Matthew Macfadyen and Keeley Hawes to Star in Political Drama 'Stonehouse'

Real life spouses Matthew Macfadyen (Succession) and Keeley Hawes (The Durrells in Corfu) are set to play infamous married couple John Stonehouse and his wife Barbara in a new three-part drama titled simply Stonehouse.

The series will tell the story 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.

"What happened to John Stonehouse is the stuff of legend," Macfadyen said in a statement. "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. John Preston’s script truly captures the man and his colorful life and I’m looking forward to taking on his character.”