Stonehouse (TV series)

Stonehouse
Screenplay by	John Preston
Directed by	Jon S Baird
Starring	Matthew Macfadyen Keeley Hawes
Theme music composer	Rolfe Kent
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	3
Production
Executive producers	Jon S Baird Jess Cameron-Lewis Ellie Wood Ruth Kenley-Letts
Cinematography	Mark Wolf
Editor	Steven Worsley
Production companies	Snowed-In Productions UK Indie Films
Original release
Network	ITVX

Stonehouse is a British television series dramatising the life and times of disgraced British government minister John Stonehouse first broadcast on January 2, 2023. 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 British politician John 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.

Cast

• Matthew Macfadyen as John Stonehouse
• Keeley Hawes as Barbara Smith/Stonehouse
• Emer Heatley as Sheila Buckley
• Kevin McNally as Harold Wilson
• Dorothy Atkinson as Betty Boothroyd
• Orla Hill as Jane Stonehouse
• Aoife Checkland as Julia Stonehouse
• Archie Barnes as Matthew Stonehouse
• Will Adamsdale as Harry Evans
• Igor Grabuzov as Alexander Marek

Production

Filming took place around Birmingham and Stratford-upon-Avon. The series marked the first time real life husband and wife Macfadyen and Hawes have worked together since the BBC series Ashes to Ashes. Kevin McNally has previously appeared as Harold Wilson in the Kray twins 2015 bio-pic Legend, starring Tom Hardy.

Broadcast

Stonehouse is broadcast in the UK on ITV1 and ITVX in three one-hour episodes on 2, 3 and 4 January 2023 from 9pm.

External links

• Stonehouse at IMDb