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Sydney Morning Herald
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Revealed: The missing episode of Baby Reindeer, and why it was cut
Richard Gadd, the writer and star of the seven-part hit Netflix series Baby Reindeer, has for the first time revealed the existence of an eighth episode, which was cut from the show before release. Speaking at the Future Vision television summit, presented by Australians in Film and Screen Australia at ACMI in Melbourne, the triple-Emmy-winning Scot told interviewer and fellow showrunner Tony Ayres (Clickbait, The Survivors, Stateless) that an entire episode set in Scotland was scrapped – at his insistence. 'I really fought to cut an episode of Baby Reindeer,' Gadd told a stunned audience. 'I really wanted to cut it.' The episode had been written as a pressure release of sorts, as Gadd's hapless standup comedian Donny Dunn is reeling from the relentless attention of former lawyer-turned stalker Martha Scott (Jessica Gunning), a woman he met while working in a London bar. 'I remember when we were developing it, there was the note [from Netflix] that kept coming in – and probably rightfully so – that the show was just too dark, you need to give the audience a respite from it all,' Gadd said. 'And so there was an episode where I escape London to get away from Martha and everything, and I go and visit my parents [in Scotland]. There's a whole episode where I go to the football with my dad, I spend a day with my dad, and stuff kind of happens.' Martha was 'sort of relentless', he said, and the advice that the audience needed a break from her seemed reasonable. But Gadd said: 'When we got to the edit, I felt you miss her every time she's not on screen, and I felt in a lot of ways, the sooner you get back to her, the better. And so episode three is an amalgamation of a few episodes. 'The episode that's missing ended with her in my kitchen, which is actually how we started [the final version of] episode three. So the edit was almost a complete rewrite of what was in the script.'
The Age
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
Revealed: The missing episode of Baby Reindeer, and why it was cut
Richard Gadd, the writer and star of the seven-part hit Netflix series Baby Reindeer, has for the first time revealed the existence of an eighth episode, which was cut from the show before release. Speaking at the Future Vision television summit, presented by Australians in Film and Screen Australia at ACMI in Melbourne, the triple-Emmy-winning Scot told interviewer and fellow showrunner Tony Ayres (Clickbait, The Survivors, Stateless) that an entire episode set in Scotland was scrapped – at his insistence. 'I really fought to cut an episode of Baby Reindeer,' Gadd told a stunned audience. 'I really wanted to cut it.' The episode had been written as a pressure release of sorts, as Gadd's hapless standup comedian Donny Dunn is reeling from the relentless attention of former lawyer-turned stalker Martha Scott (Jessica Gunning), a woman he met while working in a London bar. 'I remember when we were developing it, there was the note [from Netflix] that kept coming in – and probably rightfully so – that the show was just too dark, you need to give the audience a respite from it all,' Gadd said. 'And so there was an episode where I escape London to get away from Martha and everything, and I go and visit my parents [in Scotland]. There's a whole episode where I go to the football with my dad, I spend a day with my dad, and stuff kind of happens.' Martha was 'sort of relentless', he said, and the advice that the audience needed a break from her seemed reasonable. But Gadd said: 'When we got to the edit, I felt you miss her every time she's not on screen, and I felt in a lot of ways, the sooner you get back to her, the better. And so episode three is an amalgamation of a few episodes. 'The episode that's missing ended with her in my kitchen, which is actually how we started [the final version of] episode three. So the edit was almost a complete rewrite of what was in the script.'
Sky News AU
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Sky News AU
ABC announces true crime drama focused on Erin Patterson's mushroom case as nation awaits verdict in murder trial
The ABC has announced it will air a television series about Erin Patterson, who is currently facing murder charges. The project, named Toxic, is helmed by screenwriter Elise McCredie and producer Tony Ayres, whose previous works include Stateless, Clickbait, and The Clearing. According to Tony Ayres Productions, the team is collaborating closely with ABC journalist Rachael Brown to ensure accuracy and depth in portraying the events surrounding the case. The creators said the series will tell the story through multiple timelines and perspectives, avoiding judgement and focusing on complexity. Ayres, the Managing Director and Executive Producer at Tony Ayres Productions, said making the drama was about pushing beyond the headlines and working out what was happening beneath the surface. "True stories ask storytellers to probe the complexities of human behaviour. What really lies beneath the headlines? It's both a challenge and a responsibility to go beyond the surface - to reveal, not just sensationalise," he said. Head of ABC Scripted Rachel Okine said she is "excited to be partnering" with Tony Ayres Productions on the "powerful new project". "This investigation has already captivated audiences across Australia and we're eager to dive deeper into the complexities behind the headlines to bring this story to life with the team," she said. The drama comes amid international attention on the case and Ms Patterson, who is accused of murdering three relatives of her estranged husband by serving them a poisonous beef wellington lunch on July 29, 2023. The ABC says 'There's currently no indication of casting or when the series will begin filming.' Ms Patterson has been charged with the murders of her former in-laws Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson. The 50-year-old has also been charged with the attempted murder of Heather's husband and local church pastor Ian Wilkinson, who survived the meal after a lengthy stint in hospital. Prosecutors allege Ms Patterson's beef wellington lunch, which was held at her house in Leongatha, was intentionally laced with death cap mushrooms. It is alleged Ms Patterson concocted a cancer diagnosis to lure her guests over for lunch as she needed advice on how to break the medical news to her children. Ms Patterson has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. The jury retired on Monday, and at time of publication, a verdict had not been returned.
