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HBO is getting into the Richard Gadd business. The premium cable network has come on board Lions, the BBC drama series created by the Baby Reindeer creator and star. The British public broadcaster unveiled the project in February, two months before Gadd became a massive international star thanks…

George Galloway, the controversial Scottish politician and TV personality, has said he was “relentlessly” and “physically” stalked by the real-life Martha from Baby Reindeer. In a clip from a Piers Morgan Uncensored interview, Galloway said the stalking took place in the late 1980s and involved…

Editor's note: Deadline's It Starts on the Page features standout limited or anthology series scripts in 2024 Emmy contention. Richard Gadd’s autobiographical Netflix limited series Baby Reindeer has been a bona fide cultural phenomenon, becoming one of the streamer's most popular English-language…

The lawyer suing Netflix over Baby Reindeer has seized on a report in the UK alleging that the streaming giant pushed Richard Gadd into branding the series a true story. The Sunday Times reported over the weekend that Netflix requested the opening line “this is a true story,” despite some misgivings…

Is Netflix sending a message about its support for Baby Reindeer? The streaming giant has posted Jessica Gunning’s audition tape for Martha in Richard Gadd’s gripping “true story” about his experience with an alleged stalker. The video is likely a sign that Emmy voting is around the corner, but…

EXCLUSIVE: After Netflix got slapped with a $170M Baby Reindeer lawsuit, Deadline hears that the scandal’s blast radius has been felt on other drama projects inspired by real events. Sources said the BBC has been fielding a surge in duty of care compliance questions in recent weeks from producers of…

(Updated with Netflix statement) “Sometimes you create such a web of lies that you almost forget what you started running from in the first place." That quote from Donny (Richard Gadd) in the second episode of Baby Reindeer just might be on the mind of Netflix on Thursday after the streamer was hit…

Baby Reindeer star Jessica Gunning says she has got Richard Gadd’s back amid a backlash against his megahit Netflix series. Gunning told The Radio Times that she is not engaging with comments made by Fiona Harvey, the woman she played in Baby Reindeer under the name Martha. Baby Reindeer tells…

Baby Reindeer’s real-life Martha has issued an excoriating statement confirming that she is working with a legal team to take action against Netflix. In a 500-word missive (copied in full below), Fiona Harvey said she was plotting a lawsuit “against all of those who have lied about me and used my…

EXCLUSIVE: A British lawmaker has challenged Netflix to provide evidence for the claim that Baby Reindeer’s real-life Martha has a stalking conviction. John Nicolson, a Scottish National Party MP who sits on UK Parliament’s influential Culture, Media and Sport Committee, said Netflix had a duty to…

Fresh from his bombshell interview with ‘the real Martha,’ Piers Morgan has slammed “high-profile people in the business” who have said they know the identity of Richard Gadd’s abuser portrayed in Baby Reindeer. Along with the furious guessing game to find Gadd’s female stalker sparked by the…

EXCLUSIVE: Baby Reindeer’s real-life Martha appears to be making good on her promise to sue Netflix, but has yet to hear from the streamer despite being identified against her wishes and claiming to have received death threats and unwanted attention. Chris Daw KC, a barrister working with Fiona…