Baby Reindeer TV Series Details:
Based on | Baby Reindeer by Richard Gadd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Drama Thriller |
Season | 1 |
Episodes | 7 |
Release date | 11 April 2024 |
Running time | 28min-45min |
Age rating | TV-MA |
Starring | Richard Gadd Jessica Gunning Nava Mau |
Created by | Richard Gadd |
Directed by | Weronika Tofilska Josephine Bornebusch |
Written by | Richard Gadd |
Produced by | Matthew Mulot |
Executive producers | Richard Gadd Wim De Greef Petra Fried Ed Macdonald Matt Jarvis |
Cinematography by | Krzysztof Trojnar Annika Summerson |
Edited by | Benjamin Gerstein Peter Oliver Mike Holliday |
Music by | Evgueni Galperine Sacha Galperine |
Casting By | Nina Gold Martin Ware |
Production Design by | Debbie Burton |
Production locations | Edinburgh London |
Production Company | Clerkenwell Films |
Distributor | Netflix |
Baby Reindeer TV Series Cast & Character:
- Richard Gadd as Donny Dunn, a fictionalised version of Gadd
- Jessica Gunning as Martha Scott
- Nava Mau as Teri
- Tom Goodman-Hill as Darrien O’Connor
- Hugh Coles as Francis
- Michael Wildman as Greggsy
- Danny Kirrane as Gino
- Shalom Brune-Franklin as Keeley
- Nina Sosanya as Liz
- Thomas Coombes as Daniels
- Laura Smyth as Glenda
Storyline:
When a struggling comedian shows one act of kindness to a vulnerable woman, it sparks a suffocating obsession which threatens to wreck both their lives.
About Baby Reindeer TV Series:
Baby Reindeer is a British drama-thriller miniseries created by and starring Richard Gadd. An adaptation of Gadd’s autobiographical one-man show of the same name, the series is based on Gadd’s real-life experience of being stalked and sexually assaulted in his 20s.
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. In March 2023, Josephine Bornebusch was announced as an additional director.
Richard Gadd was cast alongside the series announcement. Jessica Gunning was cast on 26 August 2022. Nava Mau was cast in March 2023.
Filming began in mid-August 2022 in Edinburgh at the Grassmarket. Filming also occurred in London. Filming wrapped by early March 2023.
The series consists of seven episodes, which all simultaneously premiered on Netflix on 11 April 2024.
Baby Reindeer TV Series Episodes List:
Baby Reindeer Episode 1
32m
Struggling comedian and barman Donny meets a lonely woman claiming to be a lawyer. He offers her a cup of tea on the house, and she’s instantly obsessed.
Baby Reindeer Episode 2
28m
On a date with Teri, Donny opens up about his stalker. Trying to be kind, he gives Martha false hope, which only encourages her further.
Baby Reindeer Episode 3
39m
Donny takes some time off from the pub and tries to make amends with Teri. But no matter how much he avoids Martha, he can’t escape her for long.
Baby Reindeer Episode 4
45m
As Donny reports Martha to the police, it triggers the memory of a traumatic experience he had with a man he met at the Edinburgh Fringe years before.
Baby Reindeer Episode 5
28m
Liz learns the truth about Martha and asks Donny to move out. It’s a fresh start for him and Teri, but his memories stop them from getting truly close.
Baby Reindeer Episode 6
34m
Martha finds new ways to get to Donny: by hurting the people he loves. With the police still failing to intervene, he takes matters into his own hands.
Baby Reindeer Episode 7
31m
For the first time in his career, Donny feels like he’s going somewhere. Until he makes one careless mistake that lets Martha explode back into his life.