Baby Reindeer: What's all the fuss about Netflix's hit series?Netflix's new miniseries Baby Reindeer is trending on Netflix and it's the kind of show that'll have you glued to your TV screen.
by Garrin Lambley
03-05-2024 12:10
in Entertainment
Netflix's new miniseries Baby Reindeer is trending on Netflix. Image: Ed Miller/Netflix
Netflix's new miniseries Baby Reindeer is trending on Netflix and it's the kind of show that'll have you glued to your TV screen.
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Baby Reindeer is a British black comedy drama-thriller miniseries created by and starring Richard Gadd.
It's an adaptation of Gadd's autobiographical one-man show of the same name.
According to Forbes, it unravels Scottish comedian Gadd's real life experience of being stalked and sexually assaulted in his twenties.
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The series consists of seven episodes, all of which simultaneously premiered on Netflix on 11 April 2024.
It received critical acclaim and topped Netflix's Global Weekly Top 10 TV (English).
SPOILER: To read what happens in each of the seven episodes, click HERE
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Production Development 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.
Casting 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.
Filming Filming began in mid-August 2022 at the Grassmarket in Edinburgh, Scotland. Filming also took place in London and wrapped wrapped by early March 2023.
Reception On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 97% of 36 critics gave the series a positive review, with an average rating of 8.8/10.
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 87 out of 100 based on 10 critics.
Audience viewership Baby Reindeer debuted at No 5 on Netflix's Top 10 TV English titles for the tracking week of 8-14 April 2024 with 10.4 million hours viewed.
In the following week it climbed to No 1 and garnered 52.8 million viewing hours.
Cast and characters
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 Teri, a therapist Donny meets on a trans dating site
Tom Goodman-Hill as Darrien O'Connor, a television writer who takes Donny under his wing
Shalom Brune-Franklin as Keeley, Donny's ex-girlfriend
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 coworker
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
Alexandria Riley as Detective Culver, the detective assigned to Donny's case
Thomas Coombes as Officer Daniels, an incompetent police officer
Tom Durant Pritchard as Jason, host of a comedy competition
Laura Smyth as Glenda, M.C. of the comedy competition
Will Hislop as Billy, fellow comedian
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Baby Reindeer: What's all the fuss about Netflix's hit series?Netflix's new miniseries Baby Reindeer is trending on Netflix and it's the kind of show that'll have you glued to your TV screen. 
