This Is Going to Hurt creator Adam Kay is rightly getting a lot of plaudits for the new BBC One medical drama.
But did you know the author of the book the show is based on actually appears in the series?
Yes, Adam, 41, makes a sneak cameo. Blink and you’ll miss it!
This Is Going to Hurt: When is the Adam Kay cameo?
The whole series of This Is Going to Hurt is on the BBC iPlayer and some have binged the whole seven-part series already.
In episode four, eager eagle-eyed viewers will have spotted Adam early in the episode.
As the character Adam wakes up early for another exhausting day at the hospital, he’s faced with a car that won’t start.
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Just what he needs.
And, when he reaches a set of road works and waits for the traffic lights to turn green, he falls asleep at the wheel.
He’s rudely awoken by an angry cyclist banging on the window and calling him a “dozy [bleep]”.
And wouldn’t you know it, the cyclist is played by the real Adam.
When did Adam write his This Is Going to Hurt diaries?
Adam wrote his diaries during his time as a doctor between 2004 and 2010.
Adam adapted his best-selling book for the BBC One drama, and it’s receiving rave reviews by critics and fans alike.
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