Our Girl
| Our Girl | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama Thriller |
| Created by | Tony Grounds |
| Written by | Tony Grounds |
| Directed by | David Drury Anthony Philipson Richard Senior Luke Snellin |
| Starring |
Lacey Turner Iwan Rheon Ben Aldridge Kerry Godliman Sean Gallagher Mimi Keene Michelle Keegan Luke Pasqualino |
| Opening theme | "War Rages On" by Alex Clare (Series 1) "Hear You Calling" by Birdy (Series 2–present) |
| Composer(s) |
Ben Foster (2014 series) Niraj Chag (pilot) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 11 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| 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 | 60–90 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 24 March 2013 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Our Girl is a British television drama, which starred Lacey Turner as Molly Dawes (in its first series) a young adult from a lower class background who joins the British Army after deciding her life is going nowhere. A one-off special was broadcast on 24 March 2013 on BBC One, which saw Dawes make the decision to join the army, despite the protests of her protective family.
On 2 December 2013, it was announced that a full 5-episode series would air in 2014, following Dawes' first deployment to Afghanistan as an army medic attached to a British Army infantry section based from a small UK/ANA shared F.O.B somewhere in Helmand.Iwan Rheon and Ben Aldridge joined the main cast as soldier Dylan Smith "Smurf", who is also Molly's previous one night stand, and team leader Captain Charles James respectively. The series began airing on 21 September 2014.
On the 21 June 2015 the BBC announced that Our Girl would be returning for a second series. Michelle Keegan took over as the show's lead, replacing Turner, playing the new character of Lance Corporal Georgie Lane. Series 2 began airing on BBC One at 9pm on 7 September 2016. Both series 1 and series 2 were filmed in South Africa.
On 5 October 2016, moments after the finale ended BBC announced that Our Girl would be returning for a third series in 2017 with Keegan as Georgie Lane once again.
The one-off 2013 special sees 18-year-old Molly Dawes (Lacey Turner) from the East End of London decide to join the army, deciding her life has no purpose on discovering that her boyfriend has been cheating on her. She initially keeps this decision a secret from her family, which comprised her controlling father Dave (Sean Gallagher) and doting mother Belinda (Kerry Godliman), encouraged only by the manager of the recruitment office, Sergeant Lamont (Paul Fox). When the truth is exposed, Dave demands she changes her mind, threatening to disown her from the family if she does not; leaving Molly to make the heartbreaking decision to step away as she heads off to training camp. Here, Corporal Geddings (Matthew McNulty) initially doubts Molly's strength as a potential soldier, but she strives to prove herself and eventually earns the respect of her peers, even reuniting with her mother Belinda when she visits her to apologise for Dave's actions.
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