Miniseries · Netflix
Baby Reindeer
A captivating true story.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Richard Gadd
Donny Dunn
7 eps
Jessica Gunning
Martha Scott
7 eps
Nava Mau
Teri
7 eps
Leroy Brito
Compere
1 eps
Hugh Coles
Francis
7 eps
Thomas Coombes
Daniels
4 eps
Danny Kirrane
Gino
7 eps
Nina Sosanya
Liz
4 eps
Michael Wildman
Greggsy
5 eps
Nicol Shaw
Club Goer (uncredited)
1 eps
Chloe Driver
Comedian
6 eps
Guy Robbins
Pub Goer
1 eps
Charlie Bentley
Teri's Friend
1 eps
Shalom Brune-Franklin
Keeley
4 eps
Tom Durant-Pritchard
Jason
2 eps
Kemal Shah
Mourner (uncredited)
1 eps
JJ Bull
Football Commentator
1 eps
Stephen Erhirhi
Date Four
1 eps
Tom Goodman-Hill
Darrien
3 eps
Will Hislop
Billy
1 eps
Kairi Liu
Date Three
1 eps
Gerry Lynch
Punter
1 eps
Leah MacRae
Gwen
1 eps
Grace Parry
Date One
1 eps
Phillip Suddick
Date Two
1 eps
Jim Caesar
Bijou
2 eps
Josh Finan
Diggsy
2 eps
Alexandria Riley
Joanna Culver
3 eps
Mark Lewis Jones
Gerry Dunn
3 eps
Lasco Atkins
Pub Patron (uncredited)
1 eps
Jim Bone
Customer
1 eps
Amanda Root
Elle Dunn
3 eps
Jamie Michie
Harris
1 eps
Rachel Bavidge
Judge
1 eps
Joe Bone
Joe
1 eps
Gavin Drea
Shea Barman
1 eps
Daniel Fearn
Martha's Neighbour
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Baby Reindeer actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Baby Reindeer reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
When a struggling comedian shows one act of kindness to a vulnerable woman, it sparks a suffocating obsession which threatens to wreck both their lives.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E06
Episode 6
Martha finds new ways to get to Donny: by hurting the people he loves. With the police still failing to intervene, he takes matters into his own hands.
- Directed by Josephine Bornebusch
- Written by Richard Gadd
S01E04
Episode 4
As Donny reports Martha to the police, it triggers the memory of a traumatic experience he had with a man he met at the Edinburgh Fringe years before.
- Directed by Weronika Tofilska
- Written by Richard Gadd
S01E07
Episode 7
For the first time in his career, Donny feels like he's going somewhere. Until he makes one careless mistake that lets Martha explode back into his life.
- Directed by Josephine Bornebusch
- Written by Richard Gadd
S01E03
Episode 3
Donny takes some time off from the pub and tries to make amends with Teri. But no matter how much he avoids Martha, he can't escape her for long.
- Directed by Weronika Tofilska
- Written by Richard Gadd
S01E05
Episode 5
Liz learns the truth about Martha and asks Donny to move out. It's a fresh start for him and Teri, but his memories stop them from getting truly close.
- Directed by Josephine Bornebusch
- Written by Richard Gadd
S01E01
Episode 1
Struggling comedian and barman Donny meets a lonely woman claiming to be a lawyer. He offers her a cup of tea on the house, and she's instantly obsessed.
- Directed by Weronika Tofilska
- Written by Richard Gadd
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E05
Episode 5
- Directed by Josephine Bornebusch
- Written by Richard Gadd
S01E06
Episode 6
- Directed by Josephine Bornebusch
- Written by Richard Gadd
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Petra FriedExecutive Producer
- Matt JarvisExecutive Producer
- Ed MacDonaldExecutive Producer
- Wim De GreefExecutive Producer
- Richard GaddExecutive Producer
- Matthew MulotProducer
Writing
- Richard GaddWriter
Direction
- Josephine BornebuschDirector
- Weronika TofilskaDirector
Cinematography
- Krzysztof TrojnarDirector of Photography
- Annika SummersonDirector of Photography
Music
- Sacha GalperineOriginal Music Composer
- Evgueni GalperineOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
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