Interview with Adam Kay Adam Kay How does it feel to have the finest actor of his generation playing me? In a career-defining performance? Yeah, it’s OK, I guess." Adam Kay is the writer, creator and excutive producer of This Is Going To Hurt which Starts on Tuesday 8 February at 9pm on BBC One What is This Is Going To Hurt about? It's the story of a junior doctor in obstetrics and gynaecology (or brats and twats as it’s known) and the huge impact this job has on his life - both at home and at work. How did you find the process of adapting your own book to the screen? Is it much the same as the book, or will there be lots of new elements that weren’t in the book? The nature of the book - hundreds of diary entries in a single person’s voice - meant that a totally direct adaptation would have been something of a one-man sketch show. The TV series expands the world, predominantly in terms of the other characters we meet: from Adam’s family and boyfriend, to his midwife colleag...