Baby Reindeer.

In this compellingly gloomy tale  Donny Dunn the lead character played by and starring Richard Gadd adapted from his autobiographical one man show. A terrible but aspiring comedian. Working in a pub as a bartender, to barely finance his life.  One day a distraught Martha, brilliantly played by Jessica Gunning, a former lawyer with a criminal past, walks in sitting at the bar. Offering a cup of tea which she cannot pay for is the beginning of their nightmarish relationship.  She begins coming to the pub daily becoming increasingly obsessed with him and begins to inundate his account with texts and emails as well as attending the few show he’s able to perform. As her obsession spins out of control she harasses Teri, his trans therapist girlfriend, who Donny met online, sometimes violently, as well as any attempt by Donny to end the relationship.There is a segment that is quite telling about the inner workings of Donny's life. During one of his disastrous stand up routines he has a breakdown in front of the stone faced audience and veers off into stunningly sad diatribe about his own life failings and confusions. An audience member records the whole performance, posts it online and in the queen of all ironies Donny becomes a media star boosting his non existent career into visibility he'd never dreamed of. This however only exacerbates the Martha problem.  In the midst of this mayhem Donny meets Darrien O’conner a TV writer who offers him career advice and work opportunities but actually only delivers during drug induced blackouts sexual assault. Donny finally during a moment of clarity leaves. They meet up years later agreeing reluctantly to renew their work collaboration. Finally Donny is able to report Martha to the police, she is arrested, pleads guilty and spends nine months in prison. A musical comedy this is not. The subject matter is desperate and bleak with no real redeeming message other than be careful who you buy a cup of tea for. It is only the acting and authenticity of the story that make a viewer continue watch all the episodes until the end.