Nina and the Neurons is a British live action/animated television programme shown on the CBeebies channel, aimed at young children to help them understand basic science.

Nina is a neuroscientist[1] who enlists the help of five Neurons (animated characters representing the senses) in her brain to answer a scientific question.

[citation needed] Most of the show was based at Glasgow Science Centre, with a little part taking place outdoors.

At one point of the show, Nina is 'contacted' by (usually two or three, but rarely four) children, who appear on a computer screen asking a science-related question (e.g., 'What makes rainbows appear and disappear?')

After they have found out the answer to the question, they travel back to the Glasgow Science Centre to do another experiment and then the experimenters leave.

The Neurons are five animated human characters (stylised with human facial features and body, but no legs) who live together inside Nina's brain and are named to reflect the five senses which they represent: Composer: Scottish Composer Graham Ness There is a themed Nina & the Neurons activity trail at the Glasgow Science Centre.

There was also an attraction located at Alton Towers themed to the show called Nina's Science Lab which opened in 2014 and closed in 2018.

It was commissioned as part of CBeebies' year-long green initiative called EcoBeebies, and so episodes focus on green-related topics.