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Bodyguard
2018
· TV Show
· 60 min episodes
· 1 season
A
MEANRANK
80/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #140
- IMDb #229
- Google retired #116
- Rotten Tomatoes #83
- Metacritic #121
- RatingGraph #114
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #90
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #135
- Metacritic Critics #68
- Metacritic Audience #246
- Criticker #164
- Trakt #231
Every rating
59–93
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 59, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 93.
See the most agreed on TV shows →War veteran David Budd finds work as a police sergeant in the Royalty and Specialist Protection branch. He is assigned to protect the home secretary, the Rt. Hon. Julia Montague MP, a controversial and ambitious politician.
Details
- Created by
- Jed Mercurio
- Studio
- World Productions
- Released
- 26 August 2018
- Country
- United Kingdom, Canada, United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Episodes
- 6 across 1 season
- Awards
- 10 wins, 20 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (22) →
Awards & nominations
See all 30 →1 major award won · 10 wins from 30 nominations across 17 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Awards 2018 | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Richard Madden | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards 2019 | Best Actor in a Drama Series | Richard Madden | Nominee |
| Primetime Emmy Awards 2019 | Outstanding Drama Series | Bodyguard | Nominee |
| Primetime Emmy Awards 2019 | Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | Jed Mercurio for "Episode 1" | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2018 | Best Television Series – Drama | Bodyguard | Nominee |
| American Cinema Editors Awards 2019 | Best Edited Drama Series for Non-Commercial Television | Steve Singleton for "Episode 1" | Winner |
| Banff Rockie Awards 2019 | Best English-language Drama Series | Bodyguard | Winner |
| British Academy Scotland Awards 2019 | Best Actor in Television | Richard Madden | Nominee |
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Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Richard Madden | Winner |
| Best Television Series – Drama | Bodyguard | Nominee |
Primetime Emmy Awards
2 nominations
| Outstanding Drama Series | Bodyguard | Nominee |
| Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | Jed Mercurio for "Episode 1" | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Television Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor in a Drama Series | Richard Madden | Nominee |
National Television Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Drama Performance | Richard Madden | Winner |
| New Drama | Bodyguard | Winner |
Seoul International Drama Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Screenwriter | Jed Mercurio | Winner |
| Best Actor | Richard Madden | Nominee |
| Best Director | Thomas Vincent and John Strickland | Nominee |
| Best Mini-Series | Bodyguard | Nominee |
British Academy Television Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Virgin TV's Must-See Moment | Julia Montague assassinated | Winner |
| Best Actress | Keeley Hawes | Nominee |
| Best Drama Series | Bodyguard | Nominee |
Monte-Carlo Television Festival
3 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Actor in a TV Series – Drama | Richard Madden | Winner |
| Best TV Series – Drama | Bodyguard | Nominee |
| Outstanding Actress in a TV Series – Drama | Keeley Hawes | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Edited Drama Series for Non-Commercial Television | Steve Singleton for "Episode 1" | Winner |
Banff Rockie Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best English-language Drama Series | Bodyguard | Winner |
RTS Craft & Design Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Sound – Drama | Dan Johnson, Simon Farmer, Jamie Caple, and Marc Lawes | Winner |
TRIC Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Crime | Bodyguard | Winner |
British Academy Television Craft Awards
3 nominations
| Best Director: Fiction | Thomas Vincent for "Episode 1" | Nominee |
| Best Editing: Fiction | Steve Singleton for "Episode 1" | Nominee |
| Best Sound: Fiction | Simon Farmer, Dan Johnson and Marc Lawes | Nominee |
Broadcasting Press Guild
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Keeley Hawes | Nominee |
| Best Drama Series | Bodyguard | Nominee |
British Academy Scotland Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor in Television | Richard Madden | Nominee |
Broadcast Awards
1 nomination
| Best Drama Series or Serial | Bodyguard | Nominee |
Globe de Cristal Awards
1 nomination
| Meilleure série étrangère | Bodyguard | Nominee |
Golden Reel Awards
1 nomination
| Broadcast Media Longform Dialogue / ADR | Dan Johnson and James Gregory for "Episode 2" | Nominee |