Channel 4 to reveal new evidence of Soviet bloc links of MP who faked his death
Channel 4 has commissioned a co-production between Firecrest Films and Typer Productions that explores the extraordinary life and spying career of John Stonehouse, a senior minister in Harold Wilson’s 1960s Labour government. The narrative film, which is part of the Secret History strand, reveals how Stonehouse colluded with the Czech security service at the height of the Cold War. The film also looks at how Prime Ministers from Wilson to Thatcher chose not to investigate further the allegations that Stonehouse was a spy.