Bodyguard is an American political thriller TV show that gained immense popularity as soon as it was launched. In 2018, the show became the biggest new drama show in the United Kingdom. This BBC drama is one of the hit show they launched in decades. This TV drama has a record with an audience of 17.1 million. Bodyguard Season 2 Release Date could be soon announced.
Written and directed by Jed Mercurio this is a six-part series that is a crime and a political thriller show. As soon as the first season ended, fans are wondering whether season 2 of the show will return or not. The series has also won many awards like the Golden Globe award for best television series in drama. Madden also won the golden globe award for best actor in Television series drama.
Bodyguard Season 1 Recap
Spoilers Ahead!
This political thriller drama revolves around a fictional character of police Sergeant David Budd aka Richard Madden, who is a veteran of the British army suffering from PTSD. He is currently working for London’s Metropolitan Police Service of Royalty and Specialist Protection branch. Richard is a principal Protection Officer (PPO) for Home secretary Keeley Hawes aka Julia Montague. He loathes her politics. Basically, the Series focuses on the controversies in government that monitor private information and its regulation.
Afghanistan war veteran Police Sergeant David Budd is on a train when he listens to a suicide bomber’s plot who plans to blow up the train. His Actions led to both the terrorist being arrested and his heroism leads him to serve on the detail of Julia Montague, the Home Secretary.
Bodyguard Season 2 Cast
Bodyguard Season 2 cast has not been officially announced yet but some sources reveal who can return for season two of the show. The lead of the show, Richard Madden will for sure return as David Budd. The writer of the show has already suggested that David Budd will be back for the show but this time he would be protecting a member of a foreign dignitary or a member of the royal family rather than any kind of politician.
Other returns of the show will include Gina McKee as Cmdr Anne Sampson, Nina Toussaint White as DS Louise Rayburn, Sophie Rundle as Vicky Budd, Ash Tandon as DCI Deepak Sharma. These characters are for sure could come back for the second season but some other chances that the characters seem less likely to reappear.
These include Paul Ready as Rob MacDonald, Richard Franklin as Tom Fenton, Vincent Franklin as Mike Travis, David Westhead as John Voster (Prime Minister), Michael Schaeffer as Richard Longcross, Stephanie Hyam as Chanel Dyson, Pippa Haywood as Chief Superintendent Lorraine Craddock, Matt Stokoe as Luke Aikens, Nicholas Gleaves as Roger Penhaligon. But some characters for sure will not return for the second season as they already died in the first- these include Keeley Hawes as Julia Montague.
And obviously, like the show Line of Duty, Bodyguard will also introduce some new characters in the second season.
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Bodyguard Season 2 Release Date
Nicholas Gleaves who played the role of Conservative party chief Whip Roger Penhaligon in the first season once said in an interview in 2019 that he has already spoken to the producer a month ago and he can assure there will be a second season for the show, but he also mentioned that he doesn’t have any idea when can season two be renewed.
He also mentioned that Roger will definitely make a comeback for the show. It basically depends upon when the writer, Jed Mercurio will come up with the story and when they will start the production of the show. He really liked the role of Roger and he really wants to return as that character on the screen.
Bodyguard Season 2 Trailer
There’s no announcement made regarding the trailer of the show. Obviously, the production has not been started yet, and therefore no trailer is available for the audience to watch. Keep visiting this page for updates.
Bodyguard season 1 trailer-
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Bodyguard Season 2 Story
In the first season of Bodyguard, Julia Montague was murdered by Luke Aitkens aka Matt Stokoe, and his gang. What was Aitkens’s motive for killing Julia? Basically, he wanted to prevent Julia from becoming a Prime Minister and transferring the powers she has to the security services. But what he did was finally exposed and Aitkens was put to jail. With him, Budd’s Lorraine Craddock was also jailed. He was the one who gave Aitkens Julia’s Itineraries her security details after Aitkens gave him the cash to do so.
Not only this, Train bomber, Nadia was not a helpless victim but he really was a member of the bombmaker. And then he and his terrorists worked with Luke Aitkens so that they can build more bombs for Aitkens in return for cash. On the other hand, David Budd was cleared of not having any kind of involvement in Julia’s death and then he tried to cure his mental health problems and tried rebuilding a relationship with Vicky and their children. Is this the end? Probably No! There are chances that The bodyguard could revisit the places of the first season and wrap up the loose ends in Julia’s death.
Questions Unanswered
When Anne Sampson leaked the information of Kompromat that contained scandal information regarding the prime minister. Therefore, the Leader of the county was forced to resign and the boss of MI5 Stephen Hunter Dunn aka Stuart Bowman was also forced to resign.
Richard Longcross was also involved to cover up Julia’s murder plot to overthrow the PM. He was able to escape from police custody. Could Richard Longcross return? This will be revealed in the second season for sure. Julia’s ex-husband Nicholas Gleaves aka Roger Penhaligon also planned to undermine Julia including her loyal supporters- Chief Whip and Mike. Will this result in further consequences is something we will see in the second season.
Bodyguard Season 2 could also be a blockbuster hit as its first season and many questions could be answered. We just have to wait till we get an official announcement. Till then keep visiting this page for updates.
Where To Watch Bodyguard Season 2 Online?
Bodyguard series is a series from the BBC network. The first season of the show was weekly premiered on BBC. You can watch the first season of the show on BBC on television. You can also binge-watch the season on BBC’s official website. Other than this, the show is also available on the video streaming platform, Netflix. Hopefully, when season 2 will premiere you can watch it on the same platforms.
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