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What is it really like to be a doctor? The new series “This Is Going to Hurt” explores the trials, tribulations, and glimpses of hope in practitioners’ lives that most patients will never see. Set in a London hospital, ‘Hurt’ is based on Adam Kay’s memoir of the same name.

Bridgewater Hall is extra special for Lennie as it’s her homecoming, as her daughter puts it, as she grew up in Salford. Also for the evening, we’re graced with a surprise guest, who turns out to be the wonderful Adam Kay, of the adored This Is Going To Hurt book and BBC TV series.

Midsomer Murders' star Neil Dudgeon has taken to Twitter to react after his on-screen wife, played by Fiona Dolman, posed proudly with her new ITV co-stars.The actor, 61, who plays DCI John Barnaby on the hit ITV whodunit series, reacted as Fiona shared a post with the stars of Alan Titchmarsh's show Love Your Weekend, which she appeared on last week.Fiona, who plays Sarah Barnaby on the programme, posted a snap to Twitter of herself with celebrity gardener Alan Titchmarch and her two fellow guests, Adam Kay and Petula Clark, standing in a sun-drenched garden.Responding to the post, her Midsomer Murders' colleague Neil wrote: "Blimey!"It’s all go chez Dolman, innit?"Look at you with Petula Clark! X" he penned in amazement, before ending the post.Fiona had taken to the micro-blogging platform to reveal that she would be appearing on Love Your Weekend alongside her two celebrity friends.She told her 8,571 followers: "This sunday @ITV #LoveYourWeekend with @amateuradam and @PetulaClarkHQ"I was chatting #MidsomerMurders and @hospiceuk with the delightful Alan Titmarsh."We had a lovely time (despite this looking as though Adam and I are holding a rather nice couple hostage in their garden)," she quipped.Following Neil's comment, one avid fan of the murder mystery programme commented with a suggestion as to who could guest star on the show next from Fiona's new group of showbiz pals.Twitter user @Philipcarman wrote: "Alan would be a great guest on Midsomer Murders!"Following Fiona's appearance on the hit gardening show, her fans took to the platform to share their thoughts.@TaniaEsteban_ wrote: "Was feeling jet lagged on the sofa after just landing...

If you're wondering what's coming up on the TV schedule this week, Tuesday is set to be a busy evening across the broadcasting channels with something to watch for everyone. There's a couple of new shows joining the line-up but a few programmes will also be concluding. We've selected five TV highlights for Tuesday, March 22, below but don't forget there is plenty more to watch.

Jarvis Cocker‘s JARV IS… recently composed the score for new BBC comedy drama This Is Going To Hurt and you can now listen to the full soundtrack below.The show, which premiered earlier this month on BBC1, stars Ben Whishaw as a junior doctor in the NHS. JARV IS…have written and performed the original soundtrack for the show, which is based on Adam Kay’s award-winning international multi-million selling memoir of the same name.The soundtrack, which Cocker described as “our love song to the NHS”, was recorded at Narcissus Studios throughout 2021 and most of the performances are live takes featuring the entire band – often recorded whilst they watched the playback of key sequences from the series.Each episode features at least one song with lyrics by Cocker, who had access to the scripts (adapted by Adam Kay from his own book) from an early stage in the production process.You can listen to the soundtrack here:JARV IS… This Is Going To Hurt Soundtrack  1: ‘This is Going to Hurt’2: ‘Visiting Hours’3: ‘Adam’s Nightmare’4: ‘Dark Wave’5: ‘Dare To Love’6: ‘Shruti’7: ‘Job Description’8: ‘Difficult C Section’9: ‘Fuck This’10: ‘Just Another One of Those Days’11: ‘All I Have is Yours’12: ‘Shruti (The Golden Thread)’Elsewhere, Jarvis Cocker is set to release new memoir Good Pop, Bad Pop later this year.Set to arrive on May 26 through Vintage Publishing, Cocker describes the book as an “inventory”. It’s centred around the former Pulp frontman coming across “a jumble of objects that catalogue his story” while clearing out his loft, with the various ephemera used as a jumping off point to reflect on Cocker’s life and career.

GOGGLEBOX viewers joined the reality show stars in sobbing over emotional BBC drama This Is Going To Hurt. Fans of the Channel 4 series took to Twitter in their droves after the latest instalment wrapped with a snippet of Ben Wishart's BBC series.

