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* BritishBrevity: Six episodes and done.
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* GoodScarsEvilScars: David sports a great deal of scars across his back, whereas Andy has much more prominent scars across his face.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: David has suffered a great deal of emotional and physical trauma as a result of his tour in Afghanistan.
** David's former squad-mate Andy Apsted is a more serious variation who leads a counselling group ''Veterans for Peace'' trying to help prevent future conflict. [[spoiler:This culminates in him making an assassination attempt on Julia Montague]].
** David's former squad-mate Andy Apsted is a more serious variation who leads a counselling group ''Veterans for Peace'' trying to help prevent future conflict. [[spoiler:This culminates in him making an assassination attempt on Julia Montague]].
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** Julia is MP for the fictional constituency of Thames West, the name of which suggests it is somewhere in southwest London.
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* YoungerThanTheyLook: When Budd is sent with DS Rayburn to interview Nadia in prison, she is accompanied by both her solicitor and an "appropriate adult", suggesting she is under the age of 18.
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* YoungerThanTheyLook: When Budd is sent with DS Rayburn to interview Nadia in prison, she is accompanied by both her solicitor and an "appropriate adult", suggesting she is under the age of 18.18 (although there are certain circumstances where an appropriate adult would legally have to be present for someone over 18).
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''Bodyguard'' is a British BBC One/ITV drama series, created and written by Jed Mercurio (showrunner of the critically acclaimed BBC police series ''Series/LineOfDuty''). Starring Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes in leading roles, the first episode aired on August 26, 2018 with a rating of 10.40 viewers in the country.
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''Bodyguard'' is a British BBC One/ITV drama series, created and written by Jed Mercurio (showrunner of the critically acclaimed BBC police series ''Series/LineOfDuty''). Starring Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes in leading roles, the first episode aired on August 26, 2018 with a rating of 10.40 [=10.40m=] viewers in the country.
country; the series went on to become the biggest new BBC drama in at least a decade.
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** [[spoiler: Massively subverted in the finale, where she reveals that she was not only the leader of the train bomb operation, she also sold a further bomb of a similar type to organised crime boss Luke Aitkens that was then used to kill Julia Montague, as well as building more herself. In addition, she fed DS Budd false intelligence about the security services that would end up being a part of his frame-up. ]]
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The show focuses on Sergeant David Budd, a Metropolitan Police Protection Command bodyguard and[[BadgesAndDogTags former British Army soldier]]. After successfully foiling an attempted train bombing, he is promoted to lead the security detail of Julia Montague, the Home Secretary. Montague, a controversial figure in British politics due to her support of [[SinisterSurveillance legislation that would intrude on civil liberties]] and hardline approach to tackling terrorism, is the opposite of Budd ideologically. He has become critical of British intervention overseas after experiencing [[WarIsHell war first hand]], and has now been entrusted to protect someone whose views he despises.
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The show focuses on Sergeant David Budd, a Metropolitan Police Protection Command bodyguard and[[BadgesAndDogTags and [[BadgesAndDogTags former British Army soldier]]. After successfully foiling an attempted train bombing, he is promoted to lead the security detail of Julia Montague, the Home Secretary. Montague, a controversial figure in British politics due to her support of [[SinisterSurveillance legislation that would intrude on civil liberties]] and hardline approach to tackling terrorism, is the opposite of Budd ideologically.
He has become critical of British intervention overseas after experiencing [[WarIsHell war first hand]], and has now been entrusted to protect someone whose views he despises.
He has become critical of British intervention overseas after experiencing [[WarIsHell war first hand]], and has now been entrusted to protect someone whose views he despises.
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** Budd, who takes control of the ministerial car [[spoiler: when it comes under sniper fire, drives it in reverse outside of the snipers viewpoint, and confronts the shooter head on on his own when armed backup takes too long to arive]].
* {{Blackmail}}: Montague is given a tablet by a mysterious man named Longcross, which contains compromising information (regarding cocaine addiction and alleged sexual assault) on either the Prime Minister himself or somebody close to him. She has Budd drive her to Chequers, and confronts the PM unannounced. The next morning it is announced that the government will undergo a cabinet reshuffle, putting Montague closer to taking over as Prime Minister.
* BombDisposal: During the standoff on the train in the first episode, Budd keeps demanding that the CTSFO's allow a bomb disposal officer on board the train to deactivate the vest Nadia is wearing, instead of following their orders to shoot her. They eventually give in and allow the officer on board, who is able to remove Nadia's vest and deactivate it.
* {{Blackmail}}: Montague is given a tablet by a mysterious man named Longcross, which contains compromising information (regarding cocaine addiction and alleged sexual assault) on either the Prime Minister himself or somebody close to him. She has Budd drive her to Chequers, and confronts the PM unannounced. The next morning it is announced that the government will undergo a cabinet reshuffle, putting Montague closer to taking over as Prime Minister.
* BombDisposal: During the standoff on the train in the first episode, Budd keeps demanding that the CTSFO's allow a bomb disposal officer on board the train to deactivate the vest Nadia is wearing, instead of following their orders to shoot her. They eventually give in and allow the officer on board, who is able to remove Nadia's vest and deactivate it.
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* BombDisposal: During the standoff on the train in the first episode, Budd keeps demanding that the
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* CavalryBetrayal: [[spoiler: During the Thornton Circus sniper attack, Budd requests immediate armed backup to attend, but they keep getting delayed in reaching the location, causing him to take action and evasively manoeuvre the car out of the snipers line of sight and confront the shooter himself. Montague blames Sampson for the ARV delay, believing she purposefully ordered them to stay back as revenge for Montague showing preference to the Security Services over SO15]].
* [[CIAEvilFBIGood MI5 Evil, Met Police Good]]: Played with. MI5 are not shown in a particularly flattering light ( [[spoiler: urging Montague to not order visible preventive measures against a terror attack in case it tips the attackers off, and seemingly providing her with blackmail info against the Prime Minister so she can take stage a soft coup)]], whereas the Met's SO15 and Protection Command are shown to view her collusion with the security services as a threat to democracy. However, after [[spoiler: Montague is killed in the St. Matthews College bombing, it is the Met who are keen to close the case fast and pin blame on Tahir Mahmood, whilst MI5 appear unkeen to jump to conclusions and want to investigate properly]].
* [[CIAEvilFBIGood MI5 Evil, Met Police Good]]: Played with. MI5 are not shown in a particularly flattering light ( [[spoiler: urging Montague to not order visible preventive measures against a terror attack in case it tips the attackers off, and seemingly providing her with blackmail info against the Prime Minister so she can take stage a soft coup)]], whereas the Met's SO15 and Protection Command are shown to view her collusion with the security services as a threat to democracy. However, after [[spoiler: Montague is killed in the St. Matthews College bombing, it is the Met who are keen to close the case fast and pin blame on Tahir Mahmood, whilst MI5 appear unkeen to jump to conclusions and want to investigate properly]].
