Surgeries and high-stakes emergencies where little humans make chaotic entries to the world just got a new update in a living room version. In the UK's hospital drama, This Is Going to Hurt, humor, dread, and hullabaloo balance on the edge of a scalpel. Its sharp humor, adrenaline rush, and unsettling scenes at the same time make it a perfect binge on a chilly weekend. And what better platform is there to save one from doomscrolling the day away than Netflix?

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This Is Going to Hurt officially landed on Netflix on November 19, 2025. Based on the real-life diaries of Adam Kay, it combines the excitement of emergency scenes with the emotional weight of the human condition. Initially, it aired in the UK on BBC One and globally by AMC/AMC+ in the US. But starting in November, it finds a cozy home in Netflix, though likely for a single year only due to AMC's licensing window.

Comprising seven exhilarating episodes, Netflix's Black Doves fame, Ben Whishaw is in the lead role of Adam Kay, while the supporting cast includes Ambika Mod as Shruti Acharya and Alex Jennings as Nigel Lockhart. It premiered on February 8, 2022, on BBC One. The show was created by Adam Kay himself, being an adaptation of his best-selling memoir, about the chaotic days of a junior doctor.

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What makes This Is Going to Hurt unique is not only its humor but also a compelling portrayal of exhaustion in the medical field.

This Is Going to Hurt, set in London in 2006, brings forth a junior doctor, Adam Kay, stuck in the pandemonium of a labour ward with his sleep snatched, endless shifts, high-stakes decisions, fractured relationships, and moral cost. The tone oscillates between dark comedy and heart-wrenching drama, every 45-minute episode revealing the true price of health care from the perspectives of its providers.

Boasting a 95% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Ben Whishaw's live wire performance holds down the fort, occasionally breaking into gut-wrenching subplots and graphic scenes. Netflix viewers looking for similar vibes can consider dramas like The Good Doctor, Pulse, Resident Playbook, and more. However, This Is Going to Hurt comes packing in one of the most visually and emotionally authentic hospital dramas set in the early 2000s.

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