Editors Peter Oliver, Mike Holliday and Benjamin Gerstein on trapping the audience in the world of Baby Reindeer
It might be surprising, then, that one of its editors’ other work is positively whimsical. Mike Holliday’s CV includes considerably lighter-hearted shows, among them Horrible Histories and Ghosts. Sure, Baby Reindeer is also a comedy – when it wants to be – but it’s hard to imagine Donny Dunn ranting on CBBC. However, Holliday was hired because of, not despite this experience.
“It wasn’t drama they were looking for in my background: it was comedy,” he tells me. “That side is considered harder.”