Stonehouse is a British comedy-drama [1] television series dramatising the life and times of disgraced British government minister John Stonehouse, first broadcast from 2 to 4 January 2023. The series starred Matthew Macfadyen and Keeley Hawes and was directed by Jon S. Baird from a script by John Preston .

John Thomson Stonehouse (28 July 1925 – 14 April 1988) was a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician, businessman and minister who was a member of the Cabinet under Prime Minister Harold Wilson. He is remembered for his unsuccessful attempt …

Stonehouse: With Matthew Macfadyen, Simon Greenall, Kevin McNally, Dorothy Atkinson. A British politician fakes his own death.

When family man and high-flying politician John Stonehouse abruptly fakes his own death, he leaves a trail of political and marital intrigue in his wake.

Stonehouse is a town in the Stroud District of Gloucestershire in southwestern England. The town centre is 2.5 miles east of the M5 motorway, junction 13. Stonehouse railway station has a regular train service to London.

Jan 18, 2023 · In November 1974, former British cabinet minister John Stonehouse pretended to drown in the ocean off Miami, and escaped to Australia hoping to start over under a new...

Disgraced Labour minister John Stonehouse, a high-flying member of Harold Wilson's government, vanished from the beach of a large luxury hotel in...

When family man and high-flying politician John Stonehouse abruptly fakes his own death, he leaves a trail of political and marital intrigue in his wake. Matthew Macfadyen stars in this unbelievable true story of John Stonehouse, the British politician who faked his own death.

Jan 1, 2023 · British politician and one-time Labour minister, MP John Stonehouse, ended up faking his own death by pretending to have drowned off the Miami coast in 1974, but then was found to be alive and well when he turned up in Australia!

Emmy award winner Matthew Macfadyen stars as MP John Stonehouse, with Keeley Hawes as Barbara, the loving wife the MP left behind. "Macfadyen and Keeley Hawes are a cheeky, campy delight ... enormously entertaining television."