[REVIEW] Netflix’s Baby Reindeer: 'My goodness me, never offer someone a free cup of tea'

Sara-Jayne Makwala King spoke to TV and movie reviewer, Gayle Edmunds.

Listen to their conversation in the audio clip below.

Netflix's 'Baby Reindeer' is a true story written by and starring Richard Gadd, who adapted his award-winning one-man play into a seven-episode limited series.  

"It can be summed up in five words - no good deed goes unpunished."

- Gayle Edmunds, TV and movie reviewer

When a struggling comedian shows an act of kindness to a vulnerable woman, it sparks a suffocating obsession which threatens to wreck both their lives, reads the synopsis.

"The story of Baby Reindeer centers on struggling comedian Donny Dunn’s (Gadd) strange and layered relationship with a woman named Martha (Jessica Gunning), whose initially friendly demeanour unravels as she begins to stalk Donny relentlessly."

Donny attempts to escape the grip of Martha’s obsession, while trying to navigate the lingering effects of past trauma.

"My goodness me, never offer someone a free cup of tea."

- Gayle Edmunds, TV and movie reviewer

"I thought it was really clever, the script was incredible, it's really quite unsettling. In the first couple of episodes, it doesn't feel too dangerous, it feels sort of a bit silly...and then sort of episode 4 it sort of falls off the cliff...there were some parts that were really difficult to watch." 

- Gayle Edmunds, TV and movie reviewer

"It's completely compelling. I think this is a really brave piece of television."

- Gayle Edmunds, TV and movie reviewer

Makwala King says that the series can be triggering for those who have endured abuse.

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