Stonehouse

About Stonehouse

Drama following the life and times of disgraced Labour politician John Stonehouse, a high-flying minister under Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s government vanished from the beach of a large luxury hotel in Florida in November 1974, leaving a neatly folded pile of clothes as he swam into the sea, intent on faking his own death.

Stonehouse is a comedy series made for ITV1. Matthew Macfadyen appears as John Stonehouse, Keeley Hawes as Barbara Stonehouse, Emer Heatley as Sheila Buckley, and Kevin McNally as Harold Wilson.

It reached one season of 3 episodes from January 2023. It is adapted from real events.

Shelv files it under politician, disgraced, miniseries, and politics. It streams on BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, and Britbox Apple TV channel in the United States.

White House Plumbers, Bodyguard, and The Spy make useful companions to Stonehouse, all filed under biography.