The Royal Bodyguard – Series 1 DVD – Geoffrey Whitehead, Sir David Jason

All six episodes from the first series of the TV comedy starring David Jason as an incompetent ex-guardsman who is promoted to become the head of Royal security. After saving the Queen’s life in an apparent act of bravery on the day of the State Opening of Parliament, former guardsman Captain Guy Hubble (Jason), head of security at Buckingham Palace car park, finds himself promoted to the post of Royal Bodyguard. As he stumbles through his duties, causing conflict and chaos wherever he goes, the attempts of his boss, Colonel Dennis Whittington (Geoffrey Whitehead), to have him removed are thwarted at every turn. The episodes are: ‘The Limping Assassin’, ‘The Siege of Blenheim Square’, ‘Bullets Over Broad Street’, ‘The Royal Art of Blackmail’ , ‘The Perils of Attraction’ and ‘A Watery Grave’.

One Man. One Family. One Royal Mess.Sir David Jason is The Royal Bodyguard.After a life of service in the army, Captain Guy Hubble (Sir David Jason) finds himself put out to seed as a car park attendant at Buckingham Palace. That is until he is surprisingly promoted to head of Royal security after first endangering, then miraculously saving, The Queen’s life.Hubble’s boss, Colonel Whittington, is not amused. He is desperate to see the back of Hubble; he knows only too well about his long line of botched operations and relentless mishaps.Though totally out of his depth, Hubble takes his new role very seriously. However he soon manages to upset foreign ambassadors, members of the public and his colleagues as he haphazardly carries out his duties. Most alarmingly, Hubble often finds himself taking on dangerous one man rescue missions for The Queen and her family.Captain Guy Hubble is a walking disaster, and the fate of the Royal Family now rests in his hands.Starring Sir David Jason, Geoffrey Whitehead, Timothy Bentinck and Tim Downie with a guest appearance from David Walliams; The Royal Bodyguard is a comedy about the wrong man, in the wrong job, in the wrong household….