Metro
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Netflix is hours away from dropping all 6 episodes of 'traumatic' new thriller
If you're willing to stay up for a few more hours into the night, Netflix is about to release your next bingeable fix. The creator behind the platform's hits Clickbait and Stateless now brings The Survivors to the streaming service, a murder mystery set against the Australian island Tasmania's unforgiving landscape. Showrunner Tony Ayres has described the six-part miniseries as 'a family melodrama disguised as a murder mystery', exploring the long-tail of generational trauma. Based on Jane Harper's bestselling book, the thriller follows Kieran Elliott (Charlie Vickers) and Mia Chang (Yerin Ha), who return to Kieran's Tasmanian hometown Evelyn Bay. They arrive in the seaside setting fifteen years after a terrible storm took three lives, including Kieran's older brother. Wake up to find news on your TV shows in your inbox every morning with Metro's TV Newsletter. Sign up to our newsletter and then select your show in the link we'll send you so we can get TV news tailored to you. When a young woman's body is discovered on the beach, Kieran's father (Damien Garvey), who's suffering from dementia, becomes the prime suspect. The tragedy forces the community of Evelyn Bay – where everybody knows everybody's business – to confront their long-ignored grief and buried secrets. A synopsis of the show on Netflix's Tudum reads: 'The show explores what happens to families and friends when they're forced to reckon with the kind of traumatic events that have a way of floating up to the surface again and again. 'It's a thrilling whodunnit— with an intensely emotional core.' Ayres has described the show as a 'Trojan horse' for family melodrama, using the murder mystery as cover. 'The things that are really at its heart are things like a son wanting his mother's love and the mother who just cannot afford to give it because her whole world might fall apart,' he said. 'Themes of family and loss and the stories that we tell each other to understand loss.' Evelyn Bay isn't a real place, but one Jane Harper created for her novel, although the Netflix production did shoot at various locations in Tasmania. Ayres told Variety: 'It became very clear once we found Eagle Hawk Neck and the spectacular landscapes that the locations were going to be crucial to not just the tone of the show, but the themes of the show.' More Trending Those who come to The Survivors as fans of Harper's books will also find much more than they bargained for here. Ayres has explained that the novel only afforded around two and a half hours of screen time, but Netflix wanted to make six episodes of the show. He told the trade publication that there was a degree of 'invention' behind the scenes, but all of it drawn from the original book. View More » The Survivors is available to stream on Netflix from June 6. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Feel Good remains one of the greatest LGBTQ+ gifts to TV MORE: Holly Willoughby suffers major blow as Netflix show is 'axed' after one season MORE: I binge-watch TV for a living – here are my recommendations for June
New York Times
28-03-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Maren Morris Lifts Herself Up, and 10 More New Songs
Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week's most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes) and at Apple Music here, and sign up for The Amplifier, a twice-weekly guide to new and old songs. Maren Morris, 'Carry Me Through' Equal parts self-help, Elton John and secular gospel, 'Carry On' puts robust piano chords and a choir behind Maren Morris as she works on finding the will to heal herself. She's taking full responsibility. 'Yeah, I got friends around / Plenty of hands held out,' she sings. 'But I'm still the one who has to choose to carry me through.' The music gives her ample reinforcement, and by the end she's vowing, 'I'll get there.' Mumford & Sons, 'Truth' Mumford & Sons get a strong infusion of Southern rock in 'Truth' from the band's new album, 'Rushmere.' Over a bluesy, sinewy riff, Marcus Mumford declares, 'I was born to believe the truth is all there is' and insists, 'I refuse to offer myself up to men who lie.' The track intensifies — with percussion, guitars, handclaps and choral harmonies — as the singer's desperation grows: 'Don't leave the liars in the honest places,' he pleads as it ends. Timbaland, 'Azonto Bounce' Timbaland, the producer whose sounds and techniques transformed 1990s hip-hop, has suprise-released an album, 'Timbo Progression,' that visits entirely unexpected territory: West African music, with a vintage sound. Azonto is a dance and music style from Ghana; Timbaland's version, with its mid-tempo beat and modal horn lines, also hints at Fela Kuti's 1970s Afrobeat. There's little information with the album — Timbaland is credited as 'programmer' — but the groove is undeniable. Pablo Alboran, 'Clickbait' The Spanish pop songwriter Pablo Alboran usually deals in romance. But 'Clickbait' confronts a different class of relationships: the parasocial ones online. 