TV Review: Bodyguard (Series One)
28th September 2018
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For the last six weeks, everyone's Sunday night seems to have been consumed by one thing: BBC's latest drama series Bodyguard.
The series, which stars Game of Thrones' Richard Madden as Police Sergeant David Budd and Keeley Hawes as Home Secretary Julia Montague, follows Madden's character as the titular Bodyguard who gets embroiled in a conspiracy plot against the Home Secretary.
The show certainly started with a bang (excuse the pun) as we see David Budd on a train to London Euston, talking down a suicide bomber from blowing up the train. What followed was six episodes of high drama, high action and a lot of conspiracy as David scrambles to work out who is behind all the attacks.
Madden and Hawes as the lead characters in the drama, both put in incredibly compelling performances as the titular "Bodyguard" and Home Secretary alike and the chemistry between the two actors is just brilliant, making their at first untrusting relationship turned romance very compelling to watch. Madden puts in a stunning performance as Budd, able to turn from steely faced and emotionless to portraying a man in severe emotional turmoil with impressive ease. Hawes is just as impressive as the Home Secretary, a complicated and powerful woman who is up to much more than it first seems.
The first few episodes are definitely up there with the nerve shredding, edge of your seat action. Not only do we have the opening sequence with David talking Nadia (the suicide bomber) down on the train, in the subsequent episodes, we have two assassination attempts and a terrifying terror attack on Budd's children's school. Bodyguard certainly knew how to positively shred their viewers' nerves. The terrorist's creepy blood soaked smile after the van crash was possibly one of the most unsettling things I've ever seen.

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