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* CavalryBetrayal: [[spoiler: During the Thornton Circus sniper attack, Budd requests immediate armed backup to attend, but they keep getting delayed in reaching the location, causing him to take action and evasively manoeuvre maneuver the car out of the snipers sniper's line of sight and confront the shooter himself. Montague blames Sampson for the ARV delay, believing she purposefully ordered them to stay back as revenge for Montague showing preference to the Security Services over SO15]].
* [[CIAEvilFBIGood MI5 Evil, Met Police Good]]: Played with. MI5 are not shown in a particularly flattering light( [[spoiler: urging Montague to not order visible preventive measures against a terror attack in case it tips the attackers off, and seemingly providing her with blackmail info against the Prime Minister so she can take stage a soft coup)]], whereas the Met's SO15 and Protection Command are shown to view her collusion with the security services as a threat to democracy. However, after [[spoiler: Montague is killed in the St. Matthews College bombing, it is the Met who are keen to close the case fast and pin blame on Tahir Mahmood, whilst MI5 appear unkeen not to jump to conclusions and want to investigate properly]].
* [[CIAEvilFBIGood MI5 Evil, Met Police Good]]: Played with. MI5 are not shown in a particularly flattering light
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* ForcedIntoEvil: Nadia, one of the would be train bombers who Budd convinces to surrender at the start of the series. Whilst he is talking with her and preventing her from being shot by the trigger happy CTSFO's surrounding the train, she tells him her husband basically forced her into becoming a suicide bomber and she doesn't want to die.
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* ForcedIntoEvil: Nadia, one of the would be train bombers who Budd convinces to surrender at the start of the series. Whilst he is talking with her and preventing her from being shot by the trigger happy CTSFO's [=CTSFOs=] surrounding the train, she tells him her husband basically forced her into becoming a suicide bomber and she doesn't want to die.
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** However, when [[spoiler: Montague is killed in the St. Matthews College bombing, it is suggested that elements of the government, such as MI5 Director-General Stephen Hunter-Dunn, Chief Whip Roger Penhaligon and Counter Terrorism Minister Mike Travis conspired to have her assassinated when she went against their plans and blackmailed the Prime Minister into organising a reshuffle at her own volition]].
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** However, when [[spoiler: Montague is killed in the St. Matthews College bombing, it is suggested that elements of the government, such as MI5 Director-General Stephen Hunter-Dunn, Chief Whip Roger Penhaligon and Counter Terrorism Minister Mike Travis conspired to have her assassinated when she went against their plans and blackmailed the Prime Minister into organising organizing a reshuffle at her own volition]].
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* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: The place where the [[spoiler: sniper attack on Montague's car]] takes place is a fictional area of London called Thornton Circus.
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-->'''Sergeant David Budd:''' You've been brainwashed. He has, you have, and I know. I was in Afghanistan, some mates got killed, I nearly got killed myself and for what? Nothing. Politicians, cowards and liars. Ours and theirs. People full of talk but would never spill a drop of their own blood. But you and I? We're just collateral damage. Don't let them win Nadia. Don't let them win.
* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: During the sniper attack on Montague's ministerial car, the bulletproof glass only prevents two shots from penetrating the driver's window, with the third managing to penetrate the weakened glass and kill her driver. Budd then tells her to stay low, as the sniper bullets will eventually penetrate the glass but won't be able to get through the cars armour plating]].
* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: During the sniper attack on Montague's ministerial car, the bulletproof glass only prevents two shots from penetrating the driver's window, with the third managing to penetrate the weakened glass and kill her driver. Budd then tells her to stay low, as the sniper bullets will eventually penetrate the glass but won't be able to get through the cars armour plating]].
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-->'''Sergeant David Budd:''' You've been brainwashed. He has, you have, and I know. I was in Afghanistan, some mates got killed, I nearly got killed myself and for what? Nothing. Politicians, cowards and liars. Ours and theirs. People are full of talk talk, but would never spill a drop of their own blood. But you and I? We're just collateral damage. Don't let them win Nadia. Don't let them win.
* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: During the sniper attack on Montague's ministerial car, the bulletproof glass only prevents two shots from penetrating the driver's window, with the third managing to penetrate the weakened glass and kill her driver. Budd then tells her to stay low, as the sniper bullets will eventually penetrate the glass but won't be able to get through thecars car's armour plating]].
* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: During the sniper attack on Montague's ministerial car, the bulletproof glass only prevents two shots from penetrating the driver's window, with the third managing to penetrate the weakened glass and kill her driver. Budd then tells her to stay low, as the sniper bullets will eventually penetrate the glass but won't be able to get through the
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* SinisterSurveillance: Montague is the leading force in trying to pass an update to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (dubbed RIPA 2018) through Parliament, which would allow the government unwarranted access to the public's data and internet activity without judicial review.
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* NotSoDifferent: How Budd is able to talk down Nadia, the reluctant would be train bomber in the first episode.
-->'''Sergeant David Budd:''' You've been brainwashed. He has, you have, and I know. I was in Afghanistan, some mates got killed, I nearly got killed myself and for what? Nothing. Politicians, cowards and liars. Ours and theirs. People full of talk but would never spill a drop of their own blood. But you and I? We're just collateral damage. Don't let them win Nadia. Don't let them win.
-->'''Sergeant David Budd:''' You've been brainwashed. He has, you have, and I know. I was in Afghanistan, some mates got killed, I nearly got killed myself and for what? Nothing. Politicians, cowards and liars. Ours and theirs. People full of talk but would never spill a drop of their own blood. But you and I? We're just collateral damage. Don't let them win Nadia. Don't let them win.
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* BigDamnHeroes: The Metropolitan Police ARV that pulls in front of the school and immediately opens fire on the terrorists approaching truck, causing it to veer off the road and crash before it can reach the school gates. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, one of the occupants survives long enough to detonate the payload once the truck is surrounded by armed officers, killing 5 of them]].
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* BigDamnHeroes: The BigDamnHeroes:
**The Metropolitan Police ARV that pulls in front of the school and immediately opens fire on the terrorists approaching truck, causing it to veer off the road and crash before it can reach the school gates. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, one of the occupants survives long enough to detonate the payload once the truck is surrounded by armed officers, killing 5 of them]].
**Budd, who takes control of the ministerial car [[spoiler: when it comes under sniper fire, drives it in reverse outside of the snipers viewpoint, and confronts the shooter head on on his own when armed backup takes too long to arive]].
**The Metropolitan Police ARV that pulls in front of the school and immediately opens fire on the terrorists approaching truck, causing it to veer off the road and crash before it can reach the school gates. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, one of the occupants survives long enough to detonate the payload once the truck is surrounded by armed officers, killing 5 of them]].
**Budd, who takes control of the ministerial car [[spoiler: when it comes under sniper fire, drives it in reverse outside of the snipers viewpoint, and confronts the shooter head on on his own when armed backup takes too long to arive]].
