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Edinburgh Evening News, 12th June 2019Adam Kay review
Painfully funny tales of life on the ward.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 6th March 2019Hilarious real stories of gynaecologist-turned-comedian
It is not unheard of to switch from medicine to comedy - Harry Hill, Graham Chapman and Lee Nelson star Simon Brodkin all did it. But Adam Kay could be the most successful doctor yet to go from treating people to making them laugh.
Sean Hamilton, The Sun, 1st February 2019London's most influential people 2018 - Comedy
Including Katherine Ryan, Rachel Parris and Will Sharpe.
Evening Standard, 10th October 2018Adam Kay: How to survive your first week as a doctor
Yesterday was Black Wednesday, the alarmingly monikered morning when 6,000 brand new doctors step out on to the wards for the first time.
The Times, 2nd August 2018Adam Kay's junior doctor book to become BBC comedy drama
BBC Two has ordered This Is Going To Hurt, an eight-part comedy drama based on the award-winning memoirs of former junior doctor Adam Kay.
British Comedy Guide, 6th July 2018Adam Kay interview
From tragedy to comedy for former junior doctor turned best-selling author and performer.
Yvette Huddleston, The Yorkshire Post, 19th June 2018Adam Kay, Robert Webb, Russell Brand up for book awards
Adam Kay's account of his time as a hospital doctor has been nominated in the Best Non-Fiction: Narrative category in the British Book Awards shortlist.
Elsewhere How To Be A Boy by Robert Webb is nominated in the audiobook category. And Russell Brand's Recovery: Freedom From Our Addictions is shortlisted in the Non-Fiction: Lifestyle category.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th March 2018Chortle Awards 2018 nominees
The nominees for the Chortle Awards 2018 have been announced. Mat Ewins, Hannah Gadsby, John Kearns and Joseph Morpurgo are up for Best Show.
British Comedy Guide, 7th February 2018Adam Kay shortlisted for Best First Biography Prize
Adam Kay has been shortlisted for the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2017 for his junior doctor diaries, This Is Going to Hurt (Picador), alongside authors Thomas Dilworth, Edmund Gordon, Gareth Russell, Helen Smith and James Stourton.
Katherine Cowdrey, The Bookseller, 12th January 2018