Bodyguard: The new BBC One drama everyone's talking about - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity Bodyguard The new BBC One drama everyone’ s talking about By You Magazine - June 22, 2018 If you loved Line of Duty then writer Jed Mercurio’s new heart-pumping drama, Bodyguard, needs to be on your radar. Not to be confused with the 1992 Whitney Houston film, the BBC’s Bodyguard is a six-part series starring Keeley Hawes (who worked with Mercurio in Line Of Duty) as fictional Home Secretary Julia Montague. The bodyguard in question is army veteran David Budd, played by Game Of Thrones’ Richard Madden (who has also teamed up with Mercurio before, in the TV adaptation of Lady Chatterley’s Lovers). Now working for the Metropolitan Police’s Royalty and Specialist Protection branch, heroic but hot-headed David is assigned to ensure the safety of the ambitious Home Secretary. The problem? David vehemently disagrees with Julia’s politics, which stand for everything he hates. But he’ll have to learn to put aside his own beliefs and get on with the job… Discussing his new role, Richard Madden said: ‘Jed has created a remarkable story that resonates with the very heart of modern-day London and real characters trying to survive in this world.’ Airing on BBC One later this year, an exact date has yet to be announced – but they have already released a teaser trailer for the show, so hopefully we won’t be waiting too long. If the 20-second snippet is anything to go by, Keeley Hawes makes a very commanding Home Secretary, and the plot will touch on anxieties about the threat of terrorism in the UK (we see her telling Andrew Marr: ‘We are a target’.) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Richard Madden (@maddenrichard) Other names cast in the thriller include Gina McKee, Peaky Blinders’ Sophie Rundle and Sophie Hyam, The Thick Of It’s Vincent Franklin, and Green Wing’s Pippa Haywood. The finale of Line Of Duty’s fourth series pulled in 7.5 million viewers (series five and six have already been commissioned) so clearly the BBC are hoping they will have another hit on their hands with Bodyguard. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved