Welcome to the Bodyguards guide at TV.com. Liz Shaw, a former Special Branch close protection officer, and Ian Worell, an ex-fighter pilot turned CID detective, are among the first recruits to the Close Protection Group (CPG), an organisation tasked with providing protection for high profile targets such as members of the Royal Family, foreign diplomats, and key witnesses to capital crimes. The officers of the CPG are trained to jump in front of an assassin's bullet if necessary; their commitment is not to survive the person they are protecting.moreless