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This Is Going To Hurt: Ben Whishaw interview

Actors often have to work on their delivery when it comes to the role they're playing. For Ben Whishaw, who is playing a doctor on a labour ward as part of new seven-part adaptation This Is Going To Hurt, delivery is precisely where he focused.

Stevie Gallacher, The Sunday Post, 7th February 2022

Ben Whishaw discusses "shocking" reality behind This Is Going To Hurt

The actor opens up about the harsh realities faced by health professionals.

Lidia Molina-Whyte, Radio Times, 4th February 2022

Ben Whishaw interview

Me, perform a caesarean? You must be joking.

Benji Wilson, The Telegraph, 4th February 2022

This Is Going To Hurt review

Wryly funny Ben Whishaw captivates in unflinching and exhausting snapshot of doctor's life.

Sabrina Barr, Metro, 1st February 2022

Ben Whishaw interview

He's been Paddington, Keats, and now a doctor in This Is Going To Hurt. He talks about his off-stage shyness and why he wasn't delighted by the reveal of Q's sexuality in No Time To Die.

Tom Lamont, The Guardian, 29th January 2022

This Is Going To Hurt TV series completes filming

Filming has completed on This Is Going To Hurt, the BBC One comedy drama based on Adam Kay's book. Ben Whishaw stars, with Dame Harriet Walter, Ambika Mod, Michele Austin, Alex Jennings and Rory Fleck Byrne also on the cast list.

British Comedy Guide, 25th June 2021

Ben Whishaw to star in This Is Going To Hurt TV show

Ben Whishaw will take the lead role in This Is Going To Hurt, the BBC Two comedy drama series based on Adam Kay's best-selling book.

British Comedy Guide, 15th June 2020

The re-evaluation game: Nathan Barley

If you want to remain having fond memories of the show it's probably best if you only watch the first four episodes.

Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 2nd March 2020

The Personal History of David Copperfield review

Armando Iannucci both respects and reinvents the novel in a wonderfully entertaining adaptation full to bursting with fantastic comic performances.

Mark Kermode, The Observer, 26th January 2020

The Personal History of David Copperfield review

This isn't a traditional, staid, by-the-numbers affair.

BBC, 24th January 2020

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