you been here then? - Moved in a while ago.

I know, I just haven't the time to...

- There's a sofa coming. - Thanks.

Yeah. I was actually pretty shocked when I heard.

You and Jacqui always seemed... solid.

Ah...

Heard you and Vicky got married, that's great.

We invited you to the wedding, but you never RSVP'd.

Did you?

I'm so... I'm so sorry. It's just that...

I've been... I've been busy, frantic. Work, life.

I know.

It's what you get for having friends who are coppers.

They disappear on you for years on end.

So we're still pals?

But that's not why you're here. You want something.

Alan Rusbridger and the Guardian have been in touch with us

at Panorama. It's the hacking stuff.

But there's also this story on Jonathan Rees

that they've been pushing. I know you've been on Daniel Morgan, so...

Rees is your bag, right?

Oh, I'm sorry. We can talk about other things.

I'll take my BBC hat off.

Genuinely, wanted to see you.

How are you, you know,

coping?

Well, it's strange.

House without kids, pretty quiet.

Think I need to get better at filling in the time.

We should be aiming for

- a coalition of lawyers. - Coalition? Are we in government now?

I have other friendly lawyers with very high profile clients.

- I do actually know who you're... - With the Sky Andrew case

still progressing under your watch, he's still not accepting their terms.

- No. - Max Mosley has promised

to financially back any client who comes forward.

Surely we can encourage them all to come forward.

Nick, breathe. Okay?

You are constantly swaying between utter despair,

and this. It's exhausting.

The law takes time.

We are building something. Let it fucking build.

Stop worrying about the New York Times getting there before you.

- This is your case. - Not worried about them.

I don't have Sienna Miller as a client.

You don't have Sean Hoare in your pocket.

But we are all working together. Stop doing that thing with your hands.

I have another one for you, a former politician.

Apparently, he's had sight of Mulcaire's notebook.

Now, I've been reluctant to share him because...

Well, I think he's tricky. But you want everyone, so.

What I'm interested in is in Mulcaire's notebooks.

I have no interest in what it shows but there'll be a name

at the top corner of the notes, someone at News of the World.

Have you read

what the Guardian has written about me, about this case.

Tommy Sheridan, a defamation case which became a perjury case.

Process of disclosure on which allowed him access to Mulcaire

and to his paperwork.

And he's right. The Guardian haven't been kind about him.

What I'm looking to do is to build a case against

Andy Coulson and the culture at the News of the World,

- that the hacking was endemic. - Yes, there's a name.

No, you can't see it. And you certainly can't print it.

I don't trust journalists, Nick.

- Not anymore. - Okay, the name is important because

it undermines the one rogue reporter argument,

which Coulson keeps hiding behind. The more

editors and senior journalists we can implicate,

the more we show them lying.

- Greg Miskiw. - Greg Miskiw. Are you sure?

I didn't tell you and you're not printing.

Greg Miskiw was news editor and later assistant editor.

He's retired now, but he reported directly to Coulson.

- I know who Greg Miskiw is, Nick. - Do you know how significant this is?

- This could blow the lid off. - This has to be off the record.

Do I understand that you're representing yourself in court?

- Yes. - What if I was to help you?

Go on.

There's very little I know a lot about, but this issue is one of them.

I can feed you questions, help with your research, all for nothing.

- For the name in the notebook? - That name is dynamite.

Greg Miskiw is dynamite.

And you can print it because it's been stated in court.

And I have an idea who you should call as a witness.

Go on.

Andy Coulson.

You're a traitor.

Start by asking him about Greg Miskiw.

He'll deny any knowledge.

Mr Coulson, these are the written notes

of the former News of the World employee, Glenn Mulcaire.

Contractor. Not employee.

Mr Coulson, do you recognise the name

at the top left-hand corner of the page?

- It says, "Greg." - This is the big one.

Do you think that name refers to

the former assistant editor, Greg Miskiw?

No. Not to my knowledge. No.

Do you have any knowledge of Greg Miskiw ordering Glenn Mulcaire,

to hack Tommy Sheridan's phone?

Are you telling me that you never ordered,

or were unaware of Greg Miskiw ordering Mr Mulcaire to tap my phone?

No, I had absolutely no knowledge of it, and I...

I... I certainly didn't instruct anyone to do anything of the type.

Interesting, because Sean Hoare in the New York Times...

...stated that he played you hacked voice mails.

I remain confident there is no evidence

to support Mr Hoare's accusations. That's my position.

Do you have any comment on why Mr Hoare

- would have made those accusations? - You should ask Mr Hoare.

How bad was the culture at your newspaper?

I don't accept there was any culture

of phone hacking at the News of The World.

There was one unfortunate case involving Clive Goodman,

and no one was more sorry about it than me.

And that's why I resigned.

Tommy Sheridan?

We got Miskiw's name out there.

It wasn't enough, but we're rattling Coulson's cage.

Well, let's see if this sends him over the edge.

This was lodged in the high court this morning.

