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ITV has unveiled the first trailer for upcoming true crime drama Stonehouse<\/a>, which chronicles one of the biggest \u2013 and arguably strangest \u2013 political scandals of the 1970s.<\/p>\n Succession star Matthew Macfadyen plays Labour MP John Stonehouse, who faked his own death in 1974 and attempted to start a new life in Australia, but his ruse was detected soon after.<\/p>\n The three-part drama will chronicle Stonehouse\u2019s rise to prominence in the government and his connection to the Czechoslovak secret service, which was one factor that drove him to commit his fraudulent act.<\/p> The show will also explore the romance between himself and his assistant, Sheila Buckley (Emer Heatley), which blossomed while Stonehouse was still married to his first wife, Barbara Smith (played here by Macfadyen\u2019s actual wife, Keeley Hawes).<\/p>\n It\u2019s a wild story told with some humorous touches from screenwriter John Preston, best known for authoring the book on which miniseries A Very English Scandal<\/a> was based. Watch the trailer below:<\/p>\n