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Dinosaur. Image shows left to right: Nina (Ashley Storrie), Evie (Kat Ronney)
Dinosaur

Dinosaur

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC Scotland / BBC Three
  • 2021 - 2024
  • 7 episodes (1 series)

Comedy drama about an autistic woman in her twenties. Stars Ashley Storrie, Kat Ronney, Lorn Macdonald, Danny Ashok, David Carlyle and more.

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Pilot

Dinosaur. Image shows left to right: Bo (Brad Morrison), Nina (Ashley Storrie). Credit: Two Brothers Pictures
Modern dating is a world filled with white lies, false pretences and confusing games. It's a world that Nina, an undiagnosed autistic woman, is about to shake up.

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Further details

Nina is Autistic, but yet to be diagnosed. Nina's always felt different - and often made to feel it by her family. But Nina finds happiness in the world thanks to her love of palaeontology, and she'll spend all the time she can indulging in the exhibitions on dinosaurs and fossils at the local museum.

When her bubbly younger sister, Evie, asks Nina to be her maid of honour, Nina decides to step out of her comfort zone with a challenge: to find herself a date to bring to the wedding. Nina's never been too bothered by dating before but after her sister's engagement, she's curious: what's the big fuss all about? If everyone says love is so difficult, why does everyone want it all the time? She's determined to find out for herself once and for all.

Tackling the terrors of dating apps, and armed with makeup tips and unintended pickup lines from Evie and the internet, Nina pursues a date with nerdy but endearing Lee. After a bumpy start the pair soon hit it off over a common love of fan fiction and Nina even agrees to send him some of her own work. However, things quickly start to get confusing when Nina finds Lee doesn't quite seem as interested in chatting after the date ends...

Smarting from unanswered texts and feeling slightly side-lined at Evie's engagement party, Nina decides to confide in her older brother, Bo, in search of advice. However, the recently dumped Bo quickly makes his feelings known that Nina is way out of her depth; the trials and tribulations of dating are not worth her time. Nina is frustrated. When everyone else is lying and playing games, why does it feel like she's the odd one out in the dating charade?

When Nina bumps into Lee on her way home, will she take her brother's advice or will she be herself and let Lee know exactly how she feels? Could Nina shake up the unspoken rules of modern dating or is her foray into romance about to get even more confusing...

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 27th May 2021
Time
6am
Channel
BBC Three
Length
22 minutes, 9 seconds

Cast & crew

Cast
Ashley Storrie Nina
Guest cast
Bebe Cave Evie
Will Merrick Lee
Bhav Joshi Ranesh
Brad Morrison Bo
Oliver Samuel Vic
Titana Muthui Zoe
Grant O'Rourke Uncle Marcus
Vicki Pepperdine Diana
Michael Nardone Ade
Abby Wallace Young Nina
Sofia Naomi Kristoffersen Young Evie
Writing team
Matilda Curtis Writer
Willa Hope Script Editor
Production team
Jonathan Schey Director
Harry Williams Executive Producer
Jack Williams Executive Producer
Sarah Hammond Producer
Daniel Walker Producer
Kate Daughton Executive Producer
Anna Purkis Line Producer
Christopher Watson Editor
Rosalie Clayton Casting Director
Andy Drummond Production Designer
Robert Leop Macfarlane Costume Designer
Craig Dean Devine Director of Photography
Irene Napier Make-up Designer
Nathan Klein Composer
Wendy Ashman 1st Assistant Director
Tanya Qureshi Commissioning Editor

Video

First Date Nerves

Nina and Evie talk about love and dating.

Featuring: Ashley Storrie (Nina) & Bebe Cave (Evie).

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