Anyone watched dinosaur - comedy on bbc

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I found it on iplayer and quite enjoying it. It’s very easy watching

It’s basically ventured around a Scottish palaeontologist with autism.

Came on here to search for a thread! I've just watched the first two episodes and am really enjoying it. Very funny and quite touching.

Oh yay! It’s lovely isn’t it?

I watched the first one and really liked it.

Loved watching the first couple of episodes in hospital so planning on the rest now back at home. She was on Woman's Hour or similar yesterday - lovely lady and hoping for a second series.

yes, I've watched it all on iplayer, I enjoyed it a lot.

Finished it this morning as I'm not feeling well. It's the loveliest thing I've seen in ages and I loved it. Nina is Janey Godley's daughter. She was ace in this.

Oh I didn’t realise Nina is janey godleys daughter. She seems like such a down to earth character it was so refreshing to watch. Most comedy these days seems to get a bit unnecessarily rude too so makes a lovely change.

It was ok, I’ve only seen the first two so far, but found ep 2 so derivative, I feel I’ve seen that scenario so many times in different sitcoms and films.

I've seen episode 1 & 2 and really liking it so far

The beauty of this though is the perspective of Nina as an autistic woman. Her talking to her family / colleagues and also to herself about how the world around her is confusing is so insightful and interesting.

I just think it could have been done with a bit more imagination rather than what feels like a lazy rip off of so many other programmes/films.

Thanks will watch - sounds good.

i thought this was about mammoth - another bbc comedy. Much better than I thought - really good first episode.

I tried Mammoth but didn't rate that

I loved it and Mammoth too.

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I'm enjoying it. I'm autistic and lots of what she does and says is what I would do and say if I wasn't masking 98% of the time

Loved this series. Gentle humour with some real laugh out loud moments. Good insight into how Nina's autism affects her everyday life and I loved seeing the Art Gallery and Museum, where I spent many hours growing up in Glasgow. Ashley Storrie is worth following on social media as she is very open about her autism and her challenges/meltdowns.

caught a bit of this last night.

Specifically 🤣🤣

I binge watched all of Dinosaur and loved it. Not so keen on Mammoth, I was at school in the 70s and the character doesn’t ring true to me.

I loved this

The actor playing the coffee guy has won awards and been in train spotting - very versatile actor. A great cast across the board

Would he not have been 4 years old when trainspotting out in 1996? He was born in ‘92

On Wikipedia it says he's been in Trainspotting at the theatre
I'm guessing that's what she meant