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Baby Reindeer - anyone watched it?

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MissInterpreted Wed 17-Apr-24 09:19:17

Just wondered if anyone else had watched Baby Reindeer on Netflix? We decided to give it a go - hadn't seen or heard anything about it, and I have to say it's a very powerful and moving piece of television, although not an easy watch. Deserves all the awards...

Urmstongran Tue 21-May-24 16:45:24

It gets worse …

From The Telegraph today:

“Real-life’ stalker from Baby Reindeer hounded Starmer
The “real-life” character from the Netflix stalker show Baby Reindeer hounded Sir Keir Starmer with emails, it has been disclosed.

Fiona Harvey reportedly sent the Labour leader 276 messages in eight months, including attacks on him and his family.

Emails sent to Sir Keir’s parliamentary email address and now obtained by the Sun appear to show Ms Harvey telling him he is a “stupid little boy”, and warning him she would target him with complaints to standards watchdogs.

She is said to have told Sir Keir: “Your life won’t be worth living.”

The Sun also reports that Ms Harvey gloated over the deaths of two of Sir Keir’s relatives and abused his wife.

It says the Metropolitan Police have been made aware of the messages, but adds that the force did not provide any further detail.

Baby Reindeer is a dramatisation of the apparently true story of comedian Richard Gadd, who stars in the series as himself alongside Jessica Gunning, as Martha, based on Gadd’s stalker, who is claimed to have been Ms Harvey.“

MayBee70 Fri 14-Jun-24 21:07:41

I’ve just binge watched it ( dog sitting at my daughters and she has Netflix), As per usual I got confused part way through and hadn’t realised it had gone back in time. Found it very disturbing. Reminded me a bit of a Terry Gilliam film that I watched years ago that wished I hadn’t watched. I think I need to watch something cheerful next time. Everything I’ve watched recently has been a bit grim.