John Stonehouse, hiding out in Melbourne, draws suspicion from local police. Barbara and Sheila fly to Australia to confront the disappeared MP.

In this companion documentary to the drama Stonehouse, relatives, colleagues and the police members are called in to investigate John Stonehouse MP. He was an ambitious politician who wanted it all - power, money and prestige - and it looked like he was getting it. However, while on a trip to Miami in 1974, he mysteriously vanished after a swim in the Florida seas, unleashing in his wake an explosive political scandal complete with spies, greed and betrayal.