This is going to hurt is by turns a costically funny and gut-wrenching series about a young

doctor of gynecology and obstetrics.

He struggles to keep his mind, body, and soul intact despite a punishing work schedule,

an endless parade of life or death decisions, interminable hospital and bureaucracy, and

a personal life showing advanced signs of neglect.

Ben Wysha, stars in the British series which is based on the diaries of a real doctor

in Britain's National Health Service, diaries that were later turned into a best-selling

memoir.

I'm Linda Holmes.

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This is going to hurt is based on the memoir of the same name by Adam K. On the show,

Ben Wysha plays Adam, a junior doctor who runs the labor ward at an NHS hospital.

He reluctantly takes under his wing a trainee doctor named Shruti played by Ambika Mad.

Adam is a bit of a mess, sleep deprived, closeted, often, snippy, but he cares deeply about

his patients and tortures himself when he makes a big mistake.

He sometimes turns to the camera to confide in us about his struggles and his complicated

relationships with the hospital's head midwife played by Michelle Austin with his

snooty boss played by Alex Jennings and with his cute, long, suffering and unbelievably

understanding, literally unbelievably understanding boyfriend, played by Rory Fleck Burn.

This is going to hurt, ran on the BBC and is now airing in the States on AMC Plus and

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