The Bodyguard

Series 1

Series Summary The bodyguards going through their paces

The Bodyguard puts 12 ordinary members of the public through one of the most rigorous training programmes in the world.

The trainees are put through a series of gruelling tasks designed to not only the weed out the weak and inappropriate, but also to simulate real-life scenarios, where a bad decision could cost a bodyguard more than their job.

The painstaking programme of tests include a hair-raising kidnapping situation as well as close-quarter combat techniques and lessons in the kind of evasive driving that includes ramming other vehicles.

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Episodes (3)

  • Episode 1 The Bodyguard

    The recruits face their first test when they're kidnapped on their way to Bodyguard HQ. And for some of them things don't get much better…

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  • Episode 2 The Bodyguard

    How many of the remaining volunteers will last until the end of Week 2, as they face another round of rigorous training and test scenarios?

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  • Episode 3 The Bodyguard

    In this final programme, coach John Davidson works with the five surviving recruits - and even they are not guaranteed to make it to the…

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