* BombDisposal: During the standoff on the train in the first episode, Budd keeps demanding that the CTSFO's allow a bomb disposal officer on board the train to deactivate the vest Nadia is wearing, instead of following their orders to shoot her. They eventually give in and allow the officer on board, who is able to remove Nadia's vest and deactivate it.
* DirtyCop: DCI Sharma and DS Rayburn suspect Budd of being involved in the [[spoiler: eventually successful]] attempts on Montagues life, given that he was the lead officer on her detail during both the attacks. However, they are unable to gather enough evidence to prove it.
* ForcedIntoEvil: Nadia, one of the would be train bombers who Budd convinces to surrender at the start of the series. Whilst he is talking with her and preventing her from being shot by the trigger happy CTSFO's surrounding the train, she tells him her husband basically forced her into becoming a suicide bomber and she doesn't want to die.
*GoThroughMe: Believing that one of the train bombers, Nadia, is willing to give herself up without setting off the device, Budd embraces her so the CTSFO officers and sniper are unable to shoot her without shooting him also.
-->'''Sergeant David Budd:''' You're doing really well, Nadia. That gun is an MCX carbine, a bullet from that would go through the both of us, but I'm trusting they're not going to shoot one of their own.
-->'''Sergeant David Budd:''' You're doing really well, Nadia. That gun is an MCX carbine, a bullet from that would go through the both of us, but I'm trusting they're not going to shoot one of their own.
* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: The place where the [[spoiler: sniper attack on Montague's car]] takes place is a fictional area of London called Thornton Circus.
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** The fourth episode [[spoiler: starts with a BBC report that Julia died of massive injuries. In addition, Budd's illegal Makarov has been replaced with blank ammo instead of actual 9x18 Makarov ammo.]]
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** The fourth episode [[spoiler: starts with a BBC report that Julia died of massive injuries. In addition, Budd's illegal Makarov has been replaced with blank ammo instead of actual 9x18 Makarov ammo.]]]]
*YoungerThanTheyLook: When Budd is sent with DS Rayburn to interview Nadia in prison, she is accompanied by both her solicitor and an "appropriate adult", suggesting she is under the age of 18.
*YoungerThanTheyLook: When Budd is sent with DS Rayburn to interview Nadia in prison, she is accompanied by both her solicitor and an "appropriate adult", suggesting she is under the age of 18.
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* BungledSuicide: [[spoiler: Distraught at Julia's death and his failure as a PPO to protect her, David attempts to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head with an illegal pistol he keeps hidden in his apartment. He is unsuccessful however, as it is revealed that somebody gained access to his apartment and replaced the bullets with blank rounds, resulting in only a ruptured eardrum, a painful burn and cuts from the copper casing shrapnel]].
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* {{Blackmail}}: Montague is given a tablet by a mysterious man named Longcross, which contains compromising information (regarding cocaine addiction and alleged sexual assault) on either the Prime Minister himself or somebody close to him. She has Budd drive her to Chequers, and confronts the PM unannounced. The next morning it is announced that the government will undergo a cabinet reshuffle, putting Montague closer to taking over as Prime Minister.
* BungledSuicide: [[spoiler: Distraught at Julia's death and his failure as a PPO to protect her, David attempts to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head with an illegal pistol he keeps hidden in his apartment. He is unsuccessful however, as it is revealed that somebody gained access to his apartment and replaced the bullets with blank rounds, resulting in only a ruptured eardrum, a painful burn and cuts from the copper casingshrapnel]]. shrapnel]].
* CavalryBetrayal: [[spoiler: During the Thornton Circus sniper attack, Budd requests immediate armed backup to attend, but they keep getting delayed in reaching the location, causing him to take action and evasively manoeuvre the car out of the snipers line of sight and confront the shooter himself. Montague blames Sampson for the ARV delay, believing she purposefully ordered them to stay back as revenge for Montague showing preference to the Security Services over SO15]].
* BungledSuicide: [[spoiler: Distraught at Julia's death and his failure as a PPO to protect her, David attempts to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head with an illegal pistol he keeps hidden in his apartment. He is unsuccessful however, as it is revealed that somebody gained access to his apartment and replaced the bullets with blank rounds, resulting in only a ruptured eardrum, a painful burn and cuts from the copper casing
* CavalryBetrayal: [[spoiler: During the Thornton Circus sniper attack, Budd requests immediate armed backup to attend, but they keep getting delayed in reaching the location, causing him to take action and evasively manoeuvre the car out of the snipers line of sight and confront the shooter himself. Montague blames Sampson for the ARV delay, believing she purposefully ordered them to stay back as revenge for Montague showing preference to the Security Services over SO15]].
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* [[CIAEvilFBIGood MI5 Evil, Met Police Good]]: Played with. MI5 are not shown in a particularly flattering light ( [[spoiler: urging Montague to not order visible preventive measures against a terror attack in case it tips the attackers off, and seemingly providing her with blackmail info against the Prime Minister so she can take stage a soft coup)]], whereas the Met's SO15 and Protection Command are shown to view her collusion with the security services as a threat to democracy. However, after [[spoiler: Montague is killed in the St. Matthews College bombing, it is the Met who are keen to close the case fast and pin blame on Tahir Mahmood, whilst MI5 appear unkeen to jump to conclusions and want to investigate properly]].
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''Bodyguard'' is a British drama TV series produced by BBC One, created and written by Jed Mercurio (''Series/LineOfDuty'') with ITV Studios Global Entertainment handling marketing and promotion of the show outside of the UK. It's scheduled to air a total of six episodes. The first episode aired on August 26, 2018 with a rating of 10.40 viewers in the country.
It stars Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes in the leading roles.
The show takes place in October 2018, where Police Sergeant David Budd, [[BadgesAndDogTags a British Army veteran who fought alongside Afghan forces in Helmand Province]] and currently stationed with the Metropolitan Police Service's Protection Command, manages to defuse a terrorist incident by [[MiddleEasternTerrorists a British couple of Arab origin]] inside a train prior to its arrival without anyone being shot at or killed. Due to his actions, Budd was promoted to work in close protection from foreign [=VIPs=] to being one of the close protection officers of Julia Montague of the Conservative Party, who is the current Home Office Secretary.
The problem is that Budd has grown critical of the British intervention overseas and has brought trouble for Europe and he can't stand Montague's view on supporting military interventions in the Middle East and Central Asia. Over time, he and Julia grow close and enter into an affair. But what makes it complicated is the MPS don't like the idea of her sidelining the MPS and other law enforcement agencies except for [=MI-5=].
Commander Anne Sampson of the MPS's Counter Terrorism Command and Chief Superintendent Lorraine Craddock of the Protection Command brought Budd in to do two things. One, find out what the Home Secretary is up to and two, to determine if she's part of a conspiracy to take advantage of terror incidents to get herself propped up someday as prime minister and give [=MI-5=] more power over the proposed RIPA 2018 bill to be passed in Parliament.
From there, Budd is in dangerous territory of keeping tabs on the Home Secretary without tipping her off that his superiors have planted him there as her [=CPO=].
It stars Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes in the leading roles.
