BBC’s Bodyguard is up for three Baftas at the awards on May 12, 2019.
But in the lead-up to the big occasion, questions concerning a second series have been brought up. Let’s find out more…
How many Baftas is the show nominated for?
BBC's Bodyguard scooped three nominations at the 2019 Bafta TV Awards.
The show is up for Best Drama, but faces tough competition from Killing Eve, Save Me and Informer.
Meanwhile, Keeley Hawes will go head-to-head with the likes of Ruth Wilson, Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer for Best Leading Actress in a television series.
Bodyguard is also nominated for Virgin Media's must-see moment titled Julia Montague Assassinated.
Richard Madden was shockingly snubbed from the Lead Actor category, which surprised fans.
"I can't believe Richard is not nominated for best lead actor," one fan shared on Twitter.
Will there be a second series of the show?
Despite its incredible success, with over 17 million viewers tuning in for the finale, BBC has yet to confirm a second series.
The show depends on the availability of creator Jed Mercurio, who is also the mastermind behind BBC's other show Line of Duty.
Putting together the script for Bodyguard season one meant that the cop drama had to be placed on an extended hiatus as Jed focused his attention on the new show.
When asked whether Bodyguard will make its return to TV, Jed explained: "We'd love to do more [and] we appreciate there's a real hunger from fans to watch it."
"[But] there are a lot of logistics in terms of setting up a second season and we're just working through those."
It all simply comes down to scheduling and timing.
What did fans learn by the season finale?
Islamic terrorist Nadia Ali was the mastermind all along
Having no luck in detonating her suicide vest on October 1, she still managed to cause plenty of damage without having to blow herself up in the end.
Several explosive devices were built by Nadia prior to being locked up, which included the bomb she planted at St Matthew's College; the school truck and – most importantly – David Budd's suicide vest.
She lied to the police about her husband meeting agent Richard Longcross in a car park to collect the vest.
When questioned why she had worked with criminals to set up a series of terrorist attacks, she explained that it was “for money to build more bombs and buy more guns and spread the truth to our brothers and sisters throughout the world."
"For the world to be convinced that we had put a sword through the heart of the British government.”
Lorraine Craddock was the 'inside man'
During the final episode, fans learned that David's SO15 boss Lorraine Craddock had been the "inside man" all along.
Lorraine openly confessed during her interrogation that she was in alliance with organised crime boss Luke Aitkens and “for some years… disclosed sensitive information on police operations that might threaten his criminal activities”.
She would be the one sharing Julia's itinerary the day of the Thornton Circus sniper attack. Of course, this was then passed on to David’s army pal Andy Apsted.
Craddock also proved to be rather useful in the St Matthew's attack, having provided all of Julia's security plans.
No one knows what the plan would have been had David been confined to desk duty and reassigned, but needless to say that the bodyguard was re-appointed to Julia's team and the "fall guy" was back in the swing of things.
Luke's henchmen switched David's bullets
Probably one of the most surprising moments was to find out that Luke's henchmen were the ones who switched the bullets in David's gun while searching through his apartment.
Louise raised a great question when she asked: “Why didn’t they just steal your gun?”
“Straightaway I’d have known they’d been in my flat,” David responded. “They were trying to frame me, but I suppose they couldn’t take the chance of leaving me a live round.”
It seemed Luke was more worried about David using the gun against his men than the idea that he would kill himself.
“If you’re going to frame somebody, you make it the dead bloke,” he later told Lorraine.
Luke taunts David when they meet in the series finale, after discovering the gun, to which he said: “Well here’s a question for you. Is that thing loaded?”
With no apparent knowledge that David knew about the blanks, he responds: “It’s what it’s loaded with that matters.”
Richard Longcross really wanted the kompromat returned
The security services were not responsible for the death of Home Secretary Julia Montague – that was all planned by Nadia, Luke, and Lorraine.
They simply wanted to find the missing "kompromat".
Julia was very vocal in promising security service director-general Stephen Hunter-Dunn and his organisation certain powers under RIPA 18 – under the condition that he would assist her in giving up information about the Prime Minister.
And before you know it, an agent had shown up to her hotel room with an astounding amount of personal details concerning the PM, which included sexual assault and drug addiction, to name a few.
Evidence of the visit had quickly vanished from CCTV security footage.
Richard Longcross most likely deleted the tape from St Matthew's College in the midst of looking for Julia's tablet.
Richard assumes that the tablet was given to David, which insinuates that he knew about the secret romance.
This would explain why he questioned David's wife Vicky and ultimately had their safe house searched.
The aftermath
Nadia Ali, Luke Aitkens, and Lorraine Craddock were charged with conspiracy to murder Julia.
Fans learn that Met Police’s Counter Terrorism boss Anne Sampson leaked the kompromat to make sure that the Prime Minister resigned from his position.
Minister of State for Counter-Terrorism, Mike Travis, stayed in government to kick RIPA 18 into the "long grass", giving the power back to the police.
It goes without saying that David's career as a bodyguard was beginning to look rather thin, but it seems that this character will be explored in greater depth if there is a second series of the show.
David came to the realisation that he needed help with his mental health issues and PTSD.
And most importantly he restored his relationship with wife Vicky.
Who stars in the BBC series?
- Keeley Hawes plays the role of the Home Secretary Julia Montague. She is best known for starring in police drama The Line Of Duty, Doctor Who, The Vicar of Dibley and The Hollow Crown.
- Richard Madden is a Scottish actor who will play war veteran David Budd. He is best known for playing Robb Stark in Game of Thrones.
- Sophie Rundle, 30, played Budd's wife Vicky. She is a British actress from Bournemouth. She starred as Ada Shelby in Peaky Blinders.
- Gina McKee, 54, is an actress from County Durham, who took on the role of Anne Sampson. In 1997 she won a Bafta for Best Actress for her role in Our Friends in the North.
- Vincent Franklin is a British actor who played Mike Travis. He's best known for his roles in the TV series Five Days, Doc Martin, Being Human and Happy Valley.
When are the Baftas?
The British Academy Television Awards will be held on Sunday, May 12.
The Bafta TV Craft Awards ceremony was held a little bit earlier on April 28, 2019.
Bafta has held a separate ceremony ever since 1998 in order to fully focus on technical talent and those doing important work behind the scenes.
Categories for the Bafta TV awards include Best Entertainment Performance, Best Mini-Series and Best News Coverage.
While categories for the Craft Awards include make-up and hair design, special effects and costume design.
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