Does Bodyguard have a happy ending?

Bodyguard: David Budd is given a radio by the police
The BBC series closed with David Budd (played by Richard Madden) getting redemption for the death of Home Secretary Julia Montague (Keeley Hawes
Keeley Hawes
Early life

Hawes was born at St Mary's Hospital, London, and grew up in a council flat in Marylebone. She is the youngest of four children. Hawes attended Sylvia Young Theatre School where she became friends with singer Emma Bunton.
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). David got a happy ending after he was reunited with his estranged wife Vicky (Sophie Rundle) and their children.
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Do David and Julia get together?

But while viewers were left reeling by the vast majority of the show's plot turns, some felt it was a tad predictable when the two leads – politician Julia Montague (Keeley Hawes) and her bodyguard David Budd (Richard Madden) – ended up sleeping together.
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How does Bodyguard end season1?

David wakes up with a bomb strapped around his midsection and his thumb taped to a dead man's switch. He's about to be made a patsy. He blows up and everyone presumes he killed Julia Montague.
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Is Bodyguard finished?

Bodyguard has ended so there won't be a second season, at least for now.
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Is there a 2nd season of Bodyguard?

Bodyguard season 2 is on the way — at last! BBC1 bosses confirmed the political conspiracy thriller created by Line of Duty's Jed Mercurio will be returning to our screens, with Richard Madden set to reprise his role as Police Sergeant David Budd.
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Does Julia like David?

The second episode of the BBC series saw bodyguard David (Richard Madden) and Home Secretary Julia (Keeley Hawes) kick-start a romantic relationship, with questionable motivations on each side as to whether it's for personal gain.
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Who is the villain in Bodyguard?

Gregory "Greg" Portman is the main antagonist of the 1992 film The Bodyguard. He was portrayed by Tomas Arana, who also played Mason Cole in Derailed.
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Who is the mole in Bodyguard?

The series makes you think Anne Sampson (Gina McKee), the very direct and Julia-obsessed head of the police force, is the mole… before revealing it's actually David's very maternal boss, Lorraine Craddock (Pippa Haywood).
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Who is the leak in Bodyguard?

Who was the police leak? Though we were thrown one last red herring regarding Anne Sampson (Gina McKee) and her history with Aitkens, it was actually Budd's direct superior Lorraine Craddock (Pippa Haywood) who'd been leaking sensitive information.
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Is there romance in Bodyguard series?

“Bodyguard,” a gripping British series, bakes drama into intense action scenes and a scandalous romance, authentically portraying the realities of a taboo relationship.
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Is Bodyguard on Netflix a true story?

Is Bodyguard based on a true story? No, Bodyguard is a fictional story based on a very real “political world”. However, the show is not based on any current British politics.
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What does PS stand for in Bodyguard?

Budd family. Richard Madden as PS David Budd, a Scottish Afghanistan war veteran and dedicated Principal Protection Officer (PPO) at Protection Command.
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Who killed Julie in Bodyguard?

No; Julia's assassination was orchestrated by criminal gang leader Luke Aitkins, who was scared that Montague's RIPA-18 bill, which would transfer power from the police to the Secret Service, would make it harder for him to pay off the police.
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Is MU Yeong a traitor?

With the second season finding Chang's fellowship clawing their way back to the palace, it takes a dark turn as we discover there's a traitor within and it's Moo-Young himself.
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Does Julia Montague come back?

Bodyguard actress Keeley Hawes was once again forced to confirm that her character Home Secretary Julia Montague is in fact dead. Fans of the BBC drama were left stunned in September when Julia died in a bomb explosion, two episodes before the finale.
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What is on the tablet in Bodyguard?

In episode three the Home Secretary was seen being given a secret tablet containing a self-destructing document that could only be accessed with a password. It was left unclear who it was about, but the person it referred to had "alcohol dependence" as well as a number of other issues.
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Who dies at the end of The Bodyguard?

There's an immense explosion, and in episode four, we learn that Montague has died. Until the point of Julia Montague's death, Bodyguard is a remarkable show, slick and tense and fun, running at an impossibly fast pace and somehow managing to pull it off. After Montague dies, though, Bodyguard falls to pieces.
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How did Dave survive in The Bodyguard?

After he tried in vain to save her life, the mentally scarred bodyguard put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger. However, David ended up surviving as someone had mysteriously switched out his live bullets for blanks.
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Is Home Secretary dead in Bodyguard?

Bodyguard has been packed with twists and turns, but only one has left viewers truly reeling: the death of its leading character, Julia Montague. Played by Keeley Hawes, the fictional home secretary was the casualty of a bomb explosion, with Richard Madden's security guard unable to save her.
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Is Julia Montague still alive?

Montague was ultimately killed off after being caught in a terrorist blast, though her death took place off-screen and viewers never saw her body.
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Is Bodyguard worth watching?

And I've seen that they are really successful with this series. The series made an excellent beginning with the opening scene. I can say that, the first 20 minutes of Bodyguard are arguably one of the best thriller scenes. From that moment onwards, I knew I had to watch all of episodes as quickly.
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What should I watch after Bodyguard?

15 Shows To Watch If You Like Netflix's Bodyguard
  1. 1 Happy Valley. Happy Valley is another British crime drama that achieved significant critical acclaim and fans of Bodyguard should definitely check it out.
  2. 2 The Blacklist. ...
  3. 3 House Of Cards. ...
  4. 4 Killing Eve. ...
  5. 5 Broadchurch. ...
  6. 6 24. ...
  7. 7 Homeland. ...
  8. 8 Jack Ryan. ...
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