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This Is Going To Hurt review
Given just how many dramas and comedies are set in hospitals, it's surprising that there hasn't been one quite like This Is Going To Hurt before.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 8th February 2022Review: This Is Going To Hurt, BBC One
The humour, as you would expect, is brutally dark and often bleak. It seems to be the way stressed out medics cope with life/death scenarios.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th February 2022This Is Going To Hurt review
The BBC's take on NHS doctor Adam Kay's memoir pulls no punches in portraying the difficulties of life as a junior medic - be it fatigue, bullying or falling asleep at the wheel.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 8th February 2022This Is Going To Hurt review
Ben Whishaw shines as spiky but golden-hearted doctor Adam Kay.
Ed Cumming, The Independent, 8th February 2022This Is Going To Hurt, BBC1, review
Ben Whishaw is perfect in Adam Kay's visceral, hilarious sensation.
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 8th February 2022This Is Going To Hurt writer Adam Kay makes cameo in Episode 4
The best-selling author makes a brief appearance in the BBC's adaptation of his book.
Lauren Morris, Radio Times, 8th February 2022This Is Going To Hurt review
This adaptation is just what the doctor ordered.
Carol Midgley, The Times, 8th February 2022This Is Going To Hurt review
Obstetric doctor Adam Kay (Ben Whishaw) grapples with the exhausting daily demands of working in the NHS and handling a new trainee (Ambika Mod), while trying to maintain a relationship with his boyfriend (Rory Fleck Byrne) and avoid getting struck off for malpractice.
Boyd Hilton, Empire, 8th February 2022Ben Whishaw and Adam Kay on their brutally honest NHS drama
As Adam Kay's wince-inducing diaries become a BBC drama, he and his on-screen self, Ben Whishaw, reveal how they recreated the joy and trauma of life as an overworked junior doctor.
Rhik Samadder, The Times, 8th February 2022This Is Going To Hurt review
Superlative adaptation of Adam Kay's memoir is funny, chaotic and heartbreaking.
Katie Rosseinsky, Evening Standard, 8th February 2022