The Netflix series Baby Reindeer is a work of fiction and hyperbole that contains only two true facts.

“it's a work of hyperball as I've V said and um there are two true facts in that his name is Richard Gad and he worked as a jobbing Barman on benefits um in the Holy arms and we met two or three times that those are the only”

Baby Reindeer became a massive global phenomenon because it is a well-produced drama that deals with issues capturing the public consciousness.

“it definitely helps that it's a it's a very well acted show it's well written it's well produced uh it's genuinely a good piece of drama and it deals with a lot of interesting issues that are definitely worth talking about”

Netflix likely relied on Richard Gadd's account without sufficient verification to avoid the series looking like pure fiction.

“I think the bigger issue here is the fact the length that Netflix has gone to to to create this fiction because they can't actually create a story like this because they'll be liable to all the kind of social commentary of them glamorizing stalking and all of that they decided to put the based on a ”