Elthorne High School Gets Starring Role in BBC Drama Bodyguard
Local school gets on television in second episode of tense new thriller
Elthorne High School's still clearing the sugar glass after doubling up as a primary under attack in the second tense episode of Bodyguard on BBC1.
The new Jed Mercurio drama starring Keeley Hawes as the Home Secretary and Richard Madden as her troubled war veteran bodyguard, attracted 6.9 million viewers when it launched on Sunday, making it one of the biggest TV dramas of the year.
The edge-of-the-seat episode involved a terror attack at Heath Bank a ' south London' primary school. A white van with explosives was chased by armed police and driven erratically down a surbuban road which was in fact Southdown Avenue in W7
Just watched BBC's drama The Bodyguard. Heath Park Primary School and some of the students and staff look very familiar ... pic.twitter.com/w2gBM3sA57
— Elthorne Park High (@ElthorneHighSch) August 27, 2018
The children in the playground were rushed indoors and many social media commentators have remarked upon the teacher's ability to not spill their cups of tea amidst the panic.
The third part of the 6 part political thriller will be back on BBC 1 on Sunday night.
August 28th 2018