Jacqui Hames

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.

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.