Bodyguard: is Julia Montague based on a real home secretary?

Comparisons drawn between Keeley Hawes’ character and Amber Rudd and Theresa May

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Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes in Bodyguard

BBC One’s Bodyguard was hotting up last night - if that is possible after a gripping two episodes packed with an attempted assassination, mass terrorism and steamy sex.

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