The show is set in 2006, when your diaries were written, but the show feels incredibly resonant with today's world.
I realise I drove Lucy and Tom, our brilliant directors, absolutely bananas with my insistence on keeping things as real as possible - from the font on the hospital posters to the exact model of car that Adam drives - sorry! Also, I'm pretty sure no one has made a medical show that's quite as disgusting before. I've often thought that medical programmes don't tend to paint the life of a doctor in three full dimensions, and I think that's something we've achieved really well. It was spot on medically, but it didn't quite explain how a GP had time to have all these dinner parties, let alone run a vigilante detective outfit. I remember watching an episode of Doctor Foster (which I adored) - there was a scene in a surgery and my husband asked me if it was accurate. I'd like to think that no one has made a medical show that's quite as real before - and not just in terms of the clinical details. TIGTH feels very different to other hospital set dramas and comedies - what is it about the series that you think sets it apart? I'm sure people who have read the book will recognise lots of the scenes and hopefully feel that it's still as funny, sad and of course repulsive as they remember. The TV series expands the world, predominantly in terms of the other characters we meet: from Adam's family and boyfriend, to his midwife colleagues and other doctors.
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.
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? 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.
Adam Kay is the writer, creator and executive producer of This Is Going To Hurt.
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