The runaway success of Bodyguard is an acknowledgement that big drama has to have full cinematic/dvd values to demand the attention of UK tv audiences. I think its success flows from a combination of Wolf Hall, with terrific low-light shooting, and The Bridge, the Scandi-noir that first delivered outrageous plots with confidence and swagger.
Show-runner and writer Jed Mercurio could be more valuable to the BBC than Chris Evans. Unfortunately, Bodyguard is made by World Productions, and ITV Studios acquired a majority stake in May last year.
The two directors are John Strickland, who worked on Line of Duty, but whose experience goes back to The Bill; and Frenchman Thomas Vincent, who worked on Versailles and The Tunnel. Cinematographer John Lee shot much of Versailles, but also worked on The Tunnel.
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