As Baby Reindeer continues to grip audiences on Netflix by telling the story of mild-mannered Donny, who finds his life turned upside down after giving a free cup of tea to Martha, a customer at the pub where he works.
Over the course of seven episodes, the series follows Donny’s life as he tries to combat an unwanted campaign of harassment and stalking from Martha, who refuses to leave him alone.
Even more chillingly, the show is actually based on the real life experience of Donny’s actor Richard Gadd, who found himself at the centre of a decade long stalking campaign from a woman who had formed an unhealthy and debilitating obsession with him, and managed to permeate every aspect of his life.
So who is Richard Gadd? Richard Robert Steven Gadd is a Scottish writer, actor and comedian that was born on 11 May 1989 in the village of Wormit, Fife.
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