{"id":8381,"date":"2017-10-06T09:39:31","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T13:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/richard-madden-keeley-hawes-star-bodyguard\/"},"modified":"2017-10-06T12:29:40","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T16:29:40","slug":"richard-madden-keeley-hawes-to-star-in-bodyguard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/richard-madden-keeley-hawes-to-star-in-bodyguard\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Madden, Keeley Hawes to Star in Bodyguard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Madden (<em>Game of Thrones<\/em>, <em>Cinderella<\/em>, <em>Electric Dreams<\/em>) and Keeley Hawes (<em>Line of Duty<\/em>, <em>The Durrells<\/em>, <em>The Missing<\/em>) will lead the cast of <em>Bodyguard<\/em>, a new drama for BBC One.<\/p>\n<p>The original six-part drama is created and written by Jed Mercurio and produced by World Productions. <em>Bodyguard<\/em> tells the fictional story of David Budd (Madden), a heroic but volatile war veteran now working as a Specialist Protection Officer for the Royalty and Specialist Protection Branch of London\u2019s Metropolitan Police Service. He is assigned to protect the ambitious and powerful Home Secretary Julia Montague (Hawes).<\/p>\n<p>Madden said: &#8220;I\u2019m very excited to be working with Jed Mercurio again and thrilled to be working with Keeley Hawes for the first time. Jed has created a remarkable story that resonates with the very heart of modern-day London and real characters trying to survive in this world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hawes added: \u201cI\u2019m delighted to be working with Richard Madden and once again with Jed Mercurio, and the hugely talented team behind <em>Line of Duty<\/em>. <em>Bodyguard<\/em> is such an exciting project. 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