Line of Duty's Keeley Hawes on working with husband Matthew Macfadyen

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Line of Duty star Keeley Hawes and her husband, Succession's Matthew Macfadyen, will next be seen in an ITV series together.

The real-life couple will play opposite each other in three-part drama Stonehouse, retelling the bizarre story of the disgraced Labour minister (Macfadyen), John Stonehouse, who faked his own death in 1974, leaving his wife (Hawes) and children behind.

Having been married for 18 years sure adds authenticity to Hawes and Macfadyen's performances, with the Bodyguard star saying it was "a joy" to work with her husband again. Related: Line of Duty team announce new crime drama for Channel 4"We just had far too nice a time.

There's this feeling of: 'They're married, how's this going to be?' Ultimately, he's an actor that I would have loved to work with anyway," Hawes told The Guardian. "So yes, it was a joy. "The pair have previously shared the screen in spy drama Spooks between 2002 and 2004 and in 2007 black comedy Death at a Funeral, where they played husband and wife. Related: Line of Duty star's Netflix thriller I Came By couldn't be released at a better timeWritten by John Preston, Stonehouse follows the titular politician, a rising star in the Labour party who was later revealed to be a spy for the Czech Secret Service.