More4 has acquired the UK rights for Australian period drama, ANZAC Girls, based on real-life experiences in World War I.

Set in 1915, the six-part series will begin on More4 in 2015.

Based on the historic letters and diaries of five young women, ANZAC Girls tells the lesser-known true story of Australia and New Zealand in the First World War. The story follows the struggles of the fledgling nurses as they are drafted to the Middle East as part of a secret military campaign. Their lives, loves and losses will be recreated as the audience experiences the reality of life in the war fields of Gallipoli and the Western Front in Europe.

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Louise Pedersen, Managing Director, all3media International commented: “I’m delighted that More 4 has acquired Screentime’s ANZAC Girls. It’s a work of exceptional quality and sensitivity, which launched to tremendous critical acclaim and high audience viewing figures on its debut with Australia’s ABC. This war-time drama, told through the eyes of the young, brave nurses who attended the front lines of war, far from their Australian and New Zealand homes has also just been acquired in the USA by Acorn TV – RLJ Entertainment’s digital channel – so we are proud to have found two new prestigious homes for this accomplished series. We hope that that More 4’s audience are as charmed and moved by the show as we are.”

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