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This Is Going To Hurt: Real NHS workers made BBC drama possible, and taught cast how to do operations

Real NHS workers were brought in to breathe life into the show, and make it as realistic as possible

Bristol Post · Mar 23, 2022

Ben Whishaw and Maisie Williams read poetry to raise money for Ukraine

The film and television stars read emotional passages to thousands of people at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2022

Opening their doors for a good cause: Support Ukraine with the latest cultural events in London

Donate to the war effort while enjoying the latest in culture from around London

Evening Standard · Mar 22, 2022

This is Going to Hurt's harrowing true story of Adam Kay who resigned after baby tragedy

BBC comedy This is Going to Hurt is based on the diaries of former junior doctor Adam Kay, who hone a light on the horrifically long hours and life-saving decisions medics must make while being sleep deprived

Daily Mirror · Feb 15, 2022

This Is Going To Hurt stars were not allowed to get to know each other on set

Director Lucy Forbes has revealed why she did not want Ben Whishaw and Ambika Mod to get to know each other off-screen

Bristol Post · Feb 15, 2022

'This Is Going To Hurt was very eye-popping and I did really enjoy it'

BBC1's new medical drama This Is Going To Hurt is an adaptation of Adam Kay's best-selling autobiographical novel of the same name

Daily Mirror · Feb 10, 2022

This Is Going to Hurt shows that NHS workers aren’t heroes – they’re people who deserve much better

The BBC’s adaptation of Adam Kay’s memoir is a rousing defence of an NHS in the face of forces that seem bent on its eradication, writes Louis Chilton

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2022

‘Hilarious and heartbreaking’: This Is Going to Hurt fans are applauding ‘phenonemal’ NHS drama

Ben Whishaw’s turn as a junior doctor has received high praise

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2022

This Is Going to Hurt review – Ben Whishaw stars in a realism-packed adaptation

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

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2022

This Is Going to Hurt review: Ben Whishaw shines as spiky but golden-hearted doctor Adam Kay

Unsurprisingly, given that it’s a memoir adapted by its author, this BBC comedy drama is a sympathetic portrait of an overworked junior registrar on a hospital labour ward

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2022