Richard Gaad cut an entire episode from Baby Reindeer that was meant to inject some levity into the hit series, but wound up deflating the tension too much.

The legal battle has been quietly rumbling on in the background of Baby Reindeer’s awards show glory, with Harvey claiming the show, billed as a ‘true story,’ portrayed Martha as a ‘twice-convicted stalker who was sentenced to five years in prison.’

Richard Gadd has revealed an entire episode of Baby Reindeer was dropped. The 36-year-old comic wrote and starred in the award-winning Netflix series — which is based on his real-life experiences with a stalker — had been told when developing the show that it was "too dark" and so he penned an instalment in which his character Donny Dunn