Bodyguard season 2? The BBC has a Jack Bauer on its hands with David Budd

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Some say you should get a medal, others reckon you should be kicked off the force,” police commander Anne Sampson told David Budd after his high-risk heroics – setting him up as a classic he’s-unorthodox-but-damnit-he-gets-results protagonist for multiple seasons. Bodyguard creator Jed Mercurio has said that he would “absolutely” do a second series, but has worries over whether he’ll get one. “In the end, you have to accept that the broadcaster holds all the cards.” Bodyguard's Richard Madden backed for Bond With the conclusion to the show having proven neither controversial nor nosediving, and Bodyguard breaking ratings records for the BBC, a second season now seems a certainty. The BBC has a Jack Bauer on its hands with David Budd, a maverick hero that multiple seasons could be built around, as he foils a variety of terror plots and provides protection to more and more powerful “principals”.