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Baby Reindeer on Netflix review: Richard Gadd's tale of obsession and stalking is nail-bitingly tense

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A warning before we start: despite the cute-sounding title, Baby Reindeer is not for the faint hearted.

Written by and starring Richard Gadd, this new Netflix seven-parter tells the story of Donny, a struggling comedian living in London trying to make it big.

What he gets instead is Martha (Jessica Gunning): a mentally unwell woman who shows up at his Camden

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