In the UK, pretty much everyone has used the NHS at some point in their lives, while many of us have stopped by obstetrics and gynaecology wards up and down the country, whether it\u2019s to birth a baby, watch a baby be born or be the baby that\u2019s being birthed (shout out to Wycombe Hospital for rolling out the red carpet for me back in 1996).<\/p>\n
So when Adam Kay\u2019s medically autobiographical book This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor<\/a> landed on shop shelves back in 2017, it quickly became a best-seller. Not only was Kay\u2019s writing hilarious, informative and at times horrifying explicit (you\u2019ll wish you\u2019d never heard the \u2018de-gloving\u2019 story), This Is Going to Hurt provided brutally honest insight into what is arguably the best-loved institution in the UK.<\/p>\n Of course, a close second would be the BBC, which has adapted the medic-turned-comedian\u2019s book for TV, with the award-winning Ben Whishaw starring as a fictionalised version of Kay \u2013 and if there were ever to be an advert for why both pillars of British society need to be fiercely protected from budget cuts and defunding efforts, it would be this seven-part series.<\/p>\n Written by Kay himself, This Is Going to Hurt<\/a> is a loose adaptation of the original book, following Adam \u2013 a slightly cocky, majorly sarcastic acting registrar working in a hospital on the Obs and Gynae ward or \u201cbrats and t**ts,\u201d as he calls it.<\/p>\n When we meet the constantly-exhausted doctor, he\u2019s asleep in his car, having accidentally passed out in the hospital car park at the end of a long shift. After being woken up by a phone call from his underling SHO (senior house officer), he\u2019s about to make his way back inside when he spots an expectant mother in labour outside the hospital.<\/p>\n We\u2019re only a few minutes in when Adam has to make the first delivery of the show and it\u2019s a dramatic one, with the doctor taking the woman up in the hospital\u2019s maintenance lift and dealing with a cord prolapse by manually pushing the umbilical cord back inside the womb.<\/p>\n If you couldn\u2019t already tell, This Is Going to Hurt is a bit of a crash course in medical jargon that\u2019ll have you Googling the definition of early onset pre-eclampsia, but don\u2019t let that put you off.<\/p>\n Adam frequently breaks the fourth wall in a Fleabag<\/a>-ian manner to explain what various medical conditions are, while the show doesn\u2019t hold back when it comes to showing the gruesome reality of a caesarian section, so if you\u2019re squeamish I\u2019d have a cushion ready to cover your face with (although by the end of the show, you\u2019re very used to seeing Ben Whishaw covered head-to-toe in fake blood).<\/p>\n The show makes for a rather intense watch and does exactly what it says on the tin \u2013 there\u2019ll be moments where you\u2019re holding back tears and others where your sides physically hurt from laughing.<\/p>\n As for the cast, This Is Going to Hurt boasts an unsurprisingly excellent performance from Whishaw, who gives us an initially unlikeable Adam before diving deeper into one particularly traumatic instance on the job that rocks his confidence and his personal life as a gay man with a mother still unable to accept his sexuality.<\/p>\n As for newcomer Ambika Mod, This Is Going to Hurt serves as the perfect platform to show off just how much of a rising star she is, with the comedian starring as under-confidant trainee Shruti, who is regularly teased by the slightly pompous Adam as the two begin to form an almost brother-sister bond.<\/p>\n Together with The Crown<\/a>\u2018s Alex Jennings as wealthy consultant Mr Lockhart and the hilarious Ashley McGuire as his no-nonsense stand-in Miss Houghton, the comedy-drama impresses with its strong cast, bolstered by the show\u2019s soundtrack of mid-noughties earworms.<\/p>\n A fast-paced emotional rollercoaster, This Is Going to Hurt is hands-down one of the best dramas we\u2019ll see in 2022 and with the show hitting home just how much pressure the NHS is under right now, the adaptation couldn\u2019t come at a better time.<\/p>\n This Is Going to Hurt airs on Tuesday 8th February at 9pm on BBC One, with all seven episodes arriving on BBC iPlayer. You can buy Adam Kay\u2019s book on Amazon<\/a>. While you\u2019re waiting visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, l<\/strong>isten to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a> with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n By Lauren Morris Published: Monday, 07 February 2022 at 12:00 am 5.0 out of 5 star rating In the UK, pretty much everyone has used the NHS at some point in their lives, while many of us have stopped by obstetrics and gynaecology wards up and down the country, whether it\u2019s to birth a baby, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":10874,"template":"","categories":[5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/this-is-going-to-hurt-review-hilarious-yet-heart-breaking-tribute-to-nhs.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/this-is-going-to-hurt-review-hilarious-yet-heart-breaking-tribute-to-nhs-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/this-is-going-to-hurt-review-hilarious-yet-heart-breaking-tribute-to-nhs-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/this-is-going-to-hurt-review-hilarious-yet-heart-breaking-tribute-to-nhs.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/this-is-going-to-hurt-review-hilarious-yet-heart-breaking-tribute-to-nhs.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/this-is-going-to-hurt-review-hilarious-yet-heart-breaking-tribute-to-nhs.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/this-is-going-to-hurt-review-hilarious-yet-heart-breaking-tribute-to-nhs.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lauren Morris Published: Monday, 07 February 2022 at 12:00 am 5.0 out of 5 star rating In the UK, pretty much everyone has used the NHS at some point in their lives, while many of us have stopped by obstetrics and gynaecology wards up and down the country, whether it\u2019s to birth a baby,…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/10873"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\""This\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/22473206-high_res-this-is-going-to-hurt-f177fae.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413"\" "\\"\"this-is-going-to-hurt\"\\"\/")
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