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This Is Going to Hurt's Adam Kay got foul-mouthed response when he rang in sick

This Is Going To Hurt's Adam Kay, the real life doctor being played by Ben Whishaw in the BBC series, was so tired he slept in his car and felt forced work even when he was ill

Daily Mirror

This Is Going to Hurt’s Ambika Mod: ‘Whenever I did a caesarean I was buzzing!’

Playing junior doctor Shruti is a far cry from the standup’s ‘really silly’ sketch comedy but her improv background helped her find moments of levity in Adam Kay’s NHS drama

The Guardian - UK

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Who is the star of BBC's latest drama This Is Going To Hurt Ben Whishaw?

Ben Whishaw plays junior doctor Adam Kay in the medical drama

Liverpool Echo

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

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

'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

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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

‘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

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

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

Ben Whishaw's secretive love life and being 'unsatisfied' by James Bond gay reveal

James Bond's Q actor Ben Wishaw is starring in new BBC comedy This Is Going To Hurt tonight, based on Adam Kay’s book, which brought back memories of a time it was 'less easy to be tactile with a gay partner'

Daily Mirror

BBC This is Going to Hurt star Ben Whishaw rules out following in Jodie Whittaker's footsteps to become the next Doctor Who

The Bond star said he would "definitely not" be taking over the iconic role

Wales Online

This Is Going To Hurt review: Superlative adaptation of Adam Kay’s memoir is funny, chaotic and heartbreaking

This TV adaptation starring Ben Whishaw deserves to be just as big a hit as Kay’s best-selling book

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The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Ben Whishaw is on captivating form as a doctor on the brink

A stellar adaptation based on Adam Kay’s bestselling book is full of heroism and tearjerking tragedy. Plus: there is adultery afoot in a bite-size drama. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Independent UK

Ben Whishaw says he has ‘a suspicion’ he won’t be asked to star in any more Bond films

Whishaw has played Q in the franchise since 2012

Daily Mirror

Ben Wishaw shown how to perform C-section for new role in BBC One medical drama

Bond star and Bafta winner Ben Wishaw took a hands-on approach for his new role in BBC One medical drama This Is Going to Hurt

The Independent UK

Ben Whishaw says he found scene referencing Q’s sexuality in Bond film No Time to Die ‘unsatisfying’

‘I thought a lot about whether I should question it,’ actor said

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Ben Whishaw: ‘Sometimes, with straight actors playing gay parts, I think: I don’t believe you!’

He’s been Paddington, Keats, and now a doctor in This Is Going to Hurt. He talks about his off-stage shyness and why he wasn’t delighted by the reveal of Q’s sexuality in No Time to Die

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