John Stonehouse: Bizarre tale of the MP who faked his own death – BBC News
By James NaughtieBBC News media captionJohn Stonehouse: The MP who faked his death Ask anyone today who it was in the 1970s who left his clothes on a beach and wandered into the sea in search of a new life, and the answer would probably be Reginald Perrin, not John Stonehouse. Yet the enduring comedy…