Still Game and River City stars join cast of sitcom filming in Glasgow

Dinosaur has been commissioned as a six-part series following a successful pilot which aired last year.

It is latest show from the team behind Fleabag and the global hit thriller The Tourist.

Created by Matilda Curtis and Ashley – who is comedian Janey Godley’s daughter – it follows Nina, an autistic woman in her 30s, who adores her life living with her sister Evie.

Greg Hemphill, Sally Howitt and Kat Rooney join the cast of Dinosaur (Image: BBC)

However, when Evie rushes into an engagement after only six weeks and makes Nina her maid of honour, Nina grapples with what this new challenge means, leading to a surprising journey of self-discovery.

In her 2019 Edinburgh Fringe show, Ashley said her own autism is "what makes me me ... I'm very good at hiding it. I've got what's called 'masking'. Ladies are very good at hiding autism, it's when we put on a muggle face and we can pretend to be normal.”

The pilot for Dinosaur was Ashley’s television acting debut, following a minor role in Josie Long's 2018 film Super November.

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The show also stars Kat Ronney as Evie, Kate Dickie and David Carlyle, with Still Game’s Greg Hemphill and Sanjeev Kohli and River City’s Sally Howitt in supporting roles.

Ashley said: “I’m so excited that we’ve started filming, I’m jazzed to showcase Glasgow in all its magical beauty to the world.”

Matilda added: "I'm thrilled that the series is moving ahead with such a superb cast. It's been a joy to work on the scripts with the very gifted Ashley Storrie and the brilliant team at Two Brothers Pictures."

BBC Comedy and BBC Scotland have picked up the Glasgow-set six-part series for BBC Three and the BBC Scotland Channel.