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| 'I watch TV to unwind': Theresa May not a fan of BBC's Bodyguard | 'I watch TV to unwind': Theresa May not a fan of BBC's Bodyguard |
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| Theresa May has said she did not enjoy watching the BBC drama Bodyguard, which focused on the relationship between a rightwing home secretary and her personal protection officer. | Theresa May has said she did not enjoy watching the BBC drama Bodyguard, which focused on the relationship between a rightwing home secretary and her personal protection officer. |
| The prime minister switched off after 20 minutes of the first episode and told reporters while visiting Africa that she preferred watching programmes that were not so close to home. | The prime minister switched off after 20 minutes of the first episode and told reporters while visiting Africa that she preferred watching programmes that were not so close to home. |
| “I watch TV to unwind,” May said. “I’m not sure a drama about a female home secretary is the best way for me to do that.” | “I watch TV to unwind,” May said. “I’m not sure a drama about a female home secretary is the best way for me to do that.” |
| The prime minister is a fan of the American police show NCIS, The Great British Bake Off and Strictly Come Dancing – a notable choice given the mixed reception for her dancing at a South African school, where she joined in with teachers and parents shortly after her arrival on Tuesday morning. | The prime minister is a fan of the American police show NCIS, The Great British Bake Off and Strictly Come Dancing – a notable choice given the mixed reception for her dancing at a South African school, where she joined in with teachers and parents shortly after her arrival on Tuesday morning. |
| In Bodyguard, Keeley Hawes plays Julia Montague, a Conservative MP who supported military intervention in Iraq and wants to restrict civil liberties by updating phone-tapping legislation, but ends up in a relationship with her protection officer – David Budd, played by Richard Madden – a war veteran bitterly opposed to her politics. | In Bodyguard, Keeley Hawes plays Julia Montague, a Conservative MP who supported military intervention in Iraq and wants to restrict civil liberties by updating phone-tapping legislation, but ends up in a relationship with her protection officer – David Budd, played by Richard Madden – a war veteran bitterly opposed to her politics. |
| Hawes said she had looked to Amber Rudd for inspiration rather than May, partly because Rudd was home secretary at the time of filming. | Hawes said she had looked to Amber Rudd for inspiration rather than May, partly because Rudd was home secretary at the time of filming. |
| “We’re very much not playing Amber Rudd. That wasn’t what we were going to do. But she’s a very good example. She was brilliant for me to research,” Hawes said in a press conference promoting the show. | “We’re very much not playing Amber Rudd. That wasn’t what we were going to do. But she’s a very good example. She was brilliant for me to research,” Hawes said in a press conference promoting the show. |
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