listen to an extract here:

Elisabeth Mahoney The Guardian, Monday 16 February 2009
"Nina Black (Saturday) was a frenetic, restless docu-drama in the always-rewarding The Wire slot on Radio 3. Melanie Harris, writing and directing, came up with a multilayered approach to the subject of living with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and shaped her writing accordingly. "We do things so quick and so fast," explained the real Nina Black, whose observations ran alongside the drama, "in the same moment as we think." Bonnie Engstrom played the fictional Nina, and gave a performance that ranged from goofily awkward, via maddeningly intense, to pitifully vulnerable. The indifference of others ("Oh for God's sake, nutters reunited," is a train guard's assessment of her behaviour) and the desperation of some (the real-life mother's words) formed a tremendously affecting backdrop to the portrayal of the condition, as did Harris's quietly brilliant writing."

Julie Shapiro, Artistic Director – Third Coast Festival, Chicago"I finally had time to really sit with and listen to Nina Black, and have to say - I loved it. It does such wonderful job, through the blend of reality and drama, of helping you begin to understand Nina's life, her person, how it must be to move through her world. There were moments when I actually wasn't sure which side of that fiction/documentary divide I was on...which was perfectly appropriate, and made for a listening experience that was unique, and effectively transportive."