This Is Going To Hurt
- TV comedy drama
- BBC One
- 2022
- 7 episodes (1 series)
Comedy drama series based on Adam Kay's book about his time as a junior doctor. Also features Ben Whishaw, Ambika Mod, Alex Jennings, Rory Fleck Byrne, Michele Austin and more.
Streaming rank this week: 257
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Ben 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
A fast-paced emotional rollercoaster, This Is Going To Hurt is hands-down one of the best dramas we'll see in 2022.
Lauren Morris, Radio 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 2022This Is Going To Hurt: Ben Whishaw on a best seller, Bond and a bear
"The book was incredibly funny," is Whishaw's review of Adam Kay's best-seller.
Colin Paterson, BBC, 7th February 2022This 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 2022Adam Kay and Harriet Walter on This Is Going To Hurt
"Treating the NHS like a business? That's bollocks"
Gabriel Tate, i Newspaper, 7th February 2022How TV shows are proving fact is more relatable than fiction
"Write what you know," declared Mark Twain. It is advice that has been resented by authors ever since. But a spate of TV dramas, including This Is Going To Hurt, is illustrating the power of first-hand work experience in revealing the reality of jobs that have become otherwise hackneyed by overfamiliarity.
Gerard Gilbert, i Newspaper, 5th February 2022Ben 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 2022Ben Whishaw interview
Me, perform a caesarean? You must be joking.
Benji Wilson, The Telegraph, 4th February 2022This 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