The Spy Who Died Twice
Channel 4, 9pm
The extraordinary story of John Stonehouse (above), a Cabinet Minister in Harold Wilson’s government who tried to fake his own death in 1974. Using information from The National Archives and the Czech security services, the programme reveals that politicians ignored rumours of his collusion with the Soviet authorities, facts that only came to light 20 years after he died in 1998. ★★★★★