3Stonehouse / Number of episodes There will be three episodes of Stonehouse in total, with the first instalment airing on Monday, January 2 at 9pm on ITV1. Once the first part has aired, the full boxset will then become available to stream via ITVX.

Stonehouse The unbelievable tale of MP John Stonehouse (Matthew Macfadyen), the Politician who elaborately faked his own death in a desperate bid to evade fallout from his betrayal of family and country. Co-starring Keeley Hawes.

Original and Exclusive. Matthew Macfadyen stars in this unbelievable true story of John Stonehouse, the British politician who faked his own death. All episodes available now on BritBox.

The series is a part fictional/fact based account of how in November 1974 a prominent Labour British politician, John Stonehouse, the former Postmaster General within the Harold Wilson government and MP for Walsall North, disappeared from the beach of a luxury hotel in Miami, Florida.

Original and Exclusive. Matthew Macfadyen stars in this unbelievable true story of John Stonehouse, the British politician who faked his own death. All episodes available now on BritBox.

Stonehouse The unbelievable tale of MP John Stonehouse (Matthew Macfadyen), the Politician who elaborately faked his own death in a desperate bid to evade fallout from his betrayal of family and country. Co-starring Keeley Hawes.

3Stonehouse / Number of episodes There will be three episodes of Stonehouse in total, with the first instalment airing on Monday, January 2 at 9pm on ITV1. Once the first part has aired, the full boxset will then become available to stream via ITVX.

The series is a part fictional/fact based account of how in November 1974 a prominent Labour British politician, John Stonehouse, the former Postmaster General within the Harold Wilson government and MP for Walsall North, disappeared from the beach of a luxury hotel in Miami, Florida.

The story of disgraced former Labour MP and Minister John Stonehouse, who got involved in several criminal activities, and later vanished. It is well worth seeing, it's such an incredible story, if it wasn't based on true events, it would be deemed far fetched, but based on actual events.

BritBox International will air the series in the US, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway. Here, Baird tells DQ about his interest in Stonehouse's story, working with Macfadyen, finding the story's comedic tone, and recreating both Miami and Australia in the Spanish town of Malaga.

A brisk and initially blithe farce, this three-part British limited series is a nimble portrait of a man who couldn't comprehend the errors of his ways, even as he was pretending to apologise for them.

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Platforms

1. Hulu.
2. Amazon Prime Video.
3. Netflix.

Stonehouse is remembered for his unsuccessful attempt at faking his own death in 1974. It is also alleged that Stonehouse had been an agent for the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic military intelligence.

Well, the production was shot across the East Midlands and West Midlands of England.

The story of disgraced former Labour MP and Minister John Stonehouse, who got involved in several criminal activities, and later vanished. It is well worth seeing, it's such an incredible story, if it wasn't based on true events, it would be deemed far fetched, but based on actual events.