Worth mentioning, in real life, he made me go to the courthouse

to pick this up myself.

Possibly not worth mentioning.

- Mulcaire blagged her phone number. - I changed my phone twice,

and somehow they always got it.

It wasn't just her phone they were inside of.

They targeted Sienna's mother, her boyfriend,

his assistant, her publicist.

We analysed my itemised phone bills and then we used them,

to force the police to hand over calls made by Mulcaire.

The police were sitting on this information for four years,

I'll remind you. John Yates, four years.

And then we linked them to the News of the World stories.

There was a name that appeared in the top corner of Glenn's notes.

A name we haven't had before?

A name that could change everything.

Tell me the name.

- Ian Edmondson. - Ian Edmondson?

- He reported directly to Coulson. - Ian Edmondson is the current

news editor of the News of the World.

Just heard. Good work, Nick.

Sheridan?

Oh, Nick. I couldn't get through to you.

- So, well, I don't know how... - Is it the kids?

No. No, no. Erm...

It's about your father. God, I'm so sorry, Nick.

Yeah, Graham?

We found two crates in an old DPS office.

A cleaner found them. It's old evidence on James Ward.

But we told the judge we declared everything on Ward.

I'm sorry.

Huh, bye then.

Now this is the end, right?

Do you want the official answer or the honest answer?

We don't survive this.

I don't understand.

How can they accuse us of withholding evidence

when you didn't even know that the crates existed?

It was a disused police building. Nothing to do with your team, right?

Yeah.

The office was locked for years. Nobody knew anything about it.

But even if we could make the case

that we weren't withholding the files,

the contents...

The details about James Ward

that he didn't originally disclose to us...

If we'd have had the files earlier,

we may have been able to deal with it,

but all of it together, it's...

Years and years and years, gone.

All because someone left some files in the wrong room.

It's like everyone forgot.

All the people in their court.

This was supposed to be about Daniel.

Hi.

- You okay? - Yeah.

I really loved him.

- I know. - He was everything.

It was complicated, but I really loved him.

"The Lord is my Shepherd. I shall not want.

"He makes me lie down in green pastures,

"He leads me beside still waters.

"He restores my soul,

"He leads me in right paths for His name's sake.

"Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil,

"For You are with me, Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

"They comfort me.

"You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies,

"Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me

"all the days of my life,

"and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord, my whole life long."

Hi.

On the 14th of January, 2011, Rebekah Brooks asked her secretary

to find somewhere discreet for her to meet Andy Coulson.

She did so the next day, at 7:45 am.

At the Halkin Hotel in Belgravia.

We don't know what Brooks said to Coulson during that meeting

but we do know that on the 21st of January, Andy Coulson resigned.

He said, "Unfortunately, continued coverage of events

- connected to my old job... - ...at the News of the World,

has made it difficult for me to give the 110% needed in this role.

I stand by what I said about those events.

But when a spokesman needs a spokesman,

it's time to move on. Thank you.

Thank you.

This is the end of a long,

and as I am sure everyone associated with this case will agree,

exhausting road.

In all the years, that I have been a judge,

I have never come across a case

in which there have been so many issues

or such complex issues to be resolved

before a trial could even get underway.

The family will inevitably be disappointed by the outcome.

But they, I think, should be commended

on the dignity with which they have faced these proceedings.

Mr Rees, Mr Fillery, Mr Glenn Vian,

Mr Garry Vian, please stand.

You are free to go.

Verdicts of not guilty have been entered

in all of your cases.

Thank you, all.

Court rise.

Your dad. Yeah.

- He was a nice man. - You didn't know him.

You made him sound nice.

And...

To Andy Coulson.

May he disappear and never come back.

I may as well tell you, we're reporting it.

Tomorrow.

Murdoch's going for full control of BSkyB.

I did hear it was possible.

If he gets that, he'll be able to leverage a serious amount of debt.

Buy more, buy bigger.

- We're talking world domination. - Why are you telling me this?

To remind you it's not over.

Remind me that they cut Coulson loose

to save their BSkyB business.

- It's... It's all a false victory. - Not false at all.

Dissection is a slow process. We tackle them

One limb at a time, and eventually they run out of limbs.

Do they?

I'm tired, Alan.

- I wanna go home. - Agreed.

We rest, we lick our wounds. We take stock.

No, I don't...

I... I don't think... I think on this story,

I think you need to find someone to take over.

Sometimes you need to know when to stop.

It's time to stop. I need to stop.

Sorry.

And I thought a bit of fresh air might be in order.

- No, I'm fine. - You're not.

I'm all right.

No, you're not, mate.

Someone I want you to meet.

He helped me. I think he can help you.

Get showered, get dressed. Not leaving till you do it.

I'm serious.

Okay.

Glen.

David Cook, Gordon Brown. Gordon Brown, David Cook.

I know a lot about you, DCS Cook.

I appreciate you coming all this way.

It's no problem.

I'm interested in hearing more about what's happened to you.

I, er... I think I might be able to help.

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