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

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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 skit titled Red Nose Bodyguard was filmed in support of Comic Relief, featuring many cast members from the series as well as performances from Joanna Lumley, Adrian Dunbar and Sanjeev Bhaskar. [53] The skit was first broadcast on Red Nose Day 2019 on 15 March 2019. British Academy Scotland Awards in 2019: Nominations Announced". www.bafta.org. 25 September 2019 . Retrieved 25 December 2020. 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] 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.

Bennett, Daniel (28 August 2018). "Norfolk railway gets boost in TV requests after BBC Bodyguard success". Dereham Times. Archant. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020 . Retrieved 2 October 2018. Almost seven million viewers saw Dereham's heritage railway station in the opening scenes of Bodyguard on Sunday evening. Filming was carried out in Dereham during January and February this year. a b D'Addario, Daniel (10 October 2018). "TV Review: 'Bodyguard' on Netflix". Variety . Retrieved 10 September 2020. A former Secret Service agent takes on the job of bodyguard to an R&B singer, whose lifestyle is most unlike a President's. Nina Toussaint-White as DS Louise Rayburn, an SO15 officer working under Sharma who starts to work with Budd. [11]

Matt Stokoe as Luke Aikens, a mysterious organised crime leader. He seeks to eliminate the Home Secretary. 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. Psychological Thrillers 'Bodyguard' and 'Homecoming' Examine the Trauma That Haunts Veterans". Time . Retrieved 22 October 2020. Bafta Television 2019". British Academy Television Awards. 28 March 2019 . Retrieved 28 March 2019. Pedersen, Erik; Haithman, Diane (1 February 2019). "ACE Eddie Awards: 'Bohemian Rhapsody' & 'The Favourite' Take Top Film Prizes – Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2 February 2019 . Retrieved 2 February 2019.

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. That a mistake was made by Henri Paul to get behind the wheel of the car when he knew that he had been drinking. Not declaring either to us or to Dodi that he wasn't fit to drive. That was the mistake. I have accepted the finding. It was a simple drink-driving accident caused by speed. And that is what it was."

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It was part of my duty, not just to protect the principal from outside elements, it's to protect them from themselves." 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." Keene, Allison (23 October 2018). " 'Bodyguard' Review: Richard Madden Takes Charge in Netflix's Twisty New Thriller Series". Collider . Retrieved 10 September 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". David Westhead as The Rt Hon. John Vosler MP, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party.Anjli Mohindra as Nadia Ali, implicated with her husband in an attempted bombing on a London-bound train service.