The Limping Assassin

Episode aired Dec 26, 2011
28m

IMDb RATING

5.2/10

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Tim Bentinck, Tim Downie, David Jason, and Geoffrey Whitehead in The Royal Bodyguard (2011)

Action Comedy

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 appoint... Read allGuy 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 book... Read allGuy 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... Read all

IMDb RATING

5.2/10

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Directors
- Mark Bussell
- Justin Sbresni
Writers
- Mark Bussell
- Justin Sbresni
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3/10

Unfortunately it isn't a good start, it's awful.

Guy Hubble is promoted to Royal Bodyguard after saving the Queen from a bizarre situation, however in his first assignment he proves less than competent.

If you watch sitcoms, you'll know exactly who penned this, within minutes, sometimes they got it spot on, sometimes they didn't, this time, they got it horrendously wrong. Worst week of my life, class, this was painful.

Maybe I was a little grumpy watching this, but nothing landed, it was as if everything was a little forced, a little overdone, simply put it was about as funny as stepping on a piece of lego.

I adore Sir David Jason, but here he's pretty woeful, it simply doesn't work. The one shining light here is Geoffrey Whitehead, he's cutting and sarcastic as you'd expect, and his dry delivery works very well.

I will stick with it, as I'm sure it cannot get any worse, 3/10.

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