Acorn TV, the first British TV focused streaming service in North America, will be adding the U.S. Premiere of Anzac Girls, the new hit Australian drama from All3Media International, to their line-up starting on October 6. It will air every Monday through November 10.
Anzac Girls is a moving six-part mini-series based on the true and largely unknown stories of five brave Australian and New Zealand nurses at Gallipoli and the Western Front during World War I. This mini tells the harrowing but ultimately life-affirming true stories of five unsung heroines of the Great War, which is based on the book “The Other ANZACS” by Peter Rees, and drawing on the original diaries, letters and photographs that passed between the nurses and their lovers, families and friends, as well as on countless historical records, the miniseries is one of the first to be told from the points of view of the courageous nurses from the Australia New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC).
The nurses tend to the wounded and maimed soldiers of World War I with their own unique warmth, compassion and humor – bringing a ‘touch of home’ to distraught and damaged men. Despite the shocking hardship of war, they also form lasting bonds of love with the soldiers they care for and lasting friendships with the nurses they work alongside. As these young women put their lives on the line for King and Country, they undergo extraordinary personal journeys, overcoming prejudice, heartbreak and adversity as they play their parts in the theatre of war.
ANZAC Girls stars many up-and-coming Australian actors, including Georgia Flood (House Husbands), Antonia Prebble (White Lies), Laura Brent (Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader), Anna McGahan (House Husbands), and Caroline Craig (Underbelly) as the five nurses.
In early 2015, Acorn will also release the series on DVD and syndicate it to public television stations nationwide.
Anzac Girls can be seen at Acorn TV, via the iTunes App store, and its popular Roku channel. Acorn TV offers a free 30-day trial and thereafter is just $4.99/month or $49.99/year. Acorn TV subscribers also receive free shipping on all orders from Acorn’s catalog and website, AcornOnline.com.
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