The show takes place in October 2018, where Police Sergeant David Budd, [[BadgesAndDogTags a British Army veteran who fought alongside Afghan forces in Helmand Province]] and currently stationed with the Metropolitan Police Service's Protection Command, manages to defuse a terrorist incident by [[MiddleEasternTerrorists a British couple of Arab origin]] inside a train prior to its arrival without anyone being shot at or killed. Due to his actions, Budd was promoted to work in close protection from foreign [=VIPs=] to being one of the close protection officers of Julia Montague of the Conservative Party, who is the current Home Office Secretary.
The problem is that Budd has grown critical of the British intervention overseas and has brought trouble for Europe and he can't stand Montague's view on supporting military interventions in the Middle East and Central Asia. Over time, he and Julia grow close and enter into an affair. But what makes it complicated is the MPS don't like the idea of her sidelining the MPS and other law enforcement agencies except for [=MI-5=].
Commander Anne Sampson of the MPS's Counter Terrorism Command and Chief Superintendent Lorraine Craddock of the Protection Command brought Budd in to do two things. One, find out what the Home Secretary is up to and two, to determine if she's part of a conspiracy to take advantage of terror incidents to get herself propped up someday as prime minister and give [=MI-5=] more power over the proposed RIPA 2018 bill to be passed in Parliament.
From there, Budd is in dangerous territory of keeping tabs on the Home Secretary without tipping her off that his superiors have planted him there as her [=CPO=].
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''Bodyguard'' is a British BBC One/ITV drama TV series produced by BBC One, series, created and written by Jed Mercurio (''Series/LineOfDuty'') with ITV Studios Global Entertainment handling marketing and promotion (showrunner of the show outside of critically acclaimed BBC police series ''Series/LineOfDuty''). Starring Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes in leading roles, the UK. It's scheduled to air a total of six episodes. The first episode aired on August 26, 2018 with a rating of 10.40 viewers in the country.
It stars Richard Madden The show focuses on Sergeant David Budd, a Metropolitan Police Protection Command bodyguard and[[BadgesAndDogTags former British Army soldier]]. After successfully foiling an attempted train bombing, he is promoted to lead the security detail of Julia Montague, the Home Secretary. Montague, a controversial figure in British politics due to her support of [[SinisterSurveillance legislation that would intrude on civil liberties]] and Keeley Hawes in hardline approach to tackling terrorism, is the leading roles.opposite of Budd ideologically. He has become critical of British intervention overseas after experiencing [[WarIsHell war first hand]], and has now been entrusted to protect someone whose views he despises.
The show takes place in October 2018, where Police Sergeant David Budd, [[BadgesAndDogTags a British Army veteran who fought alongside Afghan forces in Helmand Province]] and currently stationed with Meanwhile, senior members of the Metropolitan Police Service's Protection Command, manages to defuse a terrorist incident by [[MiddleEasternTerrorists a British couple of Arab origin]] inside a train prior to its arrival without anyone being shot at or killed. Due to his actions, Budd was promoted to work in close protection from foreign [=VIPs=] to being one of the close protection officers of Julia Montague of the Conservative Party, who is the current Home Office Secretary.
The problem is that Budd has grown critical of the British intervention overseas and has brought trouble for Europe and he can't stand Montague's view on supporting military interventions in the Middle East and Central Asia. Over time, he and Julia grow close and enter into an affair. But what makes it complicated is the MPS don't like the idea of her sidelining the MPS and other law enforcement agencies except for [=MI-5=].
Police, including Commander Anne Sampson of the MPS's Counter Terrorism Command and Chief Superintendent Lorraine Craddock of the Protection Command brought begin to grow suspicious of Montague's activities, especially her preferences towards the more secretive [[MI5 Security Services]], and instruct Budd in to do two things. One, find out what the Home Secretary is up to and two, to determine if she's part of a conspiracy to take advantage of terror incidents to get herself propped up someday as prime minister and give [=MI-5=] more power over the proposed RIPA 2018 bill to be passed in Parliament.
From there, Budd is in dangerous territory of keeping tabsbegin spying on the Home Secretary without tipping her off that her, testing his superiors have planted him there as her [=CPO=].
loyalties further.
The problem is that Budd has grown critical of the British intervention overseas and has brought trouble for Europe and he can't stand Montague's view on supporting military interventions in the Middle East and Central Asia. Over time, he and Julia grow close and enter into an affair. But what makes it complicated is the MPS don't like the idea of her sidelining the MPS and other law enforcement agencies except for [=MI-5=].
From there, Budd is in dangerous territory of keeping tabs
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* AffectionateNickname: Budds subordinate and fellow bodyguard PC Kim Knowles refers to him as "skipper" or "skip", a common casual term for Sergeants within UK police forces.
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* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: During the sniper attack on Montague's ministerial car, the bulletproof glass only prevents two shots from penetrating the drivers window, with the third managing to penetrate the weakened glass and kill her driver. Budd then tells her to stay low, as the sniper bullets will eventually penetrate the glass but won't be able to get through the cars armour plating]].
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* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: During the sniper attack on Montague's ministerial car, the bulletproof glass only prevents two shots from penetrating the drivers driver's window, with the third managing to penetrate the weakened glass and kill her driver. Budd then tells her to stay low, as the sniper bullets will eventually penetrate the glass but won't be able to get through the cars armour plating]].
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* NoPartyGiven: Averted. It is made clear from the outset the Julia Montague is a member of the Conservative Party, although considerably more right wing than the more moderate Conservative government and Prime Minister.
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** Budd suffers from rather serious PTSD from his time in the military, but has never declared it officially as it would have prevented him getting a job with the police. It is triggered briefly during [[spoiler: the sniper attack on Montague's car]] and later when she wakes him up and he instinctively begins strangling her. He attempts to manage it by drinking, but both his estranged wife Vicky and Montague herself tell him he needs proper treatment.
** Andy Apstead, Budds friend and former colleague from the army, who now runs the anti-war Veterans Peace Group. In addition to PTSD he also has severe facial scarring from an explosion whilst serving, and has an even deeper resentment towards the politicians that voted to send people like him and Budd to war.
* SinisterSurveillance: Montague is the leading force in trying to pass an update to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (dubbed RIPA 2018) through Parliament, which would allow the government unwarranted access to the publics data and internet activity without judicial review.
* SWATTeam: Metropolitan Police [=CTSFOs=] are brought into the train hijacking in the first episode after Budd was able to get the conductor to call it in.\
** Budd suffers from rather serious PTSD from his time in the military, but has never declared it officially as it would have prevented him getting a job with the police. It is triggered briefly during [[spoiler: the sniper attack on Montague's car]] and later when she wakes him up and he instinctively begins strangling her. He attempts to manage it by drinking, but both his estranged wife Vicky and Montague herself tell him he needs proper treatment.
** Andy Apstead, Budds friend and former colleague from the army, who now runs the anti-war Veterans Peace Group. In addition to PTSD he also has severe facial scarring from an explosion whilst serving, and has an even deeper resentment towards the politicians that voted to send people like him and Budd to war.
