TY - JOUR T1 - Television: <em>This Is Going to Hurt</em> JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 233 LP - 233 DO - 10.3399/bjgp22X719393 VL - 72 IS - 718 AU - Giles Dawnay Y1 - 2022/05/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/72/718/233.abstract N2 - Ben Wishaw BBC iPlayer, 2022I have to start this article by saying when I heard about the TV adaptation of Adam Kay’s reflective portfolio memoirs This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor, I wasn’t sure whether I really had the heart to watch this new series on BBC iPlayer.The book, although deeply and utterly compelling, revealed dark and uncomfortable access to the inner thoughts of a beleaguered and drowning junior doctor. Things we perhaps have all thought at one point or other but would be horrified if anyone ever heard them, let alone our patients. I wasn’t sure I could endure this in visual format.However, from the off it is clear that this is a much more adapted version. The series follows ‘Acting Obstetric and Gynae Registrar’ Adam as he attempts to keep his head above water in an utterly dysfunctional but disturbingly … ER -