Overview

Drama following the life and times of disgraced Labour politician John Stonehouse, a high-flying minister under Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s government vanished from the beach of a large luxury hotel in Florida in November 1974, leaving a neatly folded pile of clothes as he swam into the sea, intent on faking his own death.

Cast

Matthew Macfadyen

John Stonehouse

Keeley Hawes

Barbara Stonehouse

Emer Heatley

Sheila Buckley

Kevin McNally

Harold Wilson

Dorothy Atkinson

Betty Boothroyd

Archie Barnes

Matthew Stonehouse

Simon Greenall

Speaker at The House of Commons

Orla Hill

Jane Stonehouse

N/A

Aoife Checkland

Julia Stonehouse

Kemal Shah

Member of Parliment