An industry debate about the blurred lines between reality and fiction was always going to take in the ongoing situation with Baby Reindeer – and so it was at the Monte Carlo TV Festival.
A group of factual producers spoke in a Festival conference session ostensibly about docs and blurred lines between fact and fiction.
The conversation soon turned to Richard Gadd’s Netflix series, which is the subject of a $170 million lawsuit in the U.S. “It’s amazing for a guy who’s been trying to get his own breakthrough for years, he got it, it just happened in the wrong way,” said veteran British producer Steve Anderson. “It feels like one of those moments where the envelope has just been pushed too much.” The legal team of Fiona Harvey, the woman identified as being the inspiration for the Martha character in Baby Reindeer, is claiming that the “biggest lie in television history” has been told.
Netflix said it will vigorously defend the suit. Anderson has produced several episodes of BBC current affairs staple Panorama and his Shearwater Media label makes Discovery series Faking It.
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