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.
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A medic's take on This Is Going To Hurt
Charlie Easmon casts a medic's eye over the acclaimed This Is Going To Hurt and compares it with other TV hospital dramas.
Charlie Easmon, Royal Television Society, 10th March 2022This Is Going To Hurt's Ambika Mod: 'I have really bad anxiety'
Her portrayal of an overwhelmed medic in the BBC hit has won the nation's sympathy and turned Ambika Mod into a star.
Jane Mulkerrins, The Times, 5th March 2022This Is Going To Hurt disrespectful to women? No it isn't
Driving the book and the script is a commitment to do justice to people's experiences and lives.
Val Walsh, The Guardian, 25th February 2022Review: This Is Going To Hurt hooks you in from the start
Most of us work to live, but junior doctor Adam lives to work.
Tracey Bryce, The Sunday Post, 23rd February 2022This Is Going To Hurt is important viewing - but I won't be watching
I'm glad the series has started a national conversation about the plight of maternity services and about the sometimes strained relationship between midwifery care and obstetric doctors.
Hannah Fearn, The Independent, 23rd February 2022Interview: This Is Going To Hurt's Ambika Mod
Playing junior doctor Shruti is a far cry from the stand-up's 'really silly' sketch comedy but her improv background helped her find moments of levity in Adam Kay's NHS drama.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 22nd February 2022Adam Kay issues warning over potentially dangerous medical advice
The doctor behind NHS television drama This Is Going To Hurt has warned viewers about potentially dangerous medical advice on the show. A controversial scene in the final episode of the medical drama - based on the book by Adam Kay - sees a medic give a concerned friend a device to check her baby's heartbeat at home.
Daily Mail, 20th February 2022What frontline doctors think about This Is Going To Hurt
Adam Kay's adaptation of his medical memoir has great reviews. But how accurate is its bloody, barmy vision of life in the NHS trenches?
Alex Diggins, The Telegraph, 18th February 2022Ambika Mod defends This Is Going To Hurt against claims of misogyny
Ambika Mod, who plays stressed junior doctor, reacts to criticism that BBC drama disrespects women.
Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian, 18th February 2022This Is Going To Hurt viewers open-mouthed at shocking sex injury based on real couple
This Is Going To Hurt viewers have been left open-mouthed at a shocking sex injury based on a real couple.
In the second episode, viewers saw Adam dealing with a couple who had had a sexy situation go awry. The woman had inserted something into her privates for her boyfriend to find, however it had become stuck leading to a trip to the hospital.
Jill Robinson, The Sun, 16th February 2022