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This Is Going to Hurt

2022 · 1 season

A raw, funny-sad plunge into exhausted hospital life, balancing crude jokes with quiet devastation and a mounting sense of strain.

Created by
Adam Kay
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Ben Whishaw, Ambika Mod, Rory Fleck-Byrne
Overview
The unvarnished truth of life as a doctor working in obstetrics and gynaecology.

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Stream in the UK
  • Sky Go
More options Data from JustWatch
Created by
Adam Kay
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Ben Whishaw, Ambika Mod, Rory Fleck-Byrne
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • grief
  • isolation
  • identity
  • class
Places
  • hospital
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour6
Realism9
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Created by
Adam Kay
Starring
Ben Whishaw, Ambika Mod, Rory Fleck-Byrne, Michele Austin, Alex Jennings, Tom Durant-Pritchard, Ashley McGuire, Harriet Walter
Music
Jarvis Cocker, Serafina Steer
Cinematography
Nick Cooke, Benedict Spence
Length
1 seasons, 7 episodes
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English

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