* SinisterSurveillance: Montague is the leading force in trying to pass an update to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (dubbed RIPA 2018) through Parliament, which would allow the government unwarranted access to the publics data and internet activity without judicial review.
* SWATTeam: Metropolitan Police [=CTSFOs=] are brought into the train hijacking in the first episode after Budd was able to get the conductor to call it in.\
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** Budd suffers from rather serious PTSD from his time in the military, but has never declared it officially as it would have prevented him getting a job with the police. It is triggered briefly during [[spoiler: the sniper attack on Montague's car]] and later when she wakes him up and he instinctively begins strangling her. He attempts to manage it by drinking, but both his estranged wife Vicky and Montague herself tell him he needs proper treatment.
** Andy Apstead, Budds friend and former colleague from the army, who now runs the anti-war Veterans Peace Group. In addition to PTSD he also has severe facial scarring from an explosion whilst serving, and has an even deeper resentment towards the politicians that voted to send people like him and Budd to war.
* SWATTeam: Metropolitan Police [=CTSFOs=] are brought into the train hijacking in the first episode after Budd was able to get the conductor to call it in.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: A government Chief Whip (Roger Penhaligon) being an stuck up ass to a police officer (Budd), then immediately realising he might have said something that could be construed as very offensive bares many similarities to the real life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plebgate Plebgate]] controversy, although within the show the comment is more race related than class related.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: A government Chief Whip (Roger Penhaligon) being an stuck up ass to a police officer (Budd), then immediately realising he might have said something that could be construed as very offensive bares many similarities to the real life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plebgate Plebgate]] controversy, although within the show the comment is more race related than class related.
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** Between Budd (Protection Command) and the [=CTSFOs=] from Specialist Firearms Command in the first episode after they stormed the hijacked train. Budd tries to difuse the situation so nobody is killed, but the armed officers have orders to kill the bombers if they can, and are only prevented from doing so by Budd placing himself between them.
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** Between Budd (Protection Command) and the [=CTSFOs=] from Specialist Firearms Command in the first episode after they stormed the hijacked train. Budd tries to difuse defuse the situation so nobody is killed, but the armed officers have orders to kill the bombers if they can, and are only prevented from doing so by Budd placing himself between them.
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* MarriageOfConvenience: What David and Vicky Budd's marriage seems to have become. They are separated and seeing other people, but are still legally married so David can remain in his childrens lives, and so they get his pension payout should be be killed in the line of duty.
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* MarriageOfConvenience: What David and Vicky Budd's marriage seems to have become. They are separated and seeing other people, but are still legally married so David can remain in his childrens children's lives, and so they get his pension payout should be be killed in the line of duty.
* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: During the sniper attack on Montague's ministerial car, the bulletproof glass only prevents two shots from penetrating the drivers window, with the third managing to penetrate the weakened glass and kill her driver. Budd then tells her to stay low, as the sniper bullets will eventually penetrate the glass but won't be able to get through the cars armour plating]].
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* SWATTeam: Metropolitan Police [=CTSFOs=] are brought into the train hijacking in the first episode after Budd was able to get the conductor to call it in.
* TokenMinority: Press aide Tahir Mahmood is told by senior adviser Rob MacDonald that, much to his disappointment, he has only been hired to be a visible Asian minority within Montague's team to help improve her image in light of the controversy around her hardline views on terrorism and the RIPA '18 vote.
* WarHawk: Montague voted in favour of both the Iraq War and War in Afghanistan, and believes that despite the obvious failings of both that the government should not "apologise for the past".
* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: During the sniper attack on Montague's ministerial car, the bulletproof glass only prevents two shots from penetrating the drivers window, with the third managing to penetrate the weakened glass and kill her driver. Budd then tells her to stay low, as the sniper bullets will eventually penetrate the glass but won't be able to get through the cars armour plating]].
* TokenMinority: Press aide Tahir Mahmood is told by senior adviser Rob MacDonald that, much to his disappointment, he has only been hired to be a visible Asian minority within Montague's team to help improve her image in light of the controversy around her hardline views on terrorism and the RIPA '18 vote.
* WarHawk: Montague voted in favour of both the Iraq War and War in Afghanistan, and believes that despite the obvious failings of both that the government should not "apologise for the past".
* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: During the sniper attack on Montague's ministerial car, the bulletproof glass only prevents two shots from penetrating the drivers window, with the third managing to penetrate the weakened glass and kill her driver. Budd then tells her to stay low, as the sniper bullets will eventually penetrate the glass but won't be able to get through the cars armour plating]].
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* SWATTeam: Metropolitan Police [=CTSFOs=] are brought into the train hijacking in the first episode after Budd was able to get the conductor to call it in.
* TokenMinority: Press aide Tahir Mahmood is told by senior adviser Rob MacDonald that, much to his disappointment, he has only been hired to be a visible Asian minority within Montague's team to help improve her image in light of the controversy around her hardline views on terrorism and the RIPA '18 vote.
* WarHawk: Montague voted in favour of both the Iraq War and War in Afghanistan, and believes that despite the obvious failings of both that the government should not "apologise for the past".
* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: During the sniper attack on Montague's ministerial car, the bulletproof glass only prevents two shots from penetrating the drivers window, with the third managing to penetrate the weakened glass and kill her driver. Budd then tells her to stay low, as the sniper bullets will eventually penetrate the glass but won't be able to get through the cars armour plating]].in.\
* TokenMinority: Press aide Tahir Mahmood is told by senior adviser Rob MacDonald that, much to his disappointment, he has only been hired to be a visible Asian minority within Montague's team to help improve her image in light of the controversy around her hardline views on terrorism and the RIPA '18 vote.
* WarHawk: Montague voted in favour of both the Iraq War and War in Afghanistan, and believes that despite the obvious failings of both that the government should not "apologise for the past".
* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: During the sniper attack on Montague's ministerial car, the bulletproof glass only prevents two shots from penetrating the drivers window, with the third managing to penetrate the weakened glass and kill her driver. Budd then tells her to stay low, as the sniper bullets will eventually penetrate the glass but won't be able to get through the cars armour plating]].
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** CTSFO: Counter Terrorist Specialist Firearms Officer, the grey clad armed response team who attends the attempted train bombing in the first episode. They are the highest level of armed officer in the UK in terms of training.
** PPO: Principal Protection Officer, the title given to Protection Command officerS such as Budd and Knowles who work details protecting cabinet ministers such as Julia Montague.
** PPO: Principal Protection Officer, the title given to Protection Command officerS such as Budd and Knowles who work details protecting cabinet ministers such as Julia Montague.
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** CTSFO: Counter Terrorist Specialist Firearms Officer, the grey clad armed response team who attends the attempted train bombing in the first episode. They are the highest level of armed officer officers in the UK in terms of training.
** PPO: Principal Protection Officer, the title given to Protection CommandofficerS officers such as Budd and Knowles who work details protecting cabinet ministers such as Julia Montague.
