Netflix’s new hit show "Baby Reindeer," a drama based on a true story, written and created by stand-up comedian Richard Gadd, adeptly explores how desire and intimacy’s relationship to shame becomes more deeply entrenched and harder to disentangle for those who have survived sexual abuse and other traumas. In real life, Gadd not only was stalked by a woman for four years — Variety counts “41,071 emails, 350 hours of voicemail, 744 tweets, 46 Facebook messages and 106 pages of letters” — but he...
Pity was the first emotion Richard Gadd felt when he clapped eyes on the woman who would become his stalker. He was a struggling stand-up comic working behind the bar at a pub in London.
The star of Baby Reindeer issued a plea to fans, urging them to stop trying to find out who the real-life characters in the show are. The Netflix series has become a worldwide sensation since it was released on the platform earlier this month, storming to the top of the streaming charts in dozens of countries. It's based on a one-man Edinburgh Fringe play depicting the real experiences of creator Richard Gadd, the Fife comedian who had to deal with a female stalker who showed up at his house and...
A one-man Edinburgh Festival Fringe show by a Fife comedian about him being stalked by a woman has become a hit comedy drama Netflix series. Baby Reindeer was released on Netflix this week, starring writer, actor and comedian Richard Gadd from Wormit in Fife, who created the show and performed it at the world’s biggest arts festival in 2019. While in his 20s, he was stalked by a woman, and he decided to turn this dark experience into the one-man Fringe show which has now become a hit television...
The star of Baby Reindeer issued a plea to fans, urging them to stop trying to find out who the real-life characters in the series are. The Netflix show has become a sensation since it was released on the platform earlier this month, storming to the top of the streaming charts in dozens of countries. It's based on a one-man Edinburgh Fringe play which depicts the real experiences of creator Richard Gadd, who had to deal with a female stalker who showed up at his house and sent him thousands of...
Baby Reindeer delves into Richard's harrowing real-life stalking ordeal and brutal sexual abuse - and sees the Scottish actor play a fictionalised version of himself, called Donny Dunn.
Online sleuthing inspired by Netflix‘s Baby Reindeer has gotten wildly out of control, its creator and one of its stars say. The drama concerns the real-life stalking of Richard Gadd, a Scottish writer and actor who also stars in the show as Donny. Jessica Gunning plays Martha, the stalker. In the series, the characters’ names […]
Netflix’s Baby Reindeer is full of turbulence. Series creator and comedian Richard Gadd lifts from his real-life experience with a stalker to write seven jaw-dropping episodes that are tough to digest. They’re emotionally devastating and cause physical discomfort but deliver a profoundly human story that’s impossible to shake off long after the final credits roll. It’s no wonder Baby Reindeer has become a word-of-mouth phenomenon since its relatively quiet April 11 debut, jumping to the global...
Netflix user spotted secret code in Martha’s emails to Donny
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Comedian Richard Gadd recounts the harrowing true story of how his experience with being stalked forced him to confront a buried trauma.
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