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Baby Reindeer is a British dark comedy drama-thriller television miniseries created by and starring Richard Gadd, adapted from Gadd's autobiographical one-man show. Directed by Weronika Tofilska and Josephine Bornebusch, it also stars Jessica Gunning, Nava Mau and Tom Goodman-Hill.

The series consists of seven episodes, which all simultaneously premiered on Netflix on 11 April 2024. It received critical acclaim and has had strong viewership on the platform.

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Aspiring comedian Donny Dunn works as a bartender in a London pub. He offers a cup of tea to a customer, Martha, to cheer her up. Martha develops a strong attachment to Donny and starts coming to the bar every day and harassing him online. She attends his shows and harasses his girlfriend, Teri, while also sending a stream of voicemails.

Years earlier, Donny enters into a relationship with TV writer Darrien O'Connor, who offers him career advice, promises opportunities, and supplies him with drugs. Darrien repeatedly sexually assaults and rapes Donny during drug-induced blackouts. At some point, they cease seeing each other for years.

Back in the present, Donny reports Martha to the police and she is arrested, charged, and sentenced, and she spends nine months in prison. Darrien and Donny meet again and Darrien suggests a renewal of their collaboration. Donny reluctantly agrees.

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• Richard Gadd as Donny Dunn, a fictionalised version of Gadd
• Jessica Gunning as Martha Scott, a former lawyer with a criminal past
• Nava Mau as Teresa "Teri", a therapist Donny meets on a trans dating site
• Tom Goodman-Hill as Darrien O'Connor, a television writer

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• Nina Sosanya as Liz, Keeley's mother and Donny's landlady
• Michael Wildman as Greggsy, owner of the pub Donny works in
• Danny Kirrane as Gino, Donny's co-worker
• Thomas Coombes as Officer Daniels, an incompetent police officer
• Shalom Brune-Franklin as Keeley, Donny's ex-girlfriend

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• Tom Durant Pritchard as Jason, host of a comedy competition
• Laura Smyth as Glenda, M.C. of the comedy competition
• Will Hislop as Billy, a fellow comedian
• Amanda Root as Elle, Donny's mother
• Mark Lewis Jones as Gerry, Donny's father
• Hugh Coles as Francis, Donny's friend from drama school
• Josh Finan as Diggsy, a new employee at the pub
• Alexandria Riley as Detective Culver, the detective assigned to Donny's case

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The series was announced in December 2020, with Richard Gadd set to write the series and star. Clerkenwell Films was set to produce. Weronika Tofilska was added as the director in August 2022, with Josephine Bornebusch announced as an additional director in March 2023.

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Richard Gadd was cast alongside the series announcement. Jessica Gunning was cast on 26 August 2022. Nava Mau was announced as a cast member in March 2023.

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The Stag's Head in Hoxton served as the exterior of the Heart pub

Filming began in mid-August 2022 in the Grassmarket in Edinburgh, and continued in London in September.

Among the filming locations in London were the Stag’s Head pub in Hoxton, which was used for exterior scenes at the Heart pub, the Regent's Canal in Haggerston, and the Royal Vauxhall Tavern. Donny's stand-up comedy shows were filmed at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, the Rivoli Ballroom in Brockley and The Comedy Store in Leicester Square. Darrien’s apartment was filmed inside Marsham Court in Victoria. In Edinburgh, the Hoppy pub in Meadowbank, Edinburgh served as the exterior of the Festival Fringe venue for Donny's comedy show (interior scenes were filmed in the Army & Navy pub in Stoke Newington, London). Other exterior locations are the Royal Mile and the Grassmarket, where Donny is shown walking along the street amid festival activities.

Filming wrapped by early March 2023.

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Կաղապար:Essay-like Baby Reindeer is a black comedy drama-thriller about sexual assault and stalking. One aspect that the show explores is how harassed men or sexually assaulted men rarely come forward and female stalkers are often treated as less dangerous. In the beginning, Donny treats Martha more like a nuisance rather than a danger. When he finally reports Martha to the police, the officer is dismissive. Even the coworkers at the bar see Martha as a source of amusement instead of a threat, with one coworker even sending her a suggestive email from Donny's account that sought to encourage her advances, and made Donny less believable as a victim to the police.

