Miniseries · BBC One
Bodyguard
In the fight for power, who will you trust?
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Richard Madden
David Budd
6 eps
Keeley Hawes
Julia Montague
6 eps
Sophie Rundle
Vicky Budd
6 eps
Gina McKee
Anne Sampson
6 eps
Pippa Haywood
Lorraine Craddock
6 eps
Stuart Bowman
Stephen Hunter-Dunn
6 eps
Paul Ready
Rob MacDonald
6 eps
Ash Tandon
Deepak Sharma
6 eps
Nina Toussaint-White
Louise Rayburn
6 eps
Vincent Franklin
Mike Travis
6 eps
Michael Shaeffer
Longcross
3 eps
Richard Riddell
Tom Fenton
4 eps
Claire-Louise Cordwell
Kim Knowles
2 eps
Tom Brooke
Andy Apsted
2 eps
Shubham Saraf
Tahir Mahmood
2 eps
Nicholas Gleaves
Roger Penhaligon
4 eps
Chike Chan
Daniel Chung - Expo Officer
1 eps
Matt Stokoe
Luke Aitkens
2 eps
Anjli Mohindra
Nadia
4 eps
Stephanie Hyam
Chanel Dyson
3 eps
Bella Padden
Ella
4 eps
Jonathan Nyati
MASTS
1 eps
John Pienaar
John Pienaar
2 eps
Justin Webb
Justin Webb
4 eps
Robert Ryan
Train Passenger
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Bodyguard actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Bodyguard reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A troubled war veteran is assigned to protect a controversial politician who may be the target of a terror plot.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E06
Episode 6
Principal Protection Officer David Budd has made a major breakthrough in the investigation into the attack on the home secretary, but his enquiries have put him in mortal danger. With the clock ticking and no-one left who believes him, David attempts to prove his innocence. But the evidence against him begins to stack up.
- Directed by John Strickland
- Written by Jed Mercurio
S01E02
Episode 2
Another terrorist attack raises the UK threat level to severe. Home secretary Julia Montague holds secret meetings with the director general of the security service, freezing out the police and her own minister of state for counter terrorism.
- Directed by Thomas Vincent
- Written by Jed Mercurio
S01E04
Episode 4
Traumatised by the events of the last 24 hours, PS David Budd falls under suspicion. Pushed to breaking point, David is helped back on his feet by his estranged wife, Vicky, and is determined to play an active role in the investigation.
- Directed by John Strickland
- Written by Jed Mercurio
S01E03
Episode 3
As the capital shudders in the wake of two terrorist attacks, specialist protection officer PS David Budd is more under pressure than ever to keep the home secretary Julia Montague safe. The threat to her life does nothing to curb Julia's political ambitions, as her counterterrorism bill takes another step towards being made law, provoking political rivalries.
- Directed by Thomas Vincent
- Written by Jed Mercurio
S01E05
Episode 5
Determined to push the investigation forward, PS David Budd targets enemies of home secretary Julia Montague. As he delves into Julia's political manoeuvring before the attack, David’s theories about a conspiracy at the heart of government look increasingly plausible.
- Directed by John Strickland
- Written by Jed Mercurio
S01E01
Episode 1
After distinguishing himself by courageously neutralising a terrorist threat, troubled war veteran Police Sergeant David Budd of the Metropolitan Police's Royalty and Specialist Protection Branch (RaSP) is assigned as a principal protection officer to the home secretary, the Rt Hon Julia Montague MP.
- Directed by Thomas Vincent
- Written by Jed Mercurio
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Roderick SeligmanExecutive Producer
- Jed MercurioExecutive Producer
- Elizabeth KilgarriffExecutive Producer
- Simon HeathExecutive Producer
- Priscilla ParishProducer
- Eric CoulterProducer
Writing
- Jed MercurioWriter
Direction
- John StricklandDirector
- Thomas VincentDirector
Cinematography
- John LeeDirector of Photography
Music
- Ruth BarrettOriginal Music Composer
- Ruskin WilliamsonOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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