Exactly two years ago, Richard Gadd was the most watched man on the planet. Now, he’s back to shape the conversation again.
On 11 April 2024, Baby Reindeer was released on Netflix and, over the next few days and weeks, the series was binged, discussed and debated by the world, ranking in the top 10 in 92 countries; number one in 30 of them.
Gadd wrote and starred in the ‘true’ story – largely an adaptation of two shows he took to the Edinburgh Fringe. Monkey See Monkey Do from 2016 talked about his traumatic experience of sexual assault – performed while Gadd was sweating away on a treadmill, literally trying to outrun his demons. Then in 2019, he debuted Baby Reindeer, recounting his encounters with an obsessive stalker.
Now, Gadd is back, with Half Man, a show with a genesis that preceded Baby Reindeer. He told Big Issue all about it.
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