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.
- Episode 3 repeated Thursday at 10:30pm on BBC Scotland
Press clippings
Ashley Storrie: "Comedy was the only thing I was fit for."
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Daily Mail, 24th April 2024Dinosaur review
The show sometimes skips too lightly through potentially deeper moments that could have lent it more grit and substance.
Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 21st April 2024Greg Hemphill on new comedy Dinosaur, "empty nest syndrome" and his take on Pittenweem witches row
The former Still Game star says he's been training for new sitcom's "embarrassing dad" role for 20 years - but with his real-life kids now gone, he's also embracing life in Fife!
Michael Alexander, The Dundee Courier, 20th April 2024Dinosaur review
Greg Hemphill's new Glasgow comedy Dinosaur fails to catch light.
Alison Rowet, The Herald, 20th April 2024Dinosaur review
BBC sitcom about autism takes a while to find its stride.
Katie Rosseinsky, The Independent, 19th April 2024TV review: Dinosaur, BBC One & iPlayer
The scene is set for a comedy that's funny, touching and sympathetic.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th April 2024Dinosaur review
This spiky and heartfelt comedy might be powered by the lead character's autism, but it's not defined by it. It gives people with the condition a long overdue voice.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 16th April 2024Dinosaur star Ashley Storrie on tackling a "very weird subject" in new comedy
Being one of the co-creators of a brand new BBC comedy and leading the cast in the main role is far from an easy feat, but Dinosaur sees Ashley Storrie take on both roles with pure gusto.
Morgan Cormack, Radio Times, 14th April 2024Greg Hemphill on his new TV role in BBC comedy Dinosaur
He may be best known for playing a mischief-making pensioner but if there was ever a role that was made for Greg Hemphill, it is that of an embarrassing dad.
Susan Swarbrick, The Herald, 13th April 2024