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On November 20 1974, English parliamentary MP John Stonehouse (Matthew Macfadyen) walked into the ocean off Miami. A confirmed philanderer, family man, and suspected spy for the Czech Republic, this morally bankrupt member of parliament was already in hot water before he decided to do it.
What dramatization Stonehouse decides to do is shape this political scandal around two central relationships. One between Prime Minister Harold Wilson (Kevin McNally) and Betty Boothroyd (Dorothy Atkinson), while the other plays out between Barbara Stonehouse (Keeley Hawes), her husband John, and his mistress Shelia Buckley (Emer Heatley). All that scandal, espionage, and adulterous behavior only adds spice to an already intriguing piece of television.
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