Bodyguard writer Jed Mercurio already has plans for season 2
The 'Line of Duty' creator has some ideas for future series
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Your support makes all the difference.With Bodyguard being named the most-watched new drama since 2006, there’s no real question around whether there will be a second series.
Luckily for the BBC, writer Jed Mercurio – who also penned another of the corporation’s hit dramas, Line Of Duty – already has plans for the sequel.
“I have got some ideas for a second series, but it is worth waiting until the run is finished to see which bits worked and which bits didn’t work for the audience,” he told the Daily Mirror.
Asked how the six-episode series will develop, Mercurio said: “I have put in some red herrings, you have to be able to have a number of possible answers in play and that is all about what you let the audience in on and what you keep from them.”
With Keeley Hawes starring as the Home Secretary and Richard Madden as the officer assigned to protect her, Bodyguard has proven ratings success, pulling in consolidated viewing figures of 10.4 million for its first episode last month. The BBC claim that’s the highest launch figure for any new drama across all UK channels since 2006.
Bodyguard continues on BBC One this Sunday at 9pm while the final episode will air on September 23.
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