** PPO: Principal Protection Officer, the title given to Protection Command
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The problem is that Budd has grown critical of the British intervention overseas and has brought trouble for Europe and he can't Montague's view on supporting military interventions in the Middle East and Central Asia. Over time, he and Julia grow close and enter into an affair. But what makes it complicated is the MPS don't like the idea of her sidelining the MPS and other law enforcement agencies except for [=MI-5=].
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The problem is that Budd has grown critical of the British intervention overseas and has brought trouble for Europe and he can't stand Montague's view on supporting military interventions in the Middle East and Central Asia. Over time, he and Julia grow close and enter into an affair. But what makes it complicated is the MPS don't like the idea of her sidelining the MPS and other law enforcement agencies except for [=MI-5=].
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** The third episode ends with [[spoiler: a bomb going off on stage as Julia delivers a speech in support of RIPA 2018, leaving her fate uncertain]].
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** The third episode ends with [[spoiler: a bomb going off on stage as Julia delivers a speech in support of RIPA 2018, leaving her fate uncertain]].uncertain]].
** The fourth episode [[spoiler: starts with a BBC report that Julia died of massive injuries. In addition, Budd's illegal Makarov has been replaced with blank ammo instead of actual 9x18 Makarov ammo.]]
** The fourth episode [[spoiler: starts with a BBC report that Julia died of massive injuries. In addition, Budd's illegal Makarov has been replaced with blank ammo instead of actual 9x18 Makarov ammo.]]
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** Mike Travis, the junior Minister of State for Counter Terrorism, is known as "Indigo".
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** Mike Travis, the Montague's junior Minister of State for Counter Terrorism, is known as "Indigo".
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: A government Chief Whip(Roger Penhaligon) being an stuck up ass to a police officer (Budd), then immediately realising he might have said something that could be construed as very offensive bares many similarities to the real life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plebgate Plebgate]] controversy, although within the show the comment is more race related than class related.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: A government Chief Whip(Roger Whip (Roger Penhaligon) being an stuck up ass to a police officer (Budd), then immediately realising he might have said something that could be construed as very offensive bares many similarities to the real life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plebgate Plebgate]] controversy, although within the show the comment is more race related than class related.
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** Between Budd (Protection Command) and the [=CTSFOs=] from Counter Terrorism Command in the first episode after they stormed the hijacked train. Budd tries to difuse the situation so nobody is killed, but the armed officers have orders to kill the bombers if they can, and are only prevented from doing so by Budd placing himself between them.
** Even more so between Counter Terrorism Command and MI5, who are at eachothers throats regarding who gets to interview the train bombers and later accuse one another of corruption and leaking of sensitive information.
** Even more so between Counter Terrorism Command and MI5, who are at eachothers throats regarding who gets to interview the train bombers and later accuse one another of corruption and leaking of sensitive information.
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** Between Budd (Protection Command) and the [=CTSFOs=] from Counter Terrorism Specialist Firearms Command in the first episode after they stormed the hijacked train. Budd tries to difuse the situation so nobody is killed, but the armed officers have orders to kill the bombers if they can, and are only prevented from doing so by Budd placing himself between them.
** Even more so between Counter Terrorism Command and MI5, who are ateachothers each others throats regarding who gets custody of and is able to interview the captured train bombers bombers. Commander Anne Sampson and later accuse one another Director-General Stephen Hunter-Dunn have a particularly frosty relationship, with Sampson accusing MI5 of corruption being nontransparent and conspiring with Montague to get RIPA 2018 passed, and Hunter-Dunn accusing the Metropolitan Police of both incompetence and leaking of sensitive information.information to terrorists.
** Even more so between Counter Terrorism Command and MI5, who are at
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* SWATTeam: The Metropolitan Police's [=SCO19=] Police [=CTSFOs=] are brought into the train hijacking in the first episode after Budd was able to get the conductor to call it in.in.
* TokenMinority: Press aide Tahir Mahmood is told by senior adviser Rob MacDonald that, much to his disappointment, he has only been hired to be a visible Asian minority within Montague's team to help improve her image in light of the controversy around her hardline views on terrorism and the RIPA '18 vote.
* TokenMinority: Press aide Tahir Mahmood is told by senior adviser Rob MacDonald that, much to his disappointment, he has only been hired to be a visible Asian minority within Montague's team to help improve her image in light of the controversy around her hardline views on terrorism and the RIPA '18 vote.
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** The second episodes reveals that the shooter who tried to attack Julia's [=BMW=] sedan was Budd's old Army comrade, Andy. He also turns the pistol on himself, deciding to not be arrested.
** The third episode ends with Budd, alongside civilians who have been injured inside an auditorium after a bomb detonated inside a suitcase next to Julia. It's not known if she survives the attack.
** The third episode ends with Budd, alongside civilians who have been injured inside an auditorium after a bomb detonated inside a suitcase next to Julia. It's not known if she survives the attack.
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** The second episodes reveals that the shooter sniper who tried to attack Julia's [=BMW=] sedan opened fire on Montague's ministerial car was [[spoiler: Budd's old Army comrade, Andy.friend, Andy]]. He also turns the pistol on himself, deciding to not be arrested.
** The third episode ends withBudd, alongside civilians who have been injured inside an auditorium after [[spoiler: a bomb detonated inside going off on stage as Julia delivers a suitcase next to Julia. It's not known if she survives the attack.speech in support of RIPA 2018, leaving her fate uncertain]].
** The third episode ends with
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** PPO: Principal Protection Officer, the title given to Protection Command officer such as Budd and Knowles who are on Julia Montague's detail.
** MAST: Mutual Aid Support Trained, officers who have undergone specialist additional tactical training. The armed surveillance team who track and help to foil the terrorist attack on Budd's childrens school are MAST operatives.
** MAST: Mutual Aid Support Trained, officers who have undergone specialist additional tactical training. The armed surveillance team who track and help to foil the terrorist attack on Budd's childrens school are MAST operatives.
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** MAST: Mutual Aid Support Trained, officers who have undergone specialist additional tactical training. The armed surveillance team who track and help to foil the terrorist attack on Budd's childrens school are MASToperatives. operatives.
**ARV: Armed Response Vehicle, police cars carrying teams of three armed officers that are stationed around London ready to mobilise in the event of a terrorist attack, such as the one attempted at the school.
** MAST: Mutual Aid Support Trained, officers who have undergone specialist additional tactical training. The armed surveillance team who track and help to foil the terrorist attack on Budd's childrens school are MAST
**ARV: Armed Response Vehicle, police cars carrying teams of three armed officers that are stationed around London ready to mobilise in the event of a terrorist attack, such as the one attempted at the school.
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* MarriageOfConvenience: What David and Vicky Budd's marriage seems to have become. They are separated and seeing other people, but are still legally married so David can remain in his childrens lives, and so they get his pension payout should be be killed in the line of duty.
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* Acronym and Abbreviation Overload: Being written and created by the same guy who made the surprisingly accurate ''Series/LineOfDuty'', the show is full of UK police procedural acronyms, only some of which are explained on screen.
