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Bodyguard opening episode sparks online debate about female job roles - and train times
Some viewers couldn't accept so many women in positions of authority and responsibility - or that British trains would run on time...
- Paul Jones
Published: Monday, 27 August 2018 at 10:02 am
Viewers were gripped on Sunday night by the 20-minute-long opening scene of BBC1's new thriller Bodyguard, in which Richard Madden's Army veteran tackled a terrorist onboard a train.
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But while the general consensus seemed to be that the latest series from Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio was very promising, there was one area that sparked debate – the number of women seen in positions of authority or responsibility.
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Keeley Hawes played Home Secretary Julia Montague, alongside a female police chief, suicide bomber, police markswoman, bomb disposal expert– not to mention train manager – and it had some viewers crying 'political correctness gone mad!'.
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Others, however, pointed out that perhaps Mercurio wasn't portraying such an unrealistic view of the world after all...
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...while others still suggested it was certain viewers, rather than the show's creators, who needed to work on their outlook...
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But as the debate raged on, there was one part of the drama the British public could agree was unrealistic...
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Episode two of Bodyguard is due on BBC1 at 9pm on Bank Holiday Monday.
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