Hit British Series ‘Bodyguard’ Set to Debut on Netflix Next Month

The finale of the BBC’s latest ratings giant, Bodyguard, has only just aired in the U.K., but American viewers don’t have to wait long to see what all the fuss is about. The six-part political thriller will debut as a Netflix Original series on Wednesday, October 24. I, for one, can’t wait and the main reason is a writer named Jed Mercurio.

Fans of the award-winning police corruption drama, Line of Duty, will already be familiar with the jaw-dropping twists and edge-of-your-seat tension this genius can create. (Honestly, I recall one episode where I was yelling at the screen as I watched an innocent man get so thoroughly framed I thought he’d never be cleared.) Now Mecurio has applied his storytelling talents to the political thriller genre and, by all accounts, has produced the most watched drama series in more than a decade.

Bodyguard stars Richard Madden (Game of Thrones, Cinderella) as David Budd, a heroic veteran of the war in Afghanistan who now works as an officer in the Royalty and Specialist Protection Branch of London’s Metropolitan Police Service.