The red carpet was rolled out last night at Home cinema in Manchester as Michelle Keegan was in town for a special screening of her new BBC One drama Our Girl.
Other members of the Our Girl cast including Sean Ward, Angela Lonsdale and Simon Lennon were joined on the red carpet by a host of North West celebs including BBC North West Tonight presenter Beccy Barr and Hannah Midgley who recently starred in the BBC One drama In The Club.
Michelle Keegan said: “I am thrilled to be back in Manchester for the screening. I come from Manchester and obviously we filmed a lot of the series here so it’s really important to me that we can give people in Manchester an exclusive opportunity to see the first episode before the rest of the country. The reaction from fans on the red carpet was over-whelming, I hope everyone enjoys the new series when it starts on Wednesday.”
An audience of members of the public, specially invited guests and members of the cast and crew were treated to a sneak preview of the first episode of the five-part series. The screening was hosted by Adrian Mills, General Manager at BBC North and was attended by nearly 200 people.
Adrian Mills said: “We have a clear commitment to make a wide variety of programmes across the North of England and Our Girl is an excellent example of the BBC delivering on that promise. We have seen some very successful dramas made in the north this year including Happy Valley, The A Word and In The Club and it’s fantastic to see such a range of powerful dramas on our screens. I’ve no doubt that Our Girl will prove to be just as popular with audiences in the north and across the country.”
Our Girl was filmed at various locations in and around Manchester. The new series of Our Girl follows Two Section on a posting to Kenya where they are joined by new female medic Lance Corporal Georgie Lane (Michelle Keegan) a brilliant and committed soldier who loves the adrenaline and adventure of her job.
During this series, Georgie will have to earn the love and trust of her fellow soldiers, and the greater respect of her commanding officer, whilst working alongside aid workers in the biggest refugee camp in the world. Kenya is a complicated and volatile posting – one which Georgie will find full of surprises that will challenge her professionally in unexpected ways, and which will change her personal life forever.
The first episode of the five part series will be shown at 9pm on September 7th on BBC One.
