<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0260ych </Td> </Tr> <P> Our Girl is a British television military drama series, produced by the BBC . </P> <P> The first series 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 . 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 . A 5 - episode series was subsequently broadcast, beginning on 21 September 2014 . Iwan Rheon and Ben Aldridge joined the main cast as Private Dylan "Smurf" Smith and Captain Charles James respectively . </P> <P> In the second series Michelle Keegan replaced Turner as the show's lead, playing the new character of Lance Corporal Georgie Lane . Ben Aldridge returned to the cast while newcomers Luke Pasqualino and Royce Pierreson joined the series as Special Forces Officer Elvis Harte and Doctor Jamie Cole respectively . The first two series were filmed in South Africa . Series two began airing on BBC One on 7 September 2016 . </P>

Who played our girl in the first series