After Baby Reindeer: how comedians are telling true stories of trauma and toxic relationships
There are benefits and perils in talking about your personal experiences – as Richard Gadd found after his TV show went viral. So how are Edinburgh acts handling it this year?
July 2024
Baby Reindeer’s Richard Gadd responds to Fiona Harvey’s lawsuit against Netflix
Show’s creator files a declaration of support for Netflix, which is being sued for $170m by the woman who has identified herself as the inspiration for stalker Martha Scott
If you like Baby Reindeer, you’ll love Young Mungo! 29 terrific TV shows – and the books to read instead
Want to watch less and read more this summer? Let your favourite series be a guide to clever, funny, moving titles you won’t be able to put down
Baby Reindeer reveals the shame and wonder of performing at the Edinburgh fringe
Georgie Wyatt
As a veteran of the festival, Richard Gadd captures the mix of heady promise and bleak reality that awaits another influx of acts this summer
June 2024
The Lost King and Baby Reindeer: turning fact into film fiction is a tricky business
Letters: The BBC film and the Netflix series made easily avoidable blunders, write Peter Grimsdale and Mike Pitts
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Baby Reindeer in court: the two words that might have saved Netflix $170m worth of grief
As Fiona Harvey sues the streaming giant over its hit show, what does it mean for TV? Brace for plenty of fudging of the facts and a lot more carefully worded disclaimers
May 2024
‘It helped me through dark moments’: the male comedians turning their trauma into TV
From Baby Reindeer to Taylor Swift, how amateur sleuths ruined pop culture
Baby Reindeer: MP asks Netflix to prove ‘convicted stalker’ allegation
Should Baby Reindeer’s creator have written about his alleged stalker? I did the same thing – and it helped me heal
Paul Burston
Baby Reindeer’s Richard Gadd: ‘If I wanted the real people to be found, I would’ve made a documentary’
Piers Morgan won’t care where the Baby Reindeer saga goes. But Netflix should
Marina Hyde
Piers Morgan’s Baby Reindeer interview with Fiona Harvey reeked of grubby exploitation
The Eva Wiseman column
Baby Reindeer and how a compelling TV drama reflects the stalkers in us all
Eva Wiseman
April 2024
Why row over Baby Reindeer sleuths will change real-life drama for ever
‘I was severely stalked and severely abused’: Richard Gadd on the true story behind Baby Reindeer
August 2020
Culture in peril
August without Edinburgh fringe: 'the heart has been pulled out of my year'
Covid-19 has cancelled the annual jamboree, leaving performers – and our comedy critic – bereft. What does the festival mean to them and how will it change?
September 2019
Richard Gadd on his stalker: ‘It would be unfair to say she was awful and I'm a victim’
The soul-baring comedian has turned his experience of being stalked into a gripping piece of theatre, Baby Reindeer
August 2019
15 of the best Edinburgh festival shows now touring
The festival is over for another year but plenty of its theatre, comedy and dance hits have announced dates around the UK