Baby Reindeer explores many themes, including the psychology of abuse and the idea that "hurt people hurt people", that those that have suffered trauma and have not properly dealt with it will ultimately perpetuate unhealthy cycles and harm those near to them. Martha, having suffered a terrible childhood, stalks, threatens, and ultimately assaults Donny and those close to him. Donny, having never properly dealt with his earlier rape at the hands of a trusted mentor, sabotages his romantic relationships and at times encourages or tolerates Martha's fixation on him because it makes him feel successful and loved. Donny's therapist girlfriend, Teri, rightly identifies that the reason Donny never reported Martha after months of stalking is because her attention is a balm for his wounded ego. Donny is a struggling comedian, but Martha sees him the way he wishes the world did: handsome, funny, clever, lovable. Donny ultimately acknowledges that Martha can see a mutual wounded-ness in him due to his past abuse, and it is a contributing reason why she fixates on him. Donny's refusal to acknowledge his role in perpetuating the unhealthy cycle with Martha leads Teri to end her relationship with him.

Another theme explored in the show is sexuality, and when queerness conflicts with heteronormative cultures and expectations. Donny creates a fake persona to meet trans women on a dating site, leading him to begin a romantic relationship with Teri under false pretences. He is terrified someone he knows will see him on a date with a trans person. Donny feels guilt and shame over the abuse he has received, and feels both self-loathing and desire in pursuing trans women and cis men. Like many victims of sexual abuse, Donny at times vacillates between hypersexual activity and promiscuity (he is shown to have anonymous sex with many people of different genders) and avoiding sex and being touched all together when he is in a relationship with Keeley or Teri. He begins to sexualize the positive attention he receives from Martha by fantasizing about her during masturbation.

The challenges of being queer in society is explored through Teri's character. Martha often acts as a mouthpiece for the worst views of society and voices the fears of many characters. When angered or directly rejected, Martha says things that are perceptive and clearly meant to hurt people in a way that touches on their insecurities. In the bar after the comedy show, Martha makes comments that are homophobic, xenophobic, or transphobic, and when she screams that Teri "looks like a man", Teri is deeply hurt. This is a devastating comment for a person who has struggled and overcome a great deal in order to reach a level of self-acceptance in a world that is often hetero and cisnormative and transphobic.

Donny's abuse at the hands of an older male mentor also brings to the fore his bisexuality, something he has not come to terms with yet. When Martha threatens to tell Donny's parents about his rape and sexuality, Donny travels to Scotland to preemptively tell them about the contents of the published video. His parents are surprisingly supportive, both of what has happened to him and his past relationship with and current romantic interest in Teri, a trans woman. Donny's father shares that he is also a victim of rape and hugs and comforts his son. Having been accepted and supported by his parents, Donny is able to achieve a type of personal peace that he has not enjoyed for years.

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All seven episodes were simultaneously released on Netflix on 11 April 2024.

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On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 98% of 58 critics gave the series a positive review, with an average rating of 8.7/10. The website's consensus reads: "A bracing work of autofiction by creator and star Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer can be a punishing watch but richly rewards viewers with its emotional complexity and excellent performances." On Metacritic, the series holds a weighted average score of 88 out of 100 based on 17 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".

Harry Brocklehurst of The Tab, describing the show as "darkly funny, deeply unsettling and very moving", criticised fans of the show, branding them "vile", for attempting to expose the real woman the character "Martha" is based on and speculating which social media accounts might belong to the real person.

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Baby Reindeer debuted at number five on Netflix's Top 10 TV English titles for the tracking week of 8–14 April 2024, with 10.4 million hours viewed. On the following week, it climbed to number one and garnered 52.8 million viewing hours. The series remained at the same position for its third and fourth weeks, earning 87.4 and 73.6 million viewing hours.

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The Gotham Film & Media Institute|Gotham TV Awards	2024	Բեկումնային մինի սերիալ	Փոքրիկ եղնիկ	Սպասվող
		Լավագույն դերասան մինի սերիալում	Ռիչարդ Գադդ	Սպասվող

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Speculation about the real-life inspirations for the show's fictional characters began to emerge online, as fans attempted to deduce their identities on social media. Gadd asked fans to stop any kind of speculation in an April 2024 statement. After being falsely accused of being the real-life counterpart to the character Darrien, theatre director Sean Foley reported the false allegations to the police. This led to a police investigation. Gadd confirmed that Foley was not behind the character Darrien.

On 8 May 2024, Fiona Harvey came forward with a claim as the "real Martha", announced via the Twitter account of Piers Morgan, a day ahead of an interview with him on his online show Piers Morgan Uncensored. During her interview, Harvey admitted she had met Gadd several times at The Hawley Arms, Camden, London, but denied sending him 41,000 emails or going to his home. She admitted to sending up to 10 emails and a letter as well as several tweets. It also emerged that Harvey had briefly been employed at a law firm owned by Laura Wray, widow of the former Labour MP Jimmy Wray, and their association had been problematic. Harvey claimed in the interview, "I don't lie" and that the public should "judge for yourselves". She threatened to sue both Gadd and Netflix. The interview drew some criticism, questioning the ethics behind the decision. She later claimed she was paid £250 to appear, and that the interview left her feeling "a bit used".