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The week in TV: This Is Going to Hurt; Chloe; Inventing Anna; Starstruck

This Is Going to Hurt BBC One | iPlayer Chloe (BBC One) | iPlayer Inventing Anna Netflix Starstruck (BBC One) | iPlayer If you’re expecting a baby,

This Is Going to Hurt BBC One | iPlayer
Chloe (BBC One) | iPlayer
Inventing Anna Netflix
Starstruck (BBC One) | iPlayer

If you’re expecting a baby, then perhaps it’s best to give the new seven-part BBC One drama This Is Going to Hurt a swerve and watch something more chilled with less gore: say, the Red Wedding massacre on Game of Thrones?

Adapted by doctor turned writer from his bestselling 2017 memoir of the same name, and directed by Lucy Forbes (), is like a medically sanctioned slasher movie. The opening scene involves obstetrics and gynaecology (“brats and twats”) acting registrar Adam (Ben Whishaw), fresh from sleeping in his car, encountering a woman whose unborn

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