The writer is up for two awards at this Sunday’s BAFTA Craft Awards. <\/p>
Adam Kay has downplayed the chances of a second season of medical drama This Is Going to Hurt<\/a>, revealing that a return for the series is unlikely in the near future.<\/p>\n Kay adapted the seven-part drama from his bestselling memoir of the same name, and it proved a huge hit with both audiences and critics when it debuted last year, nabbing a nomination for Best Mini-Series at the upcoming BAFTA TV Awards.<\/p>\n But speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com<\/a> ahead of this Sunday\u2019s BAFTA Craft Awards \u2013 where he is up for both Best Director and Best Writer \u2013 Kay explained why he wasn\u2019t thinking about a second outing any time soon.<\/p> \u201cI wrote the series with a beginning, a middle and an end, and told the whole story I wanted to,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s often a temptation to rush right into a second series, but for this show I don\u2019t quite know what it might be about.\u201d<\/p>\n And he jokingly added: \u201cI\u2019m also quite lazy!\u201d<\/p>\n Asked if there was any scope for adapting his follow-up book Undoctored into a series, Kay explained: \u201cI think I\u2019ve probably had enough of writing TV shows about myself for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n But he added that he would \u201cthink about adapting one of my kids\u2019 books\u201d which include Kay\u2019s Anatomy \u2013 A Complete (and Completely Disgusting) Guide to the Human Body and Kay\u2019s Marvellous Medicine: A Gross and Gruesome History of the Human Body.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n This Is Going to Hurt starred Ben Whishaw and Ambika Mod and followed a junior doctor in his chaotic job in obstetrics and gynaecology as he juggled managing the disorder and fatigue of hospital life with navigating his personal relationships.<\/span><\/p>\n It was heavily based on Kay\u2019s own experiences as a junior doctor, and the writer explained that while he was \u201cthrilled\u201d by the show\u2019s reception, he was disheartened that its themes are only becoming more relevant.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s hard not to be depressed that so many of the issues raised in the show \u2013 from pay and working conditions to lack of support and high suicide rates \u2013 continue to resonate so deeply with NHS staff today, 15 years after it was set,\u201d he said.<\/p>