Love, Nina

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Genre	Comedy-drama
Based on	Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life; by Nina Stibbe
Written by	Nick Hornby
Directed by	S.J. Clarkson
Starring	Faye Marsay; Helena Bonham Carter; Joshua McGuire; Ethan Rouse; Harry Webster;
Composer	Ruth Barrett
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	5
Production
Cinematography	Balazs Bolygo
Running time	27–28 minutes
Release
Original network	BBC One
Picture format	16:9 1080p
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	20 May –; 17 June 2016
External links
	Website

Love, Nina is a 2016 British comedy-drama starring Faye Marsay and Helena Bonham Carter. Adapted by Nick Hornby from Nina Stibbe's book, Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life, the series received its debut on BBC One on 20 May 2016 and ran for five episodes. Set in 1982, the series tells the story of Nina (Marsay), a 20-year-old girl from Leicester who moves to Primrose Hill, London, to work as a nanny for single mother George (Bonham Carter).^[1]

It is based on her experiences working in the household of Mary-Kay Wilmers, editor of the London Review of Books. The two boys in the series are based on her sons with filmmaker Stephen Frears, one of whom, Sam Frears, plays a neighbour.^[2] On 15 May 2017, it was made available to stream on Netflix in the UK.^[3]

Cast and characters[]

Faye Marsay as Nina Stibbe
Helena Bonham Carter as George Bulut
Jason Watkins as Malcolm Turner, a Scottish poet neighbour
Joshua McGuire as Mark Nunney, the love interest
Sam Frears as Ray, another neighbour
Ethan Rouse as Joe, younger son
Harry Webster as Max, elder son
Selina Cadell as Ursula Vaughan Williams

Broadcast[]

Internationally, the series debuted in Australia on BBC First on 1 November 2016.^[4]

References[]

^ "Friday's best TV: Love, Nina; Bob's Burgers; No Such Thing As the News". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
^ "Love, Nina Nick Hornby's fictionalised tv adaptation of Nina Stibbe's bestselling book". BBC Media Centre. BBC. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
^ MaFt.co.uk. "Love, Nina (2016) on Netflix UK :: New On Netflix UK". New On Netflix UK. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
^ Purcell, Charles (27 October 2016). "New This Week (October 31): Shameless, High Maintenance, Chicago P.D., Space Month and live sport". The Green Room. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.

External links[]

Love, Nina at BBC Online
Love, Nina at IMDb
Love, Nina at BBC Media Centre

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[1] "Friday's best TV: Love, Nina; Bob's Burgers; No Such Thing As the News". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

[2] "Love, Nina Nick Hornby's fictionalised tv adaptation of Nina Stibbe's bestselling book". BBC Media Centre. BBC. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

[3] MaFt.co.uk. "Love, Nina (2016) on Netflix UK :: New On Netflix UK". New On Netflix UK. Retrieved 2017-05-15.

[Oct31Fox-4] Purcell, Charles (27 October 2016). "New This Week (October 31): Shameless, High Maintenance, Chicago P.D., Space Month and live sport". The Green Room. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.

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v t Works by Nick Hornby
Novels	High Fidelity About a Boy How to Be Good A Long Way Down Slam Juliet, Naked Funny Girl
Non-fiction books	Fever Pitch Songbook The Polysyllabic Spree Housekeeping vs. The Dirt Shakespeare Wrote for Money More Baths Less Talking
Screenplays	Fever Pitch (1997) An Education (2009) Wild (2014) Brooklyn (2015) Love, Nina (2016) State of the Union (2019)
Adaptations	Fever Pitch (1997) High Fidelity (2000) About a Boy (2002) Fever Pitch (2005) About a Boy (2014–2015) A Long Way Down (2014) Slam (2016) Juliet, Naked (2018) High Fidelity (2020)