Synopsis
Panorama Special in which Robert Peston investigates the questions behind the phone hacking trial which saw David Cameron's former spokesman, Andy Coulson, convicted.
- Programme: Panorama
- Episode: Hacking: Power, Corruption and Lies
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2014
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