Loved and binged this. Fabulously acted by Matthew McFadyan who has a lot of fun playing John Stonehouse as buffoonish, roguish, and slippery, with a touch of the Walter Mittys... yet somehow likeable and Keely Hawes empathetically channelling his simmering and long-suffering middle-class wife. Casting of Kevin R McNally as Harold Wilson was inspired...the best portrayal of the PM yet... his quiet chats with Betty are lovely. Characters are humorously observed, for example, the speech impediment of Stonehouse's secretary, Sheila Buckly. Also amusing is the culture contrast with Australia and Stonehouse's encounter with the canny Melbourne police and his visit to a jazz bar called Strange Fruit. Astonishing that this juicy biopic hadn't been made before. Highly recommended.
Review of Stonehouse
