Michelle Keegan To Return For Season 4 Of ‘Our Girl’
Michelle Keegan is set to reprise her role as Georgie Lane in BBC army drama ‘Our Girl‘, which the broadcaster has renewed for a 4th Season it was announced today.
Written and created by Tony Grounds, the new six-part season will take place one year on from 2 Section’s last tour in Bangladesh. A positive Georgie is making leaps in her career, having been promoted to Sergeant, and now training a new bunch of medics. Happily living back in Manchester with her family, Georgie is insistent to her friends in 2 Section that she’s happily settled in her new job and will not be joining them on their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan, no matter how much they want her to.
However, when a night on the town results in a near-fatal incident, she can’t deny that the painful memories of losing the love of her life, Elvis, to a Taliban attack, is the real reason she doesn’t want to go back. Georgie realises that she needs to return to Afghanistan to face her own fears.
“Being in Our Girl has been one of the highlights of my career so far. I feel very lucky to be part of the show and I’m really excited that it’s coming back,” commented Michelle Keegan on the announcement. “The audience response has been so positive and I think Georgie is a character who resonates with viewers. I absolutely love playing the role. Be prepared for another incredible series – Georgie’s still got unfinished business.”
The series was first piloted in 2013 which saw Lacey Turner in the lead role as Molly Dawes. She returned in 2014 for the Season 1, but decided to depart the show, so Michelle Keegan was brought in as lead in Season 2.
“I’m absolutely delighted that Michelle Keegan will be reprising her role as Georgie Lane for another tour of Our Girl,” adds writer and creator Tony Grounds. “2 Section are deployed to Afghanistan as part of Nato’s Resolute Support Mission to develop the military capability of the Afghanistan government’s armed forces. But with the Taliban controlling large swathes of the country and Georgie Lane’s haunting memories of Elvis lost last time she was in the country, this mission was never going to be easy.”
The series is a BBC Studios production for BBC One. The producer is Yvonne Francas (‘Love, Lies And Records’, ‘Death In Paradise’) and executive producers are Tony Grounds, Roberto Troni, Hilary Salmon for BBC Studios and Mona Qureshi for BBC One.
‘Our Girl‘ Season 4 will begin filming in April for four months in South Africa. No premiere date has been set, but we wouldn’t expect it before late 2019/early 2020.