'Many say they know me, but they have no idea who I am,' he complains in Spanish, with an Auto-Tuned edge. In Spanglish, he continues, 'Flash flash, mucho clickbait, mucho fake.' It's a choppy track that jump-cuts between a minor-chorded ballad and pounding drums, then unites them. Alboran sings about people with 'poison in their hearts,' and he's willing to break character to fight back. Tortoise, 'Oganesson' Since its formation in 1990, the Chicago instrumental band Tortoise has been blending jazz, rock, Minimalism, electronics and improvisation. Its first new track since 2016 is 'Oganesson,' named for a synthetic, very short-lived element with atomic number 118. It's an off-kilter, 7/4 funk tune with a spy-movie ambience: laconic guitar chords, plinks of distorted vibraphone and a hopscotching bass line. Perhaps the stretch of noise at the end represents atomic decay. Lucy Dacus, 'Forever Is a Feeling' The title track of Lucy Dacus's new, love-besotted album, 'Forever Is a Feeling,' exults in a romance that just might endure. 'My wrists are in your zip tie / 25 to life, why not?' Dacus sings, marveling at the possibility of permanence. The verses surround her with nervous, pointillistic patterns in stereo — piano notes, percussion — as she sings about what were tentative beginnings; the chorus reassures her with rapturous vocal harmonies. Allison Russell featuring Annie Lennox, 'Superlover' Here's an unexpected but sensible alliance: the Canada-to-Nashville songwriter Allison Russell joined by Annie Lennox of Eurythmics. 'Superlover' is a plea and a prayer for the world's children, especially in combat zones. It's accompanied mostly by Russell's banjo picking, but adds churchy overtones. 'There's no God of fire and blood / If there's a God, God is love,' Lennox sings. Is that enough to save lives? Mon Laferte, 'Otra Noche de Llorar' A thoroughly retro torch song — with cocktail piano, a studio orchestra and a relaxed swing beat — gets combustibly overwrought as Mon Laferte's jealousy builds and explodes in 'Otra Noche de Llorar' ('Another Night to Cry'). With her usual mastery of dynamics, Laferte starts out sweetly caressing each phrase. But that sweetness rises to a raspy near-scream before she lets her boyfriend know, 'I have to hang up on you now / she's surely by your side.' The timing of this release is odd; Laferte sings that it's almost Christmas. But the fury of being betrayed knows no season. The Swell Season, 'People We Used to Be' In a complicated conjunction of art and life, Glen Hansard — the Irish songwriter who led the Frames — and Markéta Irglová, who came to Ireland from the Czech Republic, formed the Swell Season and made an album together in 2006. They starred in the 2007 film 'Once,' which was adapted into a Tony-winning Broadway musical; they dated and broke up but have continued to record and perform together. They trade verses in 'People We Used to Be,' a folky ballad with swelling strings that reflects on how an artistic collaboration can survive a changing friendship. And they sing, in harmony, 'I will not stand by and watch this fire / burn down everything we worked so hard to build.' Uwade, 'Harmattan' A six-beat pulse carries Uwade Akhere, a songwriter from North Carolina, through doubts and anxieties in 'Harmattan,' from her debut album, 'Florilegium,' due in April. The harmattan is a windy, dusty dry season in West Africa; Uwade, whose family is Nigerian, asks, 'Will you sway with me when my voice gives out? / When the harmattan comes round?' Around her, voices and instruments flicker in and out of the mix. Plucked guitar, a few piano notes, stately trumpet lines, sporadic drums and percussion and handclaps gradually align, propelling her toward 'Laughing 'til we cry / Bathing in dust and light.' Poppy Ackroyd and Norman Ackroyd, 'Notes on Water' Poppy Ackroyd composed 'Notes on Water' for her father, the landscape artist Norman Ackroyd, in the months before his death in 2024. One of his final etchings, a seascape, accompanies the single release. The piece is built on repeating, consonant piano motifs, repeatedly accelerating from limpid undulations to headlong momentum and then easing back, evoking winds and tides. Ackroyd recorded two versions: one a solo meditation, the other multitracked with additional sounds — including plucked strings and percussive tapping inside and outside the piano — that add both propulsion and mystery.
