Voices: Piers Morgan isn’t the problem with the Baby Reindeer interview – we are

One of the most toxic aspects of British media culture is our tendency to seek out people – usually women, usually vulnerable in some way – who we use as a consequence-free punching bag. We did it to Jade Goody, we did it to Susan Boyle, and with the runaway success of the hit Netflix drama Baby Reindeer it seems as though we’re about to start doing it to the real-life inspiration behind the show’s antagonist, Martha.

If you’re one of the three people who hasn’t is a semi-fictionalised account of the life of the show’s creator, . The show focuses on struggling comedian Donny (Gadd’s stand-in), who finds his life turned upside down when he is . Around have watched the show according to Netflix’s own viewing figures, which perhaps inevitably has resulted in fans wanting to know more about the real people on which the story is based.