The infamous News International phone-hacking scandal that led to the closure of British tabloid newspaper The News of the World in 2011 and saw Rupert Murdoch summoned to give evidence in a public hearing, is being dramatized for television.
Thank You & Goodbye (named after The News of the World's final front-page headline) comes from Saub Dibb, the BAFTA-nominated director of hit BBC mini-series The Salisbury Poisonings and Luke Neal, the writer of ITV's hugely popular drama series Des.
Teddy Leifer, the three-time Emmy winning producer whose credits including 2018's Oscar-winning documentary Icarus, will exec produce for his Rise Films.
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