Dinosaur (TV series)

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Dinosaur
Created byMatilda Curtis
Ashley Storrie
Written byMatilda Curtis
Ashley Storrie
Kat Rose Martin
Robin Boreham
Directed byNiamh McKeown
Starring
  • Ashley Storrie
  • Kat Ronney
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
  • Sarah Hammond
  • Katie Churchill
  • Harry Williams
  • Jack Williams
  • Catriona Renton
  • Emma Lawson
  • Gavin Smith
  • Daniel Walker
ProducerBrian Coffey
Running time30 minutes
Production company
Original release
Network BBC Scotland (Scotland)

BBC Three (UK)

Hulu (US)
ReleaseApril 5, 2024 (2024-04-05) (United States)
April 21, 2024 (2024-04-21) (United Kingdom)

Dinosaur is a Scottish comedy drama television series set in Glasgow.

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Synopsis

Nina enjoys her life living with her sister but is shaken when her sister is suddenly engaged. [1]

Cast

Production

The series was commissioned in 2022 by BBC Three, BBC Scotland, and Hulu. It was produced by Two Brothers in association with All3Media and created by Matilda Curtis and Ashley Storrie from an original idea by Curtis. It had Niamh McKeown as director and Brian Coffey as producer. In May 2023, American streaming service Hulu co-commissioned the series. [2]

Storrie has said playing the role of Nina, a young autistic woman, has helped her in certain ways with her own autism diagnosis. Storrie, speaking in 2024 said it was a liberating experience playing the role of Nina: "The good thing about being Nina is she’s an unmasked autistic person so a lot of the things that take a lot of pressure for me to do every day, to just behave like a normal person, I didn’t have to do. It was good for the brief time we filmed Dinosaur, and that was so nice,” she says. [3]

Casting

Dinosaur is Storrie's television acting debut, having previously worked in comedy and playing a small role in the Josie Long film Super November (2018). In August 2023, it was announced that Kat Ronney would appear in the series as Evie with David Carlyle as Bo, and Lorn Macdonald as Lee. [4]

Filming

Filming began in Scotland in August 2023. [5] Filming in Glasgow was scheduled throughout August and into September 2023. [6] [7] [8]

Broadcast

The series first aired on Hulu on 5 April 2024. [9] It premiered on BBC Three on 21 April. [10]

Reception

Jack Seale in The Guardian gave the show four stars and wrote "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". [11]

The series was nominated for four BAFTA Scotland awards. [12]

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  2. ↑ "BBC reveal first look at new comedy Dinosaur for BBC Scotland and BBC Three". BBC. 18 March 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
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