The Royal Bodyguard

Season

2011

4.4

A former soldier is brought out of retirement and put in charge of Royal security but he turns out to be the worst possible appointment as he is totally out of his depth.

Episode List

S1 • E1

The Limping Assassin

Guy Hubble,accident-prone car park attendant at Buckingham Palace,saves the queen from a runaway carriage stampede - which he caused - and,to the horror of Secret Service high-ups,is appointed the royal bodyguard. When MI5 hear of a likely attempt to kill the queen Hubble is booked into the hotel where she is staying and where he creates predictable havoc. Falling for the assassin's glamorous accomplice he ends up in his under-pants on a hotel balcony and reported as a peeping Tom but for all that,just as predictably,saves the queen's life - again quite by accident.

S1 • E2

The Siege of Blenheim Square

Hubble and security officer Yates are shadowing a royal prince on a shopping trip to a jewellers,which coincides with the armed robbery of the shop. After Hubble has accidentally alerted the robbers to the royal presence they take the prince hostage and,as the SAS prepare to move in,Hubble is suspended. However he mounts his own rescue with a microlight and,as he crashes into the shop,disarms the villains with his toupee.

S1 • E3

Bullets over Broad Street

Hubble is abducted by Dana and Kagan, the couple whose assassination attempt on the queen he accidentally foiled. They leave him bound and gagged in a basement whilst they head off to a Royal visit in Oxford and another try. After freeing himself and inadvertently crippling Yates, one of the rescue party, Hubble catches up with the pair in Oxford, where, once more he defeats them - despite having an arm wedged in a priceless Roman vase.

S1 • E4

The Royal Art of Blackmail

Having helped three men load things into a van at the palace Hubble is told that he has inadvertently assisted thieves in stealing valuable pictures from the Royal art collection and is charged with delivering the five million pounds the criminals demand for their return. Handcuffed to the brief case containing the money he is taken to a farm where he meets the mastermind behind the heist - Sir Ambrose Hamilton,the Surveyor of the Royal Pictures. This leads to a shoot-out in an ice cream van and another accidental triumph for Hubble,who literally remains cool throughout.

S1 • E5

The Perils of Attraction

Because MI-5 can't be trusted to ferret out a leak in 10 Downing Street, royal bodyguard Hubble is sent in. He goes undercover cross-dressing as the new cleaning lady. His incessant absurd theories drive his superior into despair. Finally, flirtation from the fiend with 'Sandra' accidentally exposes him.

S1 • E6

A Watery Grave

Hubble is assigned to escort a royal princess to a hen night at a Devon hotel,where he annoys the guests and loses his charge,ending up being stuck on the moors all night. Next day,whilst driving the princess, his car brakes fail and he assumes somebody is out to kill him to get at her. He is partly right - a colleague he has pushed too far is about to try and consign him to a watery grave,though,being Hubble,he will survive to gain more undeserved glory.