Netflix is as soon as once more mining a few of Britain’s best podcast IP by making a documentary about Sweet Bobby from The Tinder Swindler producer Raw.
The favored Tortoise pod delivered an enormous twist. It instructed the story of how broadcaster Kirat Assi grew to become embroiled in an impossibly complicated net of deception that lasted for greater than a decade and concerned many fabricated characters.
When Kirat met ‘Bobby’ on Fb and launched into a long-distance relationship with him, she believed she had discovered the love of her life. Because it advanced from a friendship to an more and more controlling romantic relationship, Kirat grew to become subsumed into an online of deception, as Bobby’s explanations for why they couldn’t meet nose to nose grew to become increasingly more excessive.
The story evoked themes of management and social media, and was massively common, turning right into a dwell investigation.
The Netflix function doc is being directed by Lyttanya Shannon (Subnormal: A British Scandal), EP’d by Rebecca North (American Nightmare) and produced by Kiran Sira (Homicide, Thriller and My Household).
Uncooked has repeatedly delivered for Netflix, making the likes of The Tinder Swindler and Don’t F**okay with Cats.
The transfer is Netflix’s newest sprint into the world of British podcast IP. The streamer lately made Can I Inform You A Secret? from Louis Theroux’s Mindhouse, telling the story of girls who have been stalked by English cybercriminal Matthew Hardy.