Netflix has signed a new deal with Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd despite a 170 million dollar (£129m) lawsuit, co-CEO Ted Sarandos has revealed. The 60-year-old praised Gadd as a “brilliant storyteller” while speaking at the Royal Television Society (RTS) London Conference and said his story was something that was “unique to the times that we live in”. Advertisement He was responding to a question from presenter Kirsty Wark, who asked if Netflix needed a “stronger editorial grip” on the programme over how truthful it was.
Sarandos replied: “We are facilitating storytellers to tell their stories, this is Richard’s true story. Ted Sarandos described Richard Gadd as a ‘brilliant storyteller’ (Jordan Pettitt/PA) Advertisement “And I could also give you a bit of news this morning, actually, Richard we did this morning, we actually finished our first look deal with Richard Gadd to do his next work at Netflix. Advertisement “I think he’s a brilliant storyteller, he told an incredible story, and I think the path of bringing Baby Reindeer to the world, from just a few years ago to a complete unknown storyteller, telling a story at Fringe in Edinburgh, to an international sensation, is something that is so unique to the times that we live in, and so unique to Netflix.
“Frankly, that we’re able to do that, I’m very proud of Richard and proud of the story he told, and we told it, and it is his true story.” He added: “Baby Reindeer is (Gadd’s) s.