STONEHOUSE

Devon Black announced to play Margaret Thatcher in new ITV series Stonehouse.

ITV commissions real life drama, Stonehouse, starring Matthew Macfadyen as John Stonehouse and Keeley Hawes as his wife Barbara, written by acclaimed writer John Preston, directed by award winning director Jon S. Baird and produced by Snowed-In Productions and Clearwood Films - with BritBox International as co-production partners

The life and times of disgraced Labour minister John Stonehouse is to be dramatised for ITV by acclaimed writer John Preston with BAFTA award-winning and Emmy-nominated Matthew Macfadyen (Succession, Quiz) in the leading role and co-starring Keeley Hawes (Honour, It's A Sin) as Stonehouse’s wife Barbara. 

The three-part drama, directed by BAFTA-nominated Jon S. Baird (Stan & Ollie, Vinyl, Filth) with BritBox International as co-production partners, relates how Stonehouse, a high-flying member of 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.