Bodyguard (TV series)
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Bodyguard |
| Original title | Bodyguard |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | since 2018 |
| Production company |
World Productions |
| length | 56-75 minutes |
| Episodes | 6 in 1 season ( list ) |
| genre | Drama, political thriller |
| Director |
Thomas Vincent , John Strickland |
| idea | Jed Mercurio |
| script | Jed Mercurio |
| First broadcast | August 26, 2018 on BBC One |
First publication in German |
October 24, 2018 on Netflix |
| occupation | |
Bodyguard is a 2018 British drama series directed by Jed Mercurio ( Line of Duty ) and starring Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes .
action
The traumatized war veteran David Budd is a policeman with the London Metropolitan Police Service . On a private trip, he was able to prevent a suicide attack on a train to London-Euston and was then promoted to the PPO or bodyguard for Home Secretary Julia Montague.
Montague tries to enforce the new security law RIPA-18, which is supposed to transfer competencies from the police to the domestic secret service. It turns out as the series progresses that she is working towards becoming Prime Minister. In doing so, she receives support from the secret service, which passes on her incriminating material about high-ranking politicians and opponents of the security law.
In the course of the series she is the target of two attacks. She escapes the first thanks to Budd. As a result, the two of them have an affair. The second attack was successful.
Since he was unable to protect her, Budd tries to take his own life. The attempt fails, instead he comes across puzzles. He then tries on his own to clear up the background to the attacks on Montague, and gets caught up in a barely penetrable tangle of secrets from the various security services. He finds traces of attacks and suspected corruption in the secret service, colleagues and superiors as well as in organized crime.
At the end it emerges that ultimately a network of organized crime and an Islamist cell are partly responsible for the various attacks, partly alongside one another. Budds boss Lorraine Craddock provided them with inside information for the attacks on the interior minister. Those responsible are captured.
At the end of the series, David goes into psychological treatment to combat his PTSD and finds his way back to family life.
characters
- David Budd
- The Afghanistan veteran suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder . He works as a bodyguard for the London Police for Home Secretary Julia Montague. He lives separated from his wife Vicky and has two primary school children.
- Julia Montague
- The Home Secretary is the Conservative Party MP for Thames West and ex-wife of Roger Penhaligon.
- Anne Sampson
- Head of the Counter Terrorism Command in the London Police Department .
- Vickey Budd
- David Budds estranged wife, mother of their two children. She works as a ward nurse at a London hospital.
Cast and dubbing
The German dubbing was based on a dubbing book by Claudia Heuer and directed by Marion von Stengel on behalf of Hamburger Synchron .
| role | actor | Voice actor | Season | consequences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Budd | Richard Madden | Jacob Weigert | 1- | |
| Julia Montague | Keeley Hawes | Marion von Stengel | 1 | 1-3 |
| Vicky Budd | Sophie Rundle | Kaya Marie Möller | 1- | |
| Mike Travis | Vincent Franklin | Holger Mahlich | 1- | |
| Anne Sampson | Gina McKee | Marion Martienzen | 1- | |
| Deepak Sharma | Ash Tandon | Jonas Minthe | 1- | |
| Lorraine Craddock | Pippa Haywood | Karin Buchholz | 1- | |
| Stephen Hunter-Dunn | Stuart Bowman | Erik Schäffler | 1- | |
| Tom Fenton | Richard Riddell | Jesse Grimm | 1- | |
| Rob MacDonald | Paul Ready | Sascha Draeger | 1- | |
| Roger Penhaligon | Nicholas Gleaves | Stephan Benson | 1- | |
| Kim Knowles | Claire-Louise Cordwell | Simona Pahl | 1- | |
| Chanel Dyson | Stephanie Hyam | Josephine Schmidt | 1- | |
| Tahir Mahmood | Shubham Saraf | Robert Kotulla | 1- | |
| Louise Rayburn | Nina Toussaint-White | Neda Rahmanian | 1- | |
| Andy Apsted | Tom Brooke | Nils Rieke | 1 | 1-3 |
| Longcross | Michael Shaeffer | Nicolas King | 1 | 3, 5 & 6 |
| Nadia Ali | Anjli Mohindra | Franziska Herrmann | 1 | 1, 4-6 |
Episode list
The series was broadcast weekly as double episodes on BBC One from August 26, 2018 , and the entire first season was released on Netflix on October 24, 2018 in Germany .
| No. | German title | Original title | First release UK | German language first publication (D / A / CH) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | episode 1 | Episode 1 | August 26, 2018 | October 24, 2018 | Thomas Vincent | Jed Mercurio |
| 2 | Episode 2 | Episode 2 | August 27, 2018 | October 24, 2018 | Thomas Vincent | Jed Mercurio |
| 3 | Episode 3 | Episode 3 | 2nd September 2018 | October 24, 2018 | Thomas Vincent | Jed Mercurio |
| 4th | Episode 4 | Episode 4 | September 9, 2018 | October 24, 2018 | John Strickland | Jed Mercurio |
| 5 | Episode 5 | Episode 5 | 16th September 2018 | October 24, 2018 | John Strickland | Jed Mercurio |
| 6th | Episode 6 | Episode 6 | 23rd September 2018 | October 24, 2018 | John Strickland | Jed Mercurio |
Web links
- Bodyguard in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official site (BBC, English)
- Bodyguard atRotten Tomatoes(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bodyguard. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on October 31, 2018 .
- ^ Sarah Hughes: Jed Mercurio on Bodyguard, jeopardy ... and the next Line of Duty , Interview. In: The Guardian of August 12, 2018, accessed October 31, 2018.
- ↑ Daniel Sander: Even nastier than "House of Cards" . In: Der Spiegel from October 24, 2018, accessed on October 31, 2018.