Gogglebox viewers were overcome with emotion during the latest episode of the Channel 4 show.The armchair critics were back on our screens on Friday night to give their views on the latest shows on the box.Towards the end of the episode, they all tuned into BBC medical drama Based on the best-selling non-fiction memoir of the same name, the popular TV series follows junior doctor Adam Kay in his chaotic job in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.As well as managing the disorder and fatigue of hospital life, from unexpectedly assisting in bloody births to dealing with the unexpected deaths.Some Gogglebox stars were reduced to tears while watching the series.The emotional scenes got viewers at home talking on social media,Taking to Twitter, one fan penned: "Haven’t watched This Is Going To Hurt but god that was so sad."Another added: "I'm in tears."A third person posted: "Shouldn't have watched #Gogglebox"Gogglebox stars also offered their opinions on shows such as Marcus Wareing's Tales from a Kitchen Garden, Formula 1: Drive to Survive and Crufts 2022: Best in Show.The Channel 4 series caused a stir amongst viewers last week.Fans were gobsmacked when scenes from Naked Attraction were played out featuring men exposes their private parts.Some viewers took to social media complain about the images and also critiqued the decision by bosses to air such explicit footage.One disgruntled viewer wrote: "Petition to stop #Gogglebox showing Naked Attraction please."Another added: "I’m sorry but I feel violated by that clip of Naked Attraction?? I think I need the Samaritans."A third posted: "I lead a very sheltered life but #Gogglebox always manages to blow my mind and send me blind.

Ben Wishaw as Adam in This is Going To Hurt, we are all transfixed by the terrifying balancing act of exhaustion and elation that is the lot of the junior hospital doctor. The hit series seems - despite the often grim reality that it portrays - set to draw more young people to the profession.Yet the series’ creator, Adam Kay, eventually left medicine to forge a career as a writer.

A Scottish doctor quit the NHS for a new life in Australia following fears he was heading for a breakdown.

James Bond film, No Time To Die. However, the star admitted that his future in the role of Q was uncertain, claiming that he has “no idea” if he will return.Ben, who is also known for voicing Paddington in the much-loved family film series of the same name, appeared on Zoe’s show to talk about his upcoming television show, This Is Going To Hurt.The BBC One series will be an adaptation of Adam Kay's extremely successful book of the same name, about his experiences of being a junior doctor on an NHS labour ward.Zoe began by congratulating Ben on his latest Bond film, which turned out to be one of cinema’s greatest success stories during the pandemic. “Firstly, we must say congratulations on the huge success of No Time To Die breaking box office records all over the globe.

Ben Whishaw, the star of the BBC/AMC’s upcoming This Is Going to Hurt adaptation, was attracted to the medical drama due to it being “a love letter to the NHS.”

Despite 2021 being a year full of quarantining and social distancing, the one thing we could rely on to lift our spirits was quality television. From HBO’s Gossip Girl reboot to Amazon’s hit thriller Nine Perfect Strangers, TV lovers were never left bored. As such, expectations for 2022 are even higher, with viewers more eager than ever to be entertained from the comfort of their sofas.

A giant asteroid, more than a kilometre wide, will be soaring past the Earth tonight.

Glasgow. The English writer had just performed in front of an audience at the Theatre Royal when he realised that something wasn’t right.

The television adaptation of Adam Kay’s best-selling memoir This Is Going To Hurt has just wrapped filming and now we’ve been given a first look at Ben Whishaw in the lead role.

The BBC and AMC’s medical memoir series This Is Going To Hurt has rounded out its cast with stars including Harriet Walter (Killing Eve) and Alex Jennings (The Crown), while the broadcasters have revealed the first look at Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Ben Whishaw in the lead role.

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Adam Kay went out on his bike with two friends on Tuesday, June 2, last year and the trio travelled from his home in Kearsley to Clifton Country Park. It had been a hot, sunny day and Adam and one of his friends decided to go swimming in the waters of the the River Irwell.But the student from Harper Green High School in Farnworth began to struggle in the deep water and was dragged under.His friends desperately tried to help, jumping into the river and trying to hold his head above the water, but could not save him.His body was found by emergency crews around two hours later.Adam's mum Shirley Whitworth and his step-dad Mark Whitworth said losing the teenager had changed their lives.

Car Show sitcom in tribute to the NHS.The new sketch appears as part of comedian and writer Adam Kay’s new book, Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You.Peter Kay’s Car Show was last seen on screens in 2018, and the new scripted sketch sees Kay’s character in the show, John, discussing a brain cancer scare he had.“I kept getting these really bad headaches,” he says to friend Kayleigh in the new short. “My GP said it was sinuses, but being a proper hypochondriac, I thought: ‘bollocks, what does he know?’ So I booked in for a brain scan.”He then goes on to reveal that he chose to play Simon & Garfunkel while undergoing his MRI scan.

lost his life swimming in Greenbooth Reservoir in Norden, Rochdale, in June 2018. It was the hottest day of the year and his friends battled to save his life.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very simply by following the instructions hereThe moving interviews were recorded by Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service as latest figures revealed 147 people accidentally drowned in open water in England last year.Since June 2016, the fire service in Manchester has been called out to 31 fatal water incidents.

Ed Sheeran is paying tribute to Britain’s National Health Service, revealing he and his family visited his hospitalized grandmother so often before she passed away that they became friends with the nurses who cared for her.