Bodyguard; Başrollerinde Richard Madden (Game of Thrones, Medici: Masters of Florence, Klondike) ve Keeley Hawes‘in (The Durrells, The Missing, Ashes to Ashes) olan politik gerilim türündeki drama dizisinde; İçişleri Bakanı Julia Montague (Hawes) ve onu korumak üzere atanan David Budd (Madden) isimli kahraman bir savaş gazisini merkezine alıyor. İkilinin politika üzerine çatışmasıyla gerilim yükselecek ve Julia’nın koruması kısa süre içerisinde onun için en büyük tehdit haline gelecek.
Set in and around the corridors of power, Bodyguard tells the fictional story of David Budd, a heroic but volatile war veteran now working as a Specialist Protection Officer for the Royalty and Specialist Protection Branch of London's Metropolitan Police Service. When he is assigned to protect the ambitious and powerful Home Secretary Julia Montague, whose politics stand for everything he despises, Budd finds himself torn between his duty and beliefs. Responsible for her safety, is he actually her biggest threat?