Our Girl series 4


The fourth and final series of the British military drama television series Our Girl began broadcasting on 24 March 2020 on BBC One, and ended on 28 April 2020. The series focused on protagonist Georgie Lane, who had recently been promoted to sergeant, rejoining 2-Section on a tour in Afghanistan, where she is forced to face her own inner demons. It consists of six sixty-minute episodes.

Production

In July 2018, the BBC announced discussions on whether or not to renew to series following a cliffhanger ending to its third series. Series 4 was confirmed in January 2019, and was set to take place one year after series 3. It was set to follow protagonist Georgie Lane, who has been promoted to Sergeant, reluctant to join 2-Section as they return to Afghanistan, and being forced to face her own fears, regrets, and inner demons surrounding her deceased ex-fiance, Elvis Harte. The series was written and created by Tony Grounds, produced by Yvonne Francas, and executive produced by Grounds, Roberto Troni, Hilary Salmon and Mona Qureshi. Salmon teased the new series provided "an opportunity for us to see Georgie in a new stage of her life, as she comes to terms with life without Elvis and reassesses her relationship to the army and the emotional toll it has taken" and was noted "Michelle Keegan will once again star in this new six-part story that is both exciting and moving and contains unexpected twists". The series was set to contain six episodes. Filming began in April 2019 in South Africa and concluded in July, with the series set to begin airing in March 2020.
In January 2019, it was confirmed that Michelle Keegan would reprise her role as Georgie Lane. Otherwise, the series saw a major overhaul as Ben Aldridge's Captain James, alongside Shalom Brune-Franklin's Maisie and Harki Bhambra's Rab, did not return, their spots being taken by Nico Mirallegro, Will Attenborough, Kaine Zajaz, Amy-Leigh Hickman, Josh Bowman, Nabil Elouahabi, Nebras Jamali and Badria Timini were announced to join. Danny-Boy Hatchard was cast as Rhett 'Cheese' Charlton. The character was billed as "cool", "confident", and someone with "many a practical joke up his sleeve".