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Bodyguards (TV series)

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Cast
Episodes
Pilot (1996) Series (1997)
Critical reception
References
External links

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Bodyguards is a British television crime drama/action series, broadcast on ITV, that focuses on the cases of a specialized bodyguard unit, the Close Protection Group, in service of the British government.^[1] The series starred Sean Pertwee and Louise Lombard as protagonists Ian Worrell and Liz Shaw. Pertwee's father, Jon, notably also starred alongside a character called Liz Shaw, played by Caroline John, who was his first companion during his time playing the Third Doctor in Doctor Who. The series was the brainchild of Jeffrey Caine, known as the creator of The Chief and script editor of the James Bond movie GoldenEye.

A total of seven episodes were broadcast: a feature-length pilot which aired in 1996, which guest starred Josette Simon as a visiting dignitary, followed by a single series of six episodes in 1997.^[2] The series has never been released on VHS or DVD, but was uploaded in full to YouTube in March 2016 by a member of the original production crew.^[3] The series was also broadcast by GBC TV (Gibraltar) as part of its relaunch in early 1999. The series aired on Monday evenings at 9:30pm, and the series received a full repeat run later on in the year.

Cast

Sean Pertwee — Ian Worrell
Louise Lombard — Liz Shaw
John Shrapnel — Commander Alan MacIntyre
Pip Torrens — Robert Ferguson
Geoffrey Beevers — DAC James Henty
Robert Horwell — DC Fitton

Episodes

Pilot (1996)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original airdate{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber=1	Title= Pilot	DirectedBy= Robert Bierman	WrittenBy= Jeffrey Caine	1996\|4\|10\|df=y}}	ShortSummary= An attack upon a VIP makes Commander MacIntyre suggest a close-protection unit, and he is promptly asked to head it. Among the new recruits is Ian Worrell, a former pilot and police officer. The hard training almost breaks Ian, but he shows some talent, and at a big conference, his first duty shift takes place. But when the conference starts, experienced bodyguard Liz Shaw discovers a plot to kill her protectee. When Ian tries to help, things become really complicated.	LineColor=006600 }}

Series (1997)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original airdate{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber=1	Title= A Choice of Evils	DirectedBy= Mary McMurray	WrittenBy= Jeffrey Caine	1997\|5\|1\|df=y}}	ShortSummary= New bodyguard Ian is paired with professional Liz again, as the anniversary of war veterans comes up. Soon after, Ian´s wife and daughter are taken hostages, and Ian is blackmailed to allow the killing of one of the veterans to take place. But when Liz finds out about the situation, her duty seems clear.	LineColor=FF623B }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber=2	Title= Out of the Mouths of Babes	DirectedBy= Ken Grieve	WrittenBy= Julian Jones	1997\|5\|8\|df=y}}	ShortSummary= A young boy witnesses the killing of a priest, and is therefore placed under protection by Liz and Ian. But threats against the family, including the kidnapping of the boy´s little brother, forces Liz and Ian to take the boy to a safe house. However, security is breached, and the killers attacks the safe house.	LineColor=FF623B }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber=3	Title= Know Thine Enemy	DirectedBy= Christopher King	WrittenBy= Jeffrey Caine	1997\|5\|15\|df=y}}	ShortSummary= During the visit of a high profile US citizen, Liz finds her competence questioned by the American bodyguards, and the whole unit becomes under scrutiny when security in the garage is compromised. But they have larger problems - a protester who has been making threats against the VIP, and someone else, with diplomatic contacts.	LineColor=FF623B }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber=4	Title= Target	DirectedBy= Christopher King	WrittenBy= Julian Jones	1997\|5\|22\|df=y}}	ShortSummary= A British businessman is on the hit list of some European hitmen, and Liz and Ian are assigned to protect him while he´s in the UK. But when Liz and Ian leave the safe house for the night watch, the house is attacked, and only a coincidence prevented the businessman from being killed. It seems that whoever was behind the attack, had information from the inside.	LineColor=FF623B }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber=5	Title= Stand Off	DirectedBy= Ken Grieve	WrittenBy= Julian Jones	1997\|5\|29\|df=y}}	ShortSummary= Commander MacIntyre isn´t particularly pleased when his old mentor, who defected to Russia several years ago, wants to come back to the UK to visit his daughter´s grave. But his duty is clear. The problem is that the bodyguard unit soon finds evidence of a mole somewhere inside her Majesty´s secret service, someone who desperately wants the defector dead.	LineColor=FF623B }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber=6	Title= The Killing Ground	DirectedBy= Mary McMurray	WrittenBy= Steve Griffiths	1997\|6\|5\|df=y}}	ShortSummary= Liz and Ian are assigned to protect a Salman Rushdie-like writer who is hated by fundamentalist Muslims. But the first attack comes before they have even got to the safe place in the highlands, still in their car, on top of a bridge. They jump from the bridge and flee into the woods, but the writer is badly hurt in the fall, and the fundamentalists are not far behind them.	LineColor=FF623B }}

Critical reception

Thomas Sutcliffe of The Independent said of the series; "When you start this job, you never think you're going to get bored," said one of the lumpy-jacketed characters in Bodyguards. It was a remark that might have been designed to extract a moan of sympathy from television reviewers, coming, as it did, halfway through this dim and derivative thriller, one of those professionals-with-guns series that give a distinguished theatrical actor the opportunity to look steely and say "shit". In this case, the man in question is John Shrapnel, taking the role of the sternly parental head of a police protection unit. His charges are played by Louise Lombard and Sean Pertwee, as well as disposable cannon-fodder who can be dispatched relatively early in the story to demonstrate that theirs is not just a nine-to-five job. In last night's episode, they were assigned to protect a businessman, back in England to give evidence before a select committee about a dodgy arms deal. Cue tough jargon ("Red One. Position set. Principal landed. 11.04") and a pretty standard plot involving conspiracy in high places."^[4]

References

1. ^{{Cite web | url=http://www.memorabletv.com/uk-tv/bodyguards-itv-1996-1997-with-louise-lombard-and-sean-pertwee/ | title=Bodyguards (ITV 1996-1997 with Louise Lombard and Sean Pertwee)| date=2015-03-24}}
2. ^{{Cite web | url=http://www.culttv.plus.com/bodyguards.html | title=Bodyguards}}
3. ^https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlbcy8m4QUM
4. ^{{Cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv-review-bodyguards-1263028.html | title=TV Review: Bodyguards| date=1997-05-22}}

External links

{{IMDb title|id=0115113|title=Bodyguards}}

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