{"id":13562,"date":"2020-08-06T09:04:44","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T13:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/banijay-rights-rep-stonehouse-miniseries\/"},"modified":"2020-08-06T09:49:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T13:49:30","slug":"banijay-rights-to-rep-stonehouse-miniseries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/banijay-rights-to-rep-stonehouse-miniseries\/","title":{"rendered":"Banijay Rights to Rep Stonehouse Miniseries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC has commissioned John Preston, the author of <em>A Very English Scandal<\/em>, to pen a three-part miniseries about a British MP who famously faked his own death, with Banijay Rights set to distribute.<\/p>\n<p>Clearwood Films and Snowed-In Productions are making the miniseries about British MP John Stonehouse. In November 1974 he was assumed to have drowned or been killed by a shark after his clothes were found on a Miami beach. Stonehouse was actually en route to Australia to start a new life with his mistress.<\/p>\n<p>Ellie Wood is exec producing the drama alongside Ruth Kenley-Letts. Wood previously collaborated with Preston on <em>The Dig<\/em> for Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>Banijay Rights has a first-look development deal with Clearwood Films. <em>Stonehouse<\/em> is the first drama production to emerge from the partnership.<\/p>\n<p>Wood said, &#8220;John has an exceptional tone and the ability to bring remarkable characters to life, and together, we hope to create a drama that will resonate with audiences worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Preston added, \u201cThere has never been a more bizarre true-life story than that of John Stonehouse, who miraculously came back to life a month after his own &#8216;death&#8217;. I am thrilled to have the chance to dramatize a case that has fascinated me for as long as I can remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chris Stewart, commercial director at Banijay Rights, added, \u201cNothing creates scintillating drama quite like a true story and we can\u2019t wait to see this infamous and fascinating tale brought to life by Ellie, John and the BBC.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC has commissioned John Preston, the author of A Very English Scandal, to pen a three-part miniseries about a British MP who famously faked his own death, with Banijay Rights set to distribute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":13563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[1605,3546,4010,4011],"class_list":["post-13562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-banijay-rights","tag-clearwood-films","tag-john-preston","tag-stonehouse","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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