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* Acronym and Abbreviation Overload: AcronymAndAbbreviationOverload: Being written and created by the same guy who made the surprisingly accurate ''Series/LineOfDuty'', the show is full of UK police procedural acronyms, only some of which are explained on screen.
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**CTSFO: Counter Terrorist Specialist Firearms Officer, the grey clad armed response team who attends the attempted train bombing in the first episode. They are the highest level of armed officer in the UK in terms of training.
**PPO: Principal Protection Officer, the title given to Protection Command officer such as Budd and Knowles who are on Julia Montague's detail.
**MAST: Mutual Aid Support Trained, officers who have undergone specialist additional tactical training. The armed surveillance team who track and help to foil the terrorist attack on Budd's childrens school are MAST operatives.
**CTSFO: Counter Terrorist Specialist Firearms Officer, the grey clad armed response team who attends the attempted train bombing in the first episode. They are the highest level of armed officer in the UK in terms of training.
**PPO: Principal Protection Officer, the title given to Protection Command officer such as Budd and Knowles who are on Julia Montague's detail.
**MAST: Mutual Aid Support Trained, officers who have undergone specialist additional tactical training. The armed surveillance team who track and help to foil the terrorist attack on Budd's childrens school are MAST operatives.
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* BungledSuicide: [[spoiler: Distraught at Julia's death and his failure as a PPO to protect her, David attempts to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head with an illegal pistol he keeps hidden in his apartment. He is unsuccessful however, as it is revealed that somebody gained access to his apartment and replaced the bullets with blank rounds, resulting in only a ruptured eardrum, a painful burn and cuts from the copper casing shrapnel]].
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* AffectionateNickname: Budds subordinate and fellow bodyguard PC Kim Knowles refers to him as "skipper" or "skip".
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* AffectionateNickname: Budds subordinate and fellow bodyguard PC Kim Knowles refers to him as "skipper" or "skip"."skip", a common casual term for Sergeants within UK police forces.
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** It is also suggested that elements of the government, such as [[spoiler: MI5 Director-General Stephen Hunter-Dunn, Chief Whip Roger Penhaligon and Counter Terrorism Minister Mike Travis conspired to have Julia assassinated when she went against their plans and blackmailed the Prime Minister into organising a reshuffle at her own volition]].
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** It However, when [[spoiler: Montague is also killed in the St. Matthews College bombing, it is suggested that elements of the government, such as [[spoiler: MI5 Director-General Stephen Hunter-Dunn, Chief Whip Roger Penhaligon and Counter Terrorism Minister Mike Travis conspired to have Julia her assassinated when she went against their plans and blackmailed the Prime Minister into organising a reshuffle at her own volition]].volition]].
**Budd becomes convinced something is afoot when he discovers (painfully) that [[spoiler: someone gained access to his apartment and switched the bullets in his hidden gun with blanks]], and that the hotel security footage from when Montague was visited by the mysterious Richard Longcross has been altered to remove all trace of him.
**Budd becomes convinced something is afoot when he discovers (painfully) that [[spoiler: someone gained access to his apartment and switched the bullets in his hidden gun with blanks]], and that the hotel security footage from when Montague was visited by the mysterious Richard Longcross has been altered to remove all trace of him.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Budd suffers from rather serious PTSD from his time in the military, but has never declared it officially as it would have prevented him getting a job with the police, instead choosing to self medicate by drinking. It is triggered briefly during [[spoiler: the sniper attack on Montague's car]] and later when she wakes him up and he instinctively begins strangling her.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Budd ShellShockedVeteran:
**Budd suffers from rather serious PTSD from his time in the military, but has never declared it officially as it would have prevented him getting a job with thepolice, instead choosing to self medicate by drinking.police. It is triggered briefly during [[spoiler: the sniper attack on Montague's car]] and later when she wakes him up and he instinctively begins strangling her. He attempts to manage it by drinking, but both his estranged wife Vicky and Montague herself tell him he needs proper treatment.
**Andy Apstead, Budds friend and former colleague from the army, who now runs the anti-war Veterans Peace Group. In addition to PTSD he also has severe facial scarring from an explosion whilst serving, and has an even deeper resentment towards the politicians that voted to send people like him and Budd to war.
* SinisterSurveillance: Montague is the leading force in trying to pass an update to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (dubbed RIPA 2018) through Parliament, which would allow the government unwarranted access to the publics data and internet activity without judicial review.
**Budd suffers from rather serious PTSD from his time in the military, but has never declared it officially as it would have prevented him getting a job with the
**Andy Apstead, Budds friend and former colleague from the army, who now runs the anti-war Veterans Peace Group. In addition to PTSD he also has severe facial scarring from an explosion whilst serving, and has an even deeper resentment towards the politicians that voted to send people like him and Budd to war.
* SinisterSurveillance: Montague is the leading force in trying to pass an update to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (dubbed RIPA 2018) through Parliament, which would allow the government unwarranted access to the publics data and internet activity without judicial review.
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**Commander Anne Sampson believes that Montague is working in secret with the Security Services to undermine the government and police, replace the Prime Minister and infringe on civil liberties, so she and Chief Superintendent Lorraine Craddock give Budd orders to monitor and record all her meetings with MI5 officials.
**It is also suggested that elements of the government, such as [[spoiler: MI5 Director-General Stephen Hunter-Dunn, Chief Whip Roger Penhaligon and Counter Terrorism Minister Mike Travis conspired to have Julia assassinated when she went against their plans and blackmailed the Prime Minister into organising a reshuffle at her own volition]].
**Commander Anne Sampson believes that Montague is working in secret with the Security Services to undermine the government and police, replace the Prime Minister and infringe on civil liberties, so she and Chief Superintendent Lorraine Craddock give Budd orders to monitor and record all her meetings with MI5 officials.
**It is also suggested that elements of the government, such as [[spoiler: MI5 Director-General Stephen Hunter-Dunn, Chief Whip Roger Penhaligon and Counter Terrorism Minister Mike Travis conspired to have Julia assassinated when she went against their plans and blackmailed the Prime Minister into organising a reshuffle at her own volition]].
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**Julia Montague, the Home Secretary, is referred to by Protection Command as "Lavender".
**Mike Travis, the junior Minister of State for Counter Terrorism, is known as "Indigo".
**Julia Montague, the Home Secretary, is referred to by Protection Command as "Lavender".
**Mike Travis, the junior Minister of State for Counter Terrorism, is known as "Indigo".
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* BigDamnHeroes: The Metropolitan Police ARV that pulls in front of the school and immediately opens fire on the terrorists approaching truck, causing it to veer off the road and crash before it can reach the school gates. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, one of the occupants survives long enough to detonate the payload once the truck is surrounded by armed officers, killing 5 of them]].
