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A troubled war veteran is assigned to protect a controversial politician.

A troubled war veteran is assigned to protect a controversial politician who may be the target of a terror plot.

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Bodyguard: Series 1: Episode 1

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Episode 1

BBC One - Bodyguard, Series 1, Episode 1

Drama series. A troubled war veteran, PS David Budd, is assigned to protect a controversial politician who may be the target of a terror plot.

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.

Julia is a controversial politician intent on pushing a new counterterrorism bill through Parliament which would give the security service enhanced surveillance powers. Her political ambitions make Julia a high-profile target. Dedicated to his job but concealing deep resentment of politicians following his traumas in Helmand, David's divided loyalties might make him Julia's greatest threat.

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