English version of "Spotkanie", adapted by
Anne Wood of the production company FilmFair, was shortened and re-edited to a ~5 minute episode titled "Love Story". It was originally broadcast in the UK in 1983 (as episode 48) on "Children's ITV" (on Central Independent Television). Missing from the UK version:
- The opening shot of the Moominvalley; the Moomin family prepares to hear the Moominpappa's story.
- Hodgkins and the young Moominpappa sitting in the cabin; a close-up of the Muddler on a door; Moominpappa putting a teapot on a stove, and bringing tea to the Muddler and his wife; a tracking shot of the Muddler and his wife, and shots of Moominpappa and Hodgkins; a shot of the Ghost and Hodgkins.
- Waves hitting the beach during the storm; the sequence where Moominpappa is coming to help Mymble's Daughter and her orphans when their house is collapsing.
- Moominpappa on a cliff looking at the sea, seeing the young Moominmamma and climbing down; additional shots of Moominpappa trying to reach Moominmamma on a stormy sea, and both on the shore afterwards.
- The original ending back in the Moominhouse with Moomintroll embracing her mother, Moominpappa taking the glass, and the exterior shots of the Moominhouse when the sun is setting.
- Notable soundtrack cues in the UK version by composers Steve Shill and Graeme Miller include a melancholy piano theme on a background during the rescue scene of the young Moominmamma.