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BODYGUARD fans were stunned after tonight’s explosive finale as it emerged it was suicide bomber Nadia who created the bomb which killed Julia Montague.

During an intense 75 minutes, viewers admitted they felt blindsided by the never-ending twists, including finding out who'd been working alongside  Luke Aitkens and CSI Lorraine Craddock.

 Nadia created the bomb in a shock twist
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Nadia created the bomb in a shock twistCredit: BBC

For the last six weeks viewers have come up with countless theories – including Julia not really dying and David Budd plotting her death – but tonight they all proved to be wrong.

Instead during the nail biting scenes it was revealed it was Nadia, played by Anjli Mohindra, who made the bomb that killed Julia and planned the attack on David’s children’s school – leaving viewers horrified.

David Budd (Richard Madden), like viewers, had naively believed she was an ally – but that wasn’t the only twist.

She was actually just doing the dirty work for crime boss Luke Aitkens (Matt Stokoe), who was trying to weaken the security service.

Luke had found out that Julia (Keeley Hawes) was planning to transfer powers to the security service rather than police – meaning organised crime that he was involved in would be more at risk so he wanted to stop her – and would stop at nothing.

 Julia was killed when a bomb went off earlier in the series
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Julia was killed when a bomb went off earlier in the series
 CSI Lorraine Craddock (Pippa Haywood) appeared to be trying to help David
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CSI Lorraine Craddock (Pippa Haywood) appeared to be trying to help David
 David spent much of the episode trying to persuade everyone he was innocent
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David spent much of the episode trying to persuade everyone he was innocent
David Budd manages to release his thumb from bomb detonator in dramatic Bodyguard scene

Those watching at home could not get over all the twists and turns and took to Twitter to comment on it.

One person wrote: "Well that twist at the end I wasn't expecting that  Superb bit of writing #Bodyguard

Another commented: "Oh my days, plot twist. She had us all fooled #Bodyguard

While someone else tweeted: "Plot twist with Nadia there  #BodyGuard."

But prior to that bombshell fans viewers learnt that Luke was collaborating with CSI Lorraine Craddock (Pippa Haywood), who had been feeding him the Home Secretary’s movements.

 Craddock turned out to be very crooked
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Craddock turned out to be very crookedCredit: BBC
 Craddock was working with Luke in yet another twist
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Craddock was working with Luke in yet another twistCredit: BBC

And in true Jed Mercurio style, the police chief was utterly corrupt and was helping bring down Julia who was trying to introduce the fictional bill Ripa 18, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2018 which would increase surveillance powers for the security services.

Meanwhile Richard Longcross (Michael Shaeffer) was helping Julia usurp the PM.  He was working for MI5’s Director-General Stephen Hunter-Dunn and providing evidence to ruin the leader. For weeks viewers suspected there was something incredibly sinister about him when he was in fact just carrying out orders for the secret service.

Nadiya reveals she built the bomb that killed Julia in shock Bodyguard twist

Commenting on Craddock being a corrupt officer, one person wrote: "So it was not Samson but Craddock, did not see it #Bodyguard."

While another gasped: "Jesus didn't suspect her at all #Bodyguard."

"I had. NO. CLUE. #bodyguard was gonna take this turn. The least suspected person, being the mastermind of the leak. But we all knew a sketchy bloke in a 17 plate Landy would always show as the overlord," commented someone else.

Viewers upset at the series coming to an end shouldn't despair however, as tonight The Sun exclusively revealed there would be FOUR spin-offs of the hit show.


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