‘Half Man’: Richard Gadd Breaks Down ‘Baby Reindeer’ Comparisons and Key Differences

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Following up on Baby Reindeer was an ambitious task — and the show’s creator, writer and star, Richard Gadd, knew it.

The 2024 dark thriller, based on Gadd’s real-life experience of being stalked, became one of the most dominant shows of awards season, winning at the Emmys, Golden Globes, Critics Choice, BAFTA TV and Gotham TV Awards. It also holds a 99 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Beyond critics, Baby Reindeer was a hit with viewers, as it entered Netflix’s all-time top 10 list for English-language shows, racking up 84.5 million views since it premiered that April

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Now, Gadd is back with his highly anticipated follow-up, Half Man, a British six-episode limited series he created, wrote and stars in. Premiering Thursday night on HBO and BBC, the show follows the destructive, codependent 30-year bond between two brothers-in-all-but-DNA, Ruben

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