Jacqui Hames

Jacqui Hames
OccupationsJournalist, former police officer
Years active1977–present

Jacqui Hames is an English journalist, television presenter and former police officer.

Career

Jacqui Hames was a presenter of the BBC programme Crimewatch from 1990 until 2007. In 2008, she published Savvy! with Fiona Bruce. In 2012, she gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry after she was a victim of the phone hacking scandal. Hames has since presented programmes on Sky News and the BBC and has appeared on Good Morning Britain, This Morning and LBC.[citation needed]

Personal life

Hames was married to Detective Chief Superintendent Dave Cook.

She is played by Eve Myles in the 2025 ITV drama about the News International phone hacking scandal, The Hack; Cook is played by Robert Carlyle.

References

  1. ↑ "Hacking victim: Stress led to marriage breakdown – CNN". CNN. 29 November 2012. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Tweedie, Neil (30 June 2008). "Meet the guardian angels". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Crimewatch presenter: NotW spied on me because of its links to Daniel Morgan murder case". The Daily Telegraph. 28 February 2012. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "The triple betrayal of Jacqui Hames". Hacked Off. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "Phone-hacking inquiry: Ex-Crimewatch presenter makes legal challenge". BBC News. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "ITV's The Hack cast: All the actors and the real life people they play from David Tennant to Robert Carlyle". Cosmopolitan. 24 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.