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Stonehouse
Screenplay byJohn Preston
Directed byJon S Baird
Starring
Theme music composerRolfe Kent
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes3
Production
Executive producers
  • Jon S Baird
  • Jess Cameron-Lewis
  • Ellie Wood
  • Ruth Kenley-Letts
CinematographyMark Wolf
EditorSteven Worsley
Production companies
  • Snowed-In Productions
  • UK Indie Films
Original release
NetworkITVX
Release2 January, 2023

Stonehouse is an upcoming British television series dramatising the life and times of disgraced government minister John Stonehouse. The series stars Matthew Macfadyen and Keeley Hawes and is directed by Jon S Baird from a script by John Preston.

Synopsis

The series recounts how in November 1974 Stonehouse, Postmaster General in the Harold Wilson government and MP for Walsall North, disappeared from the beach of a luxury hotel in Miami, Florida leaving just a neatly folded pile of clothes behind, after he swam into the sea to fake his own death. However, it became apparent that his reputation had been masking dark secrets.[1]

Cast

Production

Filming took place around Birmingham and Stratford-on-Avon. The series marked the first time real life husband and wife MacFayden and Hawes have worked together since the BBC series Soooks [2] Kevin McNally had previously appeared as Harold Wilson in the Kray twins bio-pic Legend, starring Tom Hardy.[3]

Broadcast

Stonehouse is broadcasted in the UK on ITV and ITVX in three one hour episodes on 2, 3 and 4 January, 2022 from 9pm.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Stonehouse:The true story that inspired the ITV drama starring Matthew MacFayden". The Independent.
  2. ^ "Matthew Macfadyen loved working with wife Keeley Hawes on Stonehouse". Radio Times.
  3. ^ "Matthew Macfadyen in first trailer for Stonehouse, inspired by true story". Radio Times.
  4. ^ "ITV dramatises life of John Stonehouse MP who faked his death in 1974". The Guardian.