# ANZAC Girls (2014)

> Miniseries following Australian and New Zealand nurses serving at Gallipoli and the Western Front during the First World War.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/54784

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 6
- Episode runtime: 58 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama, history, war
- Network: ABC TV
- Cast: Georgia Flood, Antonia Prebble, Laura Brent, Anna McGahan, Caroline Craig, Todd Lasance, Charles Mayer, Dustin Clare
- TMDB rating: 7.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3078602/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Tone: sober, humane, sorrowful, harrowing, warm

## Synopsis

ANZAC Girls (2014) is an Australian miniseries broadcast on ABC TV, a single-season limited series of six hour-long episodes. Drawn from the rarely told true stories of Australian and New Zealand nurses, it follows a group of women including Alice Ross-King (Georgia Flood), Hilda Steele (Antonia Prebble), Elsie Cook (Laura Brent) and Olive Haynes (Anna McGahan) as they leave home to serve in the First World War. Their engine is the daily struggle to keep wounded soldiers alive in makeshift hospitals close to the fighting at Gallipoli and on the Western Front, while coping with exhaustion, shortages and the constant pressure of loss. Alongside them, the series follows soldiers and doctors such as Lt. Sydney Cook (Todd Lasance) and Lt. Harry Moffitt (Dustin Clare), whose lives intersect with the nurses in the trenches and field hospitals. Each episode moves through a sequence of wartime crises rather than a single case, building into a broad portrait of the period. Set in the Dardanelles and the battlefields of France and Belgium, the drama has the texture of a classic period piece, with costume detail and carefully staged war scenes. Its tone is sober and humane, blending moments of camaraderie and warmth with harrowing, sorrowful moments. Fans of The Crimson Field and Call the Midwife will find resonance in its portrait of women carrying care through war, and viewers of Band of Brothers will recognise its grounded approach to historical courage.

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