<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 woman from a working - class background who joins the British Army after deciding her life is going nowhere . Following the feature - length pilot episode, a full series of five episodes was commissioned, commencing broadcast on 21 September 2014 . For the series, Iwan Rheon and Ben Aldridge joined the main cast as Private Dylan "Smurf" Smith and Captain Charles James respectively . </P> <P> Turner left her role after the first series, and was replaced Michelle Keegan as the series' new lead, Lance Corporal Georgie Lane . Ben Aldridge returned to the cast, with newcomers Luke Pasqualino and Royce Pierreson amongst the new cast members . The second five - episode series began airing on 7 September 2016 . An extended third series, comprising twelve episodes, was commissioned in 2017 . Initially due to be broadcast in three blocks of four episodes, filming for this series took place in Nepal, South Africa and Malaysia . Keegan, Pasqualino and Aldridge all returned for this series, with Shalom Brune - Franklin and Rudi Dharmalingam amongst the new cast members for this series . 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 . </P>

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