It was the small screen runaway success that started life as an Edinburgh Fringe show and last night learned of its nomination for 11 Emmys ahead of this year's ceremony. If there's one thing Richard Gadd, the creator of limited series , wasn't expecting when he began serialising a traumatic chapter of his life, it was likely this. The hit show, which was based on a true story and subsequently unleashed a debate about who has the right to tell another’s story, follows Richard Gadd’s Donny Dunn, a struggling comedian who encounters a lonely woman at the bar where he works.
The lonely woman, Martha, played by , turns out to be a serial stalker and begins terrorising Donny and his girlfriend Teri, played by Nava Mau, who gets caught up in the mess. is the story of a stalker and their victim, but not as you’ve seen it before. It’s a tale that begins earnestly with a cup of tea and ends three years later after several breakdowns, 41,000 emails and hundreds of hours worth of voice messages.
But your average stalking story this is not; if there’s one thing that Gadd’s seven-episode creation manages to do with aplomb it’s show the horror of stalking in its entirety. Gadd and his team have been rightfully rewarded for their work. The show has been nominated for Best Limited Series, while its two female stars, Gunning and Mau, received nods for Best Supporting Actress, and it's here that really made history as Mau's nomination marks the first time a Latina trans person ha.