Every nation has different standards for what can be aired on broadcast TV. European countries are lax about language and nudity, but they are appalled by the American custom of advertising pharmaceuticals directly to consumers. Britain has a few hard and fast rules (imagine a strict limit on the number of advertising minutes on TV!) for somewhat obscure reasons, but the real story is the lengths that some shows have gone to get around those rules.
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I notice that BBC-originated programs, like Bodyguard, list in IMDB as 57 or 58 minutes. When I get to see this show, in Canada, the hour allocated contains 14 minutes of advert. So, the show is just a little jumpy and character development has been edited to death. hooray.
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