[tv trailer] Bodyguard

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Brand New Drama. From the makers of Line of Duty. Starring Keeley Hawes and Richard Madden.

 

Coming soon to BBC One

 

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Netflix picks up BBC's Bodyguard – and ITV cashes in

 

Netflix has bought the rights to show the hit BBC drama Bodyguard outside the UK. The Keeley Hawes and Richard Madden thriller is due to be available around the world next month in a boost for the British television industry.

 

The six-part series about a home secretary and her protection officer will conclude with a 75-minute episode on BBC One this Sunday before appearing on the streaming service in all countries other than the UK, Ireland and China from 24 October.

 

Bodyguard has attracted audiences of more than eight million viewers for the BBC – with millions more watching on catchup. It was made by the independent production company World Productions, owned by ITV. The commercial broadcaster has sold the rights around the world and will benefit from the deal.

 

ITV’s chief executive, Carolyn McCall, announced the deal at the Royal Television Society’s conference in London and said her company had made “quite a lot of money” out of Bodyguard. She insisted she was toasting its success, despite the show thrashing ITV’s Sunday night drama Vanity Fair in the head-to-head ratings battle.