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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This Is Going To Hurt review
Whishaw is always brilliant when playing passive-aggressive, nervous men at breaking point, and this role - adapted from Kay's real-life medical memoir by the author himself - is perfect for him.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 9th February 2022This Is Going To Hurt is a brutal look at the NHS
We can all agree that being tired at work is never a good idea. Whether it's down to late-night drinking or getting up in the early hours with a newborn, working on little sleep rarely creates the desired outcome. For many that might mean typos in emails and files going unsent; in the NHS, working while tired can mean the difference between life and death. This sobering statement forms the basis of the BBC's newest medical drama, This Is Going To Hurt, alongside wider conversations about the state of staffing, funding and quality of care in Britain's NHS.
Alicia Lansom, Refinery 29, 8th February 2022This 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 2022