Title ANZAC Girls: Love - Ep 4 Of 6 / Director: Watson, Ian

Published Australia : ABC, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (58 min. 29 sec.) ; 355225994 bytes Summary *Violence*After spending days on a crowded troop train, Alice (Georgia Flood), Olive (Anna McGahan), Hilda (Antonia Prebble) and Grace (Caroline Craig) arrive in Rouen, France. The Army are yet to set up an Australian Hospital, so the nurses are sent to work at No 11 British Stationary Hospital. Alice immediately tries to find out where Harry's (Dustin Clare) 21st Battalion is stationed. She traipses back and forth to the field post office every chance she can, but receives no letters from her beloved. Hilda is delighted to be so close to the 'Mother Country' and at the thought of working with English nurses. But the British Ward Sister Bullus (Tiffany Lyndall-Knight) is scathing and strict; lots of Imperial rules and regulations that the Australian and Kiwi nurses chafe against. Eventually the ANZAC nurses return to No 1 Australian General Hospital. There, Alice meets Major John Prior (Leon Ford), a friend of Harry's and Olive also finds a familiar face - Orderly Pat Dooley (Brandon McClelland) who she met on Lemnos but naively remains oblivious to his affection. To mark a year after the commencement of the Gallipoli campaign, Olive, Alice and Hilda make up gift parcels and inscribe each with 'Anzac Day 1916' which they hand out to all the Australian and Kiwi soldiers at the hospital. A sense of national identity forged for both former colonies. Meanwhile, Grace's superlative leadership is unexpectedly recognised when she is promoted to Matron in Chief at AIF HQ. It's a huge feather in her cap but the post is in London and the celebrations are bittersweet. Grace will miss her nurses and they her, especially as the battle of the Western Front escalates. Hilda and Olive, seeing Alice's spiralling concern over Harry's silence, take her for a picnic in the countryside. On their return they are met by Major Prior, ashen-faced, who tells Alice that Harry has been killed in a battle near Fromelles. The next day, Alice receives Harry's very last letter.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Screentime, a Banijay Group company, Production. Written by: Felicity Packard and Niki Aken, based on the book The Other ANZACs by Peter Rees. Series Producer: Lisa Scott; Producer: Felicity Packard; Executive Producers: Des Monaghan and Greg Haddrick. ABC TV Executive Producers: Carole Sklan and David Ogilvy Event Broadcast 2014-08-31 at 21:00:00 Notes Classification: M Subject Anzac Day. Man-woman relationships. Soldiers -- Death. Hospitals -- Employees. France -- Rouen. Form Streaming video Author Watson, Ian, director Ah Chee, Roland, cast Antidormi, Christian, cast Bennett, Nick, cast Bliss, Ian, cast Brent, Laura, cast Clare, Dustin, cast Craig, Caroline, cast Crouch, Darcy, cast Debelle, Honey, cast Dewar, Erin, cast Dukes, Alan, cast Fay Casting, Maura, cast Fay, Ann, cast Flood, Georgia, cast Ford, Leon, cast Gilmour, Michael, cast Hall, Alec, cast Hazeldine, Glenn, cast Healy, Conor, cast Hill, Matthew, cast John Ryan, Clarence, cast Lasance, Todd, cast Lyndall-Knight, Tiffany, cast Mayer, Charles, cast McClelland, Brandon, cast McGahan, Anna, cast Mowbray, Doug, cast Oliver, Patch, cast Pickford, Leigh, cast Prebble, Antonia, cast Smith, Jim, cast Soper, Bonnie, cast Tait, Avril, cast Trent Williams, Bradley, cast

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