Our Girl is a British television military drama series, written and created by Tony Grounds, which follows the lives of those in the British Army. The show's feature-length pilot episode was first broadcast on BBC One on 24 March 2013.[1] Following the episode, a series was commissioned.[1] The show's first series consisted of five episodes and aired between 21 September and 19 October 2014.[2] The second series consisted of five episodes that aired from 7 September to 5 October 2016.[2]
Shortly before series 2 ended, Our Girl was renewed for a third series.[3] Series 3 consisted of 12 episodes that were split into two units:[4] the first consisting of four episodes that aired from 10 to 21 October 2017,[2] and the second consisting of the remaining eight airing from 5 June to 24 July 2018.[2] The fourth series, which was announced in 2019,[5] consisted of six episodes airing from 24 March to 28 April 2020.[2][6][7] In August 2020, after Michelle Keegan departed from the series, it was announced that Our Girl would not be renewed for a fifth series.[8]