Our Girl is a British television military drama series, written and created by Tony Grounds, first broadcast on BBC One on 24 March 2013. The series initially starred Lacey Turner as Molly Dawes, a young working-class woman, who joins the British Army after deciding her life is going down the drain. Following the feature-length pilot episode, a full series of five episodes was commissioned, commencing broadcast on 21 September 2014. Turner left her role after the first series, and was replaced by Michelle Keegan as the lead character, Lance Corporal Georgie Lane. The second five-episode series began airing on 7 September 2016. An extended third series, comprising 12 episodes, was commissioned in 2017. The first four episodes, known as the Nepal Tour, began broadcasting on 10 October 2017. The remaining eight episodes aired consecutively from 5 June 2018, with Olly Rix joining the cast as new special forces Captain "Bones" McClyde.
| Genre | Military drama |
| Created by | Tony Grounds |
| Written by | Tony Grounds |
| Directed by | David Drury, Anthony Philipson, Richard Senior, Jan Matthys, Luke Snellin, Tim Fywell, Jon Wright |
| Starring | Lacey Turner, Michelle Keegan, Ben Aldridge, Simon Lennon, Sean Ward, Sean Sagar, Rolan Bell, Harki Bhambra, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Patrick McNamee, Amy-Leigh Hickman, Nico Mirallegro, Danny Hatchard, Luke Pasqualino |
| Opening theme | "War Rages On" — Alex Clare (Series 1), "Hear You Calling" — Birdy (Series 2), "Battlecry" — Jordan Mackampa (Series 3–4) |
| Composer(s) | Ben Foster |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 28 |
| Executive producer(s) | John Yorke, Caroline Skinner |
| Producer(s) | Ken Horn, Eric Coulter |
| Location(s) | Hertfordshire, Camp Bastion, Army Training Centre, Pirbright, South Africa |
| Editor(s) | Ben Drury |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | BBC Studios |
| Distributor | RLJ Entertainment |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Picture format | 16:9 (1080i) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
About Our Girl
Military drama which follows a different army medic in each series. Lacey Turner and Michelle Keegan were cast as the lead role in the show for varying series.
Achievement of Our Girl
The show would be broadcast in Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Finland and Germany. In Germany, it was known by the title Eine Frau an der Front.
Top Facts You Did Not Know About Our Girl
Television shows set in Kenya.. Television shows set in Nepal.. Television shows set in Afghanistan.. Television shows set in Manchester.. Television shows set in London.
