Bodyguard

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drunkill: Sep 25, 2007; me @ ur posting; Fallen Rib

The opening 17 minutes of the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz7P7t4yEfA

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Now on netflix in most regions worldwide! :siren:

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Synopsis posted:

Set in and around the corridors of power, Bodyguard tells the fictional story of Police Sergeant David Budd (~~Rob Stark~~ Richard Madden), a heroic but volatile war veteran now working as a Specialist Protection Officer for the Royalty and Specialist Protection Branch of London's Metropolitan Police Service. When he is assigned to protect the ambitious and powerful Home Secretary Julia Montague (Keely Hawes), intent on pushing a new counterterrorism bill through Parliament which would give the security service enhanced surveillance powers, Budd finds himself torn between his duty and beliefs. Responsible for her safety, is he actually her biggest threat?

Bodyguard is a six-part British television drama series, created and written by Jed Mercurio (Line of Duty, Critical) and produced by World Productions for the BBC.

Cast

Richard Madden as Sergeant David Budd, an Afghanistan war veteran and Metropolitan Police Service Protection Command bodyguard. He is married to, but separated from, Vicky, with two children.

Keeley Hawes as The Right Honourable Julia Montague, the Home Secretary and Conservative MP for Thames West. Protection codename Lavender. MI5 is accountable to the Home Secretary.

Nina Toussaint-White as Detective Sergeant Louise Rayburn, a Counter Terrorism officer with SO15 investigating the bomb-threats around London.

Glossary

PPO - Police Protection Command provide protection to the Royal Family, government officials and diplomats.
ARV - Armed Response Vehicle. Crewed by Authorised Firearms Officers to respond to incidents believed to involve firearms or other high-risk situations.
SCO19 - Force Firearms Unit is a domestic counter-terrorism and law enforcement unit responsible for providing a firearms-response capability, assisting the rest of the police service which is not routinely armed.
SO15 - Counter Terrorism Command is a Specialist Operations branch within London's Metropolitan Police Service.
MI5 - Military Intelligence, Section 5 or Security Service is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its intelligence.
MI6 - Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6, is the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom.
COBR - Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms (often mistakenly referred to as COBRA) at 70 Whitehall, often used for different committees which co-ordinate the actions of bodies within the Government in response to instances of national or regional crisis.
RIPA - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 is an Act of the Parliament of the UK, regulating the powers of public bodies to carry out surveillance and investigation, and covering the interception of communications.

Videos

Bodyguard trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZj4M_Qz-mI
Episode 1: 17 minute preview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz7P7t4yEfA

Episode 2: major spoiler sniper - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HncTXJLGumU

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Four of the six episodes have already aired with the series to end on September 23rd. I've caught up and it is a pretty decent show which packs a lot into its hour long runtime.

The show had the highest launch figure of any drama debut in the last decade in the UK with 10.4 million viewers.

drunkill fucked around with this message at 03:09 on Oct 25, 2018