Nina Needs to Go!
Nina Needs to Go! is a Disney Junior animated series that takes the title character 4 year old Nina to a variety of settings like the zoo and the beach. In each location, Nina finds she "needs to go" to the bathroom after becoming too engrossed in play, and the mission is to get her there before it is too late.
The series is targeted at preschoolers. It premiered on Disney Junior in early 2014 and was expected to air in more than 150 countries. Nina Needs to Go! is produced by Bristol-based animation studio ArthurCox, [1]
The scenario is familiar to parents of toddlers the world over and inspired by real life. “Nina Needs To Go is based on my real experiences with my daughter,” comments Sarah Cox, Creative Director and CEO of ArthurCox. “Dramatic car journeys, missed trains and a back track through the whole of the Alhambra in Spain in search of a bathroom are real situations that have inspired each episode. A fabulous creative team has helped us create action-packed ‘race against time’ scenarios to excite and amuse a family audience.”[2]
Nina Needs to Go has received negative reviews by parental blogging sites and social media sites and from both parents and grandparents alike claiming that it makes their kids wait till the last minute to go and having accidents and say that Nina never learns her lesson making it one of the most controversial programs that ever aired on Disney Junior.
Main Characters
- Nina - a 4 year old girl and title character of the series voiced by Aubree Young
- Nana Sheila voiced by Miriam Margolyes
- Kate (Nina's Mother) voiced by Colleen O'Shaughnessey
- Nat (Nina's Father) voiced by Jess Harnell
- Frank (Nina's older brother) voiced by J.J. Totah
List of Episodes
- Season One 2013-14
- Train
- Traffic
- Beach
- Play
- Mall
- Camping
- Water Park
- DYI
- Snow
- Zoo
- Season Two 2014-15
- County Fair
- Parade
- Wedding
- Tower of London
- Library