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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

Harold Wilson drama is first feature film to be shot in Commons chamber

Shaun Dooley as Harold Wilson in the House of Commons debating chamber
Shaun Dooley as Harold Wilson in the House of Commons debating chamber. Photograph: The Ghost of Harold Wilson Productions

A new drama about Harold Wilson has become the first feature film to be shot inside the House of Commons chamber after producers appealed directly to the Speaker as well as MPs and peers who knew the former Labour prime minister.

The Ghost of Harold Wilson is billed as a “tense political thriller” based on a meeting between Wilson and two journalists during the cold war.

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