Bodyguard

Genre Crime | Drama | Thriller

Cast Richard Madden, Sophie Rundle, Vincent Franklin, Ash Tandon

Rating TV-MA

Series Premiere October 24th, 2018 (Netflix)

“After helping thwart a terrorist attack, a war veteran is assigned to protect a politician who was a main proponent of the very conflict he fought in.”

Bodyguard is a British drama series that follows a war veteran who who is assigned to protect a controversial politician, who it turns out was a strong proponent in the war he fought in. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Bodyguard:

• Bodyguard is a British television drama series, created and written by Jed Mercurio and produced by World Productions for the BBC.

• The events in the series are set during October and November of 2018, as the legislation being pushed through parliament by the Home Secretary is entitled RIPA 2018, and multiple shots of documents, phone call records, computer screens, etc. clearly show the date

Set in and around the corridors of power, Bodyguard tells the story of David Budd (Richard Madden), a heroic, but volatile war veteran now working as a Specialist Protection Officer for London's Metropolitan Police Service. When he is assigned to protect the ambitious Home Secretary Julia Montague (Keeley Hawes), Budd finds himself torn between his duty and his beliefs.