Love, NinaTwenty years old and from Leicester, Nina moves to North London in 1982, to care for the two young boys of a working single mother, George, the editor of a London literary review.
DirectorSJ Clarkson
WritersNick Hornby, Nina Stibbe
Episode 1
May 20, 2016
Nina is interviewed by George and meets Max and Joe for the first time at Gloucester Crescent.
Episode 2
May 27, 2016
Nina goes on an awkward date with Nunney, the good-looking boy who lives over the road.
Episode 3
Jun 3, 2016
Nina and George decide to give away Lucas, the family cat, but when Joe finds this out they have to get him back.
Episode 4
Jun 10, 2016
Nina is determined to strike up a friendship with Amanda, another nanny.
Episode 5
Jun 17, 2016
When Nina accidentally crashes George’s car she sets in chain a series of mishaps that may lead to her leaving the house for good.
Peter McGinn
@narrator56
Love, Nina is listed here as a drama, but it has definite comic elements. I would go so far as to call it a comedy. Perhaps it is listed as a drama because it does include a few adult themes, though not explicitly so. I was really charmed by this whimsical short series, so much so that I am going to read the book it is based on. The characters are quirky but not in a stereotypical way. The children come close to be stereotypical, I suppose, alternating between being sitcom sassy kids and something more recognizable in real life, but it all works for me. Mean things are said about some characters, though usually true, but overall the odd household is a tolerant one, and love rests in the daily interactions and there is a warm heart at the core of the series. This isn't message humor, so just let it wash over you and wait for the smiles to come.
