Bodyguards(1997)
Action & Adventure
First Air Date: 1997-05-01
Average Runtime: 46m
Rating: 8.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 7
Bodyguards is a British television series that focuses on the cases of a specialized bodyguard unit called the Close Protection Group in service of the UK government. The lead cast members were Sean Pertwee as Ian Worrell and Louise Lombard as Liz Shaw. Sean Pertwee's Father, Jon Pertwee, also starred next to a character called Liz Shaw in one of the television shows he is best known for - Dr. Elizabeth Shaw was his first companion when he played the Third Doctor in Doctor Who. A pilot episode, featuring Josette Simon as a visiting dignitary, was broadcast in 1996. One series of six episodes followed, in 1997.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 7E01
Bodyguards
Air Date: 1997-05-01
An attack upon a VIP makes Commander MacIntyre suggest a close-protection unit, and he is promptly asked to head it. ...
E02
A Choice of Evils
Air Date: 1997-05-08
New bodyguard Ian is paired with professional Liz again, as the anniversary of war veterans comes up. Soon after, Ian...
E03
Out of the Mouths of Babes
Air Date: 1997-05-15
A young boy witnesses the killing of a priest, and is therefore placed under protection by Liz and Ian. But threats a...
E04
Know Thine Enemy
Air Date: 1997-05-22
During the visit of a high profile US citizen, Liz finds her competence questioned by the American bodyguards, and th...
E05
Target
Air Date: 1997-05-29
A British businessman is on the hitlist of some European hitmen, and Liz and Ian are assigned to protect him while he...
E06
Stand Off
Air Date: 1997-06-05
Commander MacIntyre isn't particularly pleased when his old mentor, who defected to Russia several years ago, wants t...
E07
The Killing Ground
Air Date: 1997-06-05
Liz and Ian are assigned to protect a Salman Rushdie-like writer who is hated by fundamentalist Muslems. But the firs...
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