It's debuted to rave reviews and been hailed as a 'bruisingly realistic' depiction of life on the NHS frontline.
But many viewers who tuned into BBC One 's new hospital comedy drama This Is Going To Hurt last night (Tuesday , February 8) clearly weren't prepared for just how graphic it would be in parts - much of which had them hiding their faces in their hands.
And that was even despite the pre-broadcast warning which announced that the show may contain 'scenes which some might find upsetting'.
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Based on junior doctor Adam Kay's bestselling 2017 autobiography and set on a hectic and overstretched obstetrics and gynaecology ward - or 'Brats and Tw*ts' as it's nicknamed on the programme - its explicitness became clear not long after we were first introduced to Ben Whishaw 's put-upon medic.
Spotting a heavily pregnant woman struggling to make it across the hospital car park he approached and asked if he could have a peek to see how far along she was, only to notice one of her baby's arms already hanging down between her legs.
He was then seen being pushed, along with the patient, on a gurney through the corridors whilst manually pushing her unborn's prolapsed umbilical cord back inside her womb - during which he joked about "wearing her like Kermit the Frog."
From there on it was one blood-splattered emergency caesarean section after another, each more unflinchingly depicted than the last.
"