The Bodyguard's Story: Diana, the Crash, and the Sole Survivor

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Les Nommés 2019". Globe de Cristal Awards. Archived from the original on 22 January 2019 . Retrieved 22 January 2019. The first is easy to understand. As Rees-Jones himself admitted, when it comes to emotions, he's "not that kind of bloke". But the second seems unbelievable. Mohammed Al Fayed - (always refereed to as "Mr Fayed") has not only accused his former employee of dereliction of duty, but of being part of a conspiracy - with, among others, Prince Philip - to murder Dodi and Diana. Nicholas Gleaves as The Rt Hon. Roger Penhaligon MP, the Government Chief Whip, Member of Parliament for Surrey North and Montague's ex-husband. A staunch supporter of the Prime Minister, he becomes increasingly suspicious and wary of Montague's political ambition.

The series was met with critical acclaim, particularly for Madden's performance. [7] The series received numerous award nominations including the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama, with Madden winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama. [8] At the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards, the series was nominated for Outstanding Drama Series [9] and a second series is in development. [10] Cast and characters [ edit ] Main [ edit ] Budd family Awards, National Television. "Winners | National Television Awards". www.nationaltvawards.com . Retrieved 25 December 2020. It was part of my duty, not just to protect the principal from outside elements, it's to protect them from themselves." Psychological Thrillers 'Bodyguard' and 'Homecoming' Examine the Trauma That Haunts Veterans". Time . Retrieved 22 October 2020.

Roberts sent the memo to Houston's team after the singer overdosed on the set of the film, Waiting to Exhale. Waterson, Jim (24 September 2018). "Bodyguard audience peaks with 10.4m viewers for series finale". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 2 October 2018. Anjli Mohindra as Nadia Ali, implicated with her husband in an attempted bombing on a London-bound train service.

D'Addario, Daniel (10 October 2018). "TV Review: 'Bodyguard' on Netflix". Variety . Retrieved 6 July 2020. Trevor Rees-Jones is clearly a man to whom duty and loyalty are paramount. He has no personal feelings about Diana, beyond describing her as "a woman you could take down the pub, and from me, that's a pretty high compliment". He rightly accepts no blame in her death, though he still feels responsible that it happened "on my shift".BBC unveils brand new must-see dramas". BBC Media Centre (Press release). BBC. 15 July 2018 . Retrieved 9 August 2018. Bodyguard (6x60') is produced by World Productions for BBC One. The series is Executive Produced by showrunner Jed Mercurio, Simon Heath for World Productions and Elizabeth Kilgarriff for BBC One. ITV Studios Global Entertainment manage international distribution of the series and Priscilla Parish is the producer. The series was largely filmed on location in London, [17] including the Whittington Estate for Budd's flat and Battersea for Montague's flat. The bomb scenes in the final episode were filmed around CityPoint near Moorgate and Woburn Square and Senate House in Bloomsbury. The series began broadcasting on BBC One on 26 August 2018, [2] achieving the highest viewing figures for a new BBC drama in the multichannel era and the highest BBC viewing figures since 2008. [3] [4] The BBC commissioned the series from the then-independent World Productions in 2016. Since ITV Studios Global Entertainment acquired the company in 2017, they have handled international distribution for the series. [5] Netflix agreed to a distribution deal to broadcast the show outside the United Kingdom and Ireland. [6] The now 64-year-old told how he came to work with the singing superstar, who died in 2012, saying: "She knows that I looked after her with my life, very few people commit like that. They didn't interview me for the job, I interviewed them. From the moment we met, the heavily built, but good-looking former paratrooper was distant and wary. Only when his co-bodyguard, Kez Wingfield, joined us did he loosen up. They were together in France, on the boat, in St Tropez and Monte Carlo and at the Ritz. Kez didn't want Trevor to go in the car with them. He had noticed that his friend "wasn't in love" with the driver, Henri Paul, and was stressed out with arguing with Dodi, so he thought it best that he go instead. He still wishes he had.

The Bodyguard was one of the most iconic films of the 1990s and elevated Whitney Houston to being even more of a superstar than she already was. Ash Tandon as DCI Deepak Sharma, a senior detective in SO15 leading the investigation into the recent series of terror activities. As things fail to add up, he becomes suspicious of Budd. BBC journalists including Andrew Marr, John Pienaar, John Humphrys, and Laura Kuenssberg appear as themselves.David Westhead as The Rt Hon. John Vosler MP, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party. In her film debut, Whitney Houston plays Rachel Marron, a pop music superstar. It seems that one of her fans is stalking her and has threatened to kill her, so Frank Farmer (Kevin Costner), a professional bodyguard and former Secret Service agent, is hired to protect her. Frank, Rachel, Rachel's driver Henry (Christopher Birt), Rachel's son Fletcher (DeVaughn Nixon), and her sister Nikki (Michele Lamar Richards) then travel to Frank's father's home, which is a large log cabin in the mountains by a lake. Frank's dad, Herb Farmer (Ralph Waite) is a semi-retired attorney who welcomes the group to his home. At the mountain retreat, Nikki attempts to seduce Frank, and becomes angry when her advances are refused. Fletcher is almost killed the next day, when a bomb explodes inside the boat he had been riding in moments before. After finding footprints around the cabin, and finding the automobiles sabotaged, they realize Rachel's stalker has followed them. Bafta Television 2019". British Academy Television Awards. 28 March 2019 . Retrieved 28 March 2019.

Winners of the RTS Craft & Design Awards 2018 announced". Royal Television Society. 6 November 2018. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018 . Retrieved 26 December 2018. The extent of Trevor Rees-Jones's injuries was only one of many rumours that would be confounded in the days and months following the crash in the Pont d'Alma tunnel. a b D'Addario, Daniel (10 October 2018). "TV Review: 'Bodyguard' on Netflix". Variety . Retrieved 10 September 2020.Journalists are surprised by two things when they meet him, he said: "(a) that I'm not breaking down in tears every five minutes and (b) that I'm not up in arms and badmouthing my ex-employer, Mr Fayed, every five seconds." Stephanie Hyam as Chanel Dyson, the PR Advisor to the Home Secretary before getting fired by Montague. The hitman breaks into the house, Nikki tries to stop him, and he shoots and kills her before escaping. Frank ensures that his father, who is armed with a large caliber revolver, has secured the rest of the group on the second floor, then pursues the killer into the woods. Frank shoots at the hitman, but the hitman escapes through the dark woods. Frank learns the next day, from his Secret Service colleagues, that they have apprehended the stalker and were interviewing him when Nikki was shot. Apart from the ill-advised interview with the Daily Mirror Rees-Jones never gave Al Fayed what he craved: proof of the alleged engagement, proof of the paparazzi's guilt, let alone confirmation that Diana's last words had embraced his son. Michael Shaeffer as "Richard Longcross", an enigmatic MI5 agent working under Hunter-Dunn who becomes involved in a cat-and-mouse game with Budd.