Casting has been introduced, and first-look pictures launched, of the extremely anticipated adaption of Adam Kay’s multi-million copy bestseller That is Going to Damage, which has simply wrapped filming
Emmy, Bafta and Golden Globe-winning lead Ben Whishaw is joined by Dame Harriet Walter, Ambika Mod, Michele Austin, Alex Jennings and Rory Fleck Byrne
Casting has been introduced, and first-look pictures launched, on the extremely anticipated adaption of Adam Kay’s multi-million copy bestseller This Is Going To Damage, which has simply wrapped filming. The co-production with AMC will launch on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
At occasions hilarious, at occasions devastating, This Is Going To Damage is a 7X45’ sequence following Adam (Ben Whishaw – A Very English Scandal, Skyfall, London Spy), a health care provider who we discover wending his manner via the ranks of hospital hierarchy – junior sufficient to undergo the crippling hours, however senior sufficient to face a continuing barrage of terrifying obligations. Adam is clinging to his private life as he’s more and more overwhelmed by stresses at work: the 97-hour weeks, the life and dying choices, and all of the whereas understanding the hospital parking meter is incomes greater than him.
Whishaw is joined by newcomer Ambika Mod as Shruti, a younger junior physician simply beginning in obstetrics and gynaecology. Naturally vibrant, diligent and caring, she has all the pieces it takes to be an awesome physician, however the job nonetheless finds methods to throw her into chaos and doubt.
Michele Austin (Meet the Richardsons, The Informal Emptiness) performs Tracy, a assured, sharp-witted senior midwife, and Bafta-nominated Alex Jennings (The Crown, A Very English Scandal, Unforgotten, The Woman In The Van) performs Mr Lockhart, a guide and Adam’s domineering boss. Kadiff Kirwan (Chewing Gum, This Means Up, The Stranger) performs Julian, Adam’s colleague {and professional} rival, and Ashley McGuire (This Nation, Malory Towers, It’s A Sin) performs Miss Houghton, a formidable and forthright guide who spots potential in Shruti.
Emmy-nominated Harriet Walter (Killing Eve, The Crown, Succession) performs Veronique, Adam’s mom. Rory Fleck Byrne (Harlots, Vita And Virginia, Ghosts) performs Adam’s boyfriend Harry, and Tom Durant-Pritchard (Really feel Good, The Windsors, Judy, The Crown) performs Adam’s finest pal Greg, his two closest relationships and those pressured to face the brunt of the pressures he faces at work.
The sequence relies on Adam Kay’s award-winning worldwide multi-million promoting memoir of the identical identify, which has offered over 2.5 million copies thus far and has been translated into 37 languages. The sequence, which is created, written and government produced by Kay himself, rejoices within the laugh-out-loud highs, whereas pulling no punches in its depiction of the gut-wrenching lows of life on a gynaecology and obstetrics ward.
Blisteringly humorous, politically enraging and continuously heartbreaking, This Is Going To Damage stays a stark reminder of the important function performed by the NHS and is a clarion name to help our medics, a message that’s extra pressing than ever.
Created, written and government produced by Adam Kay, This Is Going To Damage is commissioned by Piers Wenger, Director of BBC Drama, is government produced by Naomi de Pear (Don’t Overlook The Driver, Flowers, The Bisexual, The Energy) and Jane Featherstone (Chernobyl, Giri/Haji, The Cut up, The Energy) for Sister, James Farrell (Untitled Recreation Of Thrones Prequel) for Horrible Productions, Mona Qureshi for BBC One, in addition to Kristin Jones and Dan McDermott for AMC. Ben Whishaw additionally serves as Government Producer.
The sequence is produced by Holly Pullinger (Don’t Overlook The Driver) with Lucy Forbes (In My Pores and skin, The Finish Of the F***ing World sequence two) directing the primary 4 episodes and Tom Kingsley (Ghosts, Stath Lets Flats, Pls Like) directing the opposite three episodes. The worldwide distribution of the sequence can be dealt with by BBC Studios.