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* NoPartyGiven: Averted. It is made clear from the outset the Julia Montague is a member of the Conservative Party, although considerably more right wing than the more moderate Conservative government and Prime Minister.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Budd suffers from rather serious PTSD from his time in the military, but has never declared it officially as it would have prevented him getting a job with the police, instead choosing to self medicate by drinking. It is triggered briefly during [[spoiler: the sniper attack on Montague's car]] and later when she wakes him up and he instinctively begins strangling her.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Budd suffers from rather serious PTSD from his time in the military, but has never declared it officially as it would have prevented him getting a job with the police, instead choosing to self medicate by drinking. It is triggered briefly during [[spoiler: the sniper attack on Montague's car]] and later when she wakes him up and he instinctively begins strangling her.
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* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: During the sniper attack on Montague's ministerial car, the bulletproof glass only prevents two shots from penetrating the drivers window, with the third managing to penetrate the weakened glass and kill her driver. Budd then tells her to stay low, as the sniper bullets will eventually penetrate the glass but won't be able to get through the cars armour plating]].
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*WarHawk: Montague voted in favour of both the Iraq War and War in Afghanistan, and believes that despite the obvious failings of both that the government should not "apologise for the past".
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* SWATTeam: The MPS's [=SCO19=] [=CTSFOs=] are brought into the train hijacking in the first episode after Budd was able to get the conductor to call it in.
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interview the train bombers and later accuse one another of corruption and leaking of sensitive information.
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''Bodyguard'' is a British drama TV series produced by BBC One, created and written by Jed Mercurio (''Series/LineOfDuty'') with ITV Studios Global Entertainment handling marketing and promotion of the show outside of the UK. It's scheduled to air a total of six episodes. The first episode aired on August 26, 2018 with a rating of 10.40 viewers in the country.
It stars Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes in the leading roles.
The show takes place in October 2018, where Police Sergeant David Budd, [[BadgesAndDogTags a British Army veteran who fought alongside Afghan forces in Helmand Province]] and currently stationed with the Metropolitan Police Service's Protection Command, manages to defuse a terrorist incident by [[MiddleEasternTerrorists a British couple of Arab origin]] inside a train prior to its arrival without anyone being shot at or killed. Due to his actions, Budd was promoted to work in close protection from foreign [=VIPs=] to being one of the close protection officers of Julia Montague of the Conservative Party, who is the current Home Office Secretary.
The problem is that Budd has grown critical of the British intervention overseas and has brought trouble for Europe and he can't Montague's view on supporting military interventions in the Middle East and Central Asia. Over time, he and Julia grow close and enter into an affair. But what makes it complicated is the MPS don't like the idea of her sidelining the MPS and other law enforcement agencies except for [=MI-5=].
Commander Anne Sampson of the MPS's Counter Terrorism Command and Chief Superintendent Lorraine Craddock of the Protection Command brought Budd in to do two things. One, find out what the Home Secretary is up to and two, to determine if she's part of a conspiracy to take advantage of terror incidents to get herself propped up someday as prime minister and give [=MI-5=] more power over the proposed RIPA 2018 bill to be passed in Parliament.
From there, Budd is in dangerous territory of keeping tabs on the Home Secretary without tipping her off that his superiors have planted him there as her [=CPO=].
It's not to be mistaken for the same name of another TV drama made in Malaysia and released in the same year.
'''Beware of spoilers since the show is airing as of September 2018.'''
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!!The series provides examples of the following:
* FriendlySniper: The [=SCO19=]'s Counter Terrorist Specialist Firearms Officers' sniper deployed during the train hijacking to cover the assault element.
* JurisdictionFriction: Between Budd and the [=SCO19=]'s [=CTSFOs=] in the first episode after they stormed the hijacked train, due to the fact that the woman is armed with a suicide vest and they need to take her out.
* SWATTeam: The MPS's [=SCO19=] [=CTSFOs=] are brought into the train hijacking in the first episode after Budd was able to get the conductor to call it in.
* WhamEpisode:
** The second episodes reveals that the shooter who tried to attack Julia's [=BMW=] sedan was Budd's old Army comrade, Andy. He also turns the pistol on himself, deciding to not be arrested.
** The third episode ends with Budd, alongside civilians who have been injured inside an auditorium after a bomb detonated inside a suitcase next to Julia. It's not known if she survives the attack.
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''Bodyguard'' is a British drama TV series produced by BBC One, created and written by Jed Mercurio (''Series/LineOfDuty'') with ITV Studios Global Entertainment handling marketing and promotion of the show outside of the UK. It's scheduled to air a total of six episodes. The first episode aired on August 26, 2018 with a rating of 10.40 viewers in the country.
It stars Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes in the leading roles.
The show takes place in October 2018, where Police Sergeant David Budd, [[BadgesAndDogTags a British Army veteran who fought alongside Afghan forces in Helmand Province]] and currently stationed with the Metropolitan Police Service's Protection Command, manages to defuse a terrorist incident by [[MiddleEasternTerrorists a British couple of Arab origin]] inside a train prior to its arrival without anyone being shot at or killed. Due to his actions, Budd was promoted to work in close protection from foreign [=VIPs=] to being one of the close protection officers of Julia Montague of the Conservative Party, who is the current Home Office Secretary.
The problem is that Budd has grown critical of the British intervention overseas and has brought trouble for Europe and he can't Montague's view on supporting military interventions in the Middle East and Central Asia. Over time, he and Julia grow close and enter into an affair. But what makes it complicated is the MPS don't like the idea of her sidelining the MPS and other law enforcement agencies except for [=MI-5=].
Commander Anne Sampson of the MPS's Counter Terrorism Command and Chief Superintendent Lorraine Craddock of the Protection Command brought Budd in to do two things. One, find out what the Home Secretary is up to and two, to determine if she's part of a conspiracy to take advantage of terror incidents to get herself propped up someday as prime minister and give [=MI-5=] more power over the proposed RIPA 2018 bill to be passed in Parliament.
From there, Budd is in dangerous territory of keeping tabs on the Home Secretary without tipping her off that his superiors have planted him there as her [=CPO=].
It's not to be mistaken for the same name of another TV drama made in Malaysia and released in the same year.
'''Beware of spoilers since the show is airing as of September 2018.'''
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!!The series provides examples of the following:
* FriendlySniper: The [=SCO19=]'s Counter Terrorist Specialist Firearms Officers' sniper deployed during the train hijacking to cover the assault element.
* JurisdictionFriction: Between Budd and the [=SCO19=]'s [=CTSFOs=] in the first episode after they stormed the hijacked train, due to the fact that the woman is armed with a suicide vest and they need to take her out.
* SWATTeam: The MPS's [=SCO19=] [=CTSFOs=] are brought into the train hijacking in the first episode after Budd was able to get the conductor to call it in.
* WhamEpisode:
** The second episodes reveals that the shooter who tried to attack Julia's [=BMW=] sedan was Budd's old Army comrade, Andy. He also turns the pistol on himself, deciding to not be arrested.
** The third episode ends with Budd, alongside civilians who have been injured inside an auditorium after a bomb detonated inside a suitcase next to Julia. It's not known if she survives the attack.