Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes, in the "Bodyguard" series.
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A box in Great Britain!
France 2 will broadcast from November 16 at 9:05 p.m. the British miniseries in six episodes
Bodyguard
.
This fiction broke audience records across the Channel, bringing together some 10.4 million viewers for the first episode on BBC One and nearly 16 million fans for the final, all media combined.
This success has not gone unnoticed by Netflix, which acquired the rights to
Bodyguard
in the fall of 2018. Created by Jed Mercurio, to whom we owe the
Line of Duty series
,
Bodyguard
stars David Budd (Richard Madden ), a former war veteran, who works for the Met, the London Metropolitan Police.
After preventing a terrorist attack on a train, David Budd is assigned to protect Julia Montague (Keeley Hawes), the British Home Secretary.
A bodyguard torn between personal convictions and duty
While the conservative politics she embodies is all he despises, David will be torn between personal belief and duty.
The thirty-something, who suffers from post-traumatic stress, is he best placed to ensure the protection of a controversial politician?
Richard Madden's performance earned him the Best Actor in a Drama Series award at the 2019 Golden Globes.
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