Bodyguard
Bodyguard is a British political thriller television series created and written by Jed Mercurio and produced by World Productions as part of ITV Studios for the BBC. The six-part series centres around the fictional character of Police Sergeant David Budd (Richard Madden), a British Army war veteran suffering from PTSD, who is now working for the Royalty and Specialist Protection Branch of London's Metropolitan Police Service. He is assigned as the principal protection officer (PPO) for the ambitious Home Secretary Julia Montague (Keeley Hawes), whose politics he despises. The series draws attention to controversial issues such as government monitoring of private information and its regulation, the politics of intervention and terrorism, and PTSD.
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom
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| Original language | English
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| No. of seasons | 1
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| No. of episodes | 6 (list of episodes)
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| Running time | 56–75 minutes
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| Original release | 26 August –
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- Bodyguard features both Richard Madden, who played Robb Stark in Game of Thrones, and Tom Brooke, who played Lothar Frey in the same show. Brooke's character was one of the conspirators behind Madden's character's tragic demise at "the Red Wedding", as well as the actual murderer of Madden's character's wife.
- Bodyguard premiered in Australia on Netflix on October 24, 2018.
- Nicholas Gleaves (Roger Penhaligon) & Pippa Haywood (Lorraine Craddock) also worked together on Scott & Bailey (2011) as DS Andy Roper & DSI Julie Dodson respectively.
- Paul Ready (Rob MacDonald) & Richard Riddell (Tom Fenton) also worked together on The Terror (2018) as Henry/Harry Goodsir & Sgt. David Bryant respectively.
- Matt Stokoe (Luke Aitkens) & Sophie Rundle (Vicky Budd) also worked together on Jamestown (2017) as James Read & Alice Sharrow respectively.
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