Our Girl premiered on BBC One in 2013, a military drama following young servicewomen and men of the British Army, most prominently Michelle Keegan’s medic Georgie Lane, as they navigate the demands and dangers of active deployment, initially in Afghanistan and later across other conflict zones. The series built its appeal on a combination of military action and grounded personal drama, distinguishing it within the BBC’s drama slate.
Our Girl ran for five series between 2013 and 2020, becoming one of BBC One’s more durable military dramas of the decade and earning praise for its collaboration with the British Armed Forces in depicting the realities of modern deployment, blending combat sequences with the personal toll of military service on its characters and their families back home.
Luke Pasqualino joined Our Girl as Elvis Harte, a series regular across multiple seasons, adding a substantial military drama credit to a career that also spans the teen drama Skins and the period adventure series The Musketeers, further establishing his range across British television’s most popular genres over the past fifteen years.
Our Girl remains a respected entry in British television’s military drama tradition, valued for its grounded depiction of army life alongside its personal storytelling. Its cast’s varied careers across British television keep collector interest active among fans of contemporary British drama.
Michelle Keegan’s casting as Georgie Lane came shortly after her long-running role in the soap opera Coronation Street, and Our Girl became an important vehicle for demonstrating her range as a dramatic lead. The series’ access to genuine military training exercises and equipment, arranged through its collaboration with the British Army, gave its combat sequences a level of authenticity that distinguished it from more conventionally staged military dramas of the same period.
The series’ later seasons relocated its focus to Nepal, Kenya, and South Sudan, broadening its depiction of British military deployment beyond its original Afghanistan setting and reflecting the changing nature of the missions undertaken by the British Armed Forces during the 2010s.
Ben Aldridge and later cast members rotated through the series’ supporting military ensemble across its run, and the show’s producers worked closely with serving and former military personnel as consultants, an approach that earned the series praise for its authenticity from real Army veterans.
Georgie Lane’s journey from a directionless young woman in Stockwell to a respected combat medic gave the series a clear coming-of-age arc beneath its military backdrop, and Michelle Keegan’s performance helped the show maintain a loyal following across each new overseas posting depicted in later series.