‘Succession’ Actor Matthew Macfadyen, Keeley Hawes Star in ITV, BritBox’s ‘Stonehouse’ – Global Bulletin
variety.comNaman Ramachandran U.K. broadcaster ITV has commissioned real-life drama “Stonehouse,” from “A Very English Scandal” writer John Preston, directed by BAFTA-nominated Jon S.
Baird (“Stan & Ollie”). The three-part drama, produced by Snowed-In Productions and Clearwood Films, with BritBox International as co-production partners, follows the life and times of disgraced Labour politician John Stonehouse, a high-flying minister of Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s government vanished from the beach of a large luxury hotel in Florida in Nov.
1974, leaving a neatly folded pile of clothes as he swam into the sea, intent on faking his own death.Matthew Macfadyen (“Succession,” “Quiz”) stars as Stonehouse with Keeley Hawes (“It’s A Sin”) as his wife Barbara.
Macfadyen said: “What happened to John Stonehouse is the stuff of legend. I’ve always been intrigued by what motivated him to fake his own death, and leave behind the family he loved and doted upon and a promising political career.
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