Actor Hugh Grant has revealed he has been visited by police investigating newspaper phone hacking allegations.

The star claimed he had been shown written documentation with his personal details – and those of people close to him – which had been gleaned by a private detective working for a newspaper.

Appearing on BBC Radio 5 Live this afternoon he said he was still considering whether to take the matter through the courts.

Mr Grant all but declared war on tabloid newspapers and said he hoped they went out of business during the interview.

And he gave his backing to the use of superinjunctions, but admitted they were an “imperfect” way of reserving a level of privacy for those in the public eye.

Last month News International admitted liability over a number of phone hacking cases involving the News Of The World and said it would pay compensation.

Mr Grant told presenter Richard Bacon today: “I also had the cops come round the other day who are now very hot on the criminal case and that’s exciting and I think very big heads will roll soon.”

He said the police had visited “to show me the evidence – all these notes with my PIN numbers, my phone numbers, my friends’, my family’s PIN numbers , bank accounts – all written down by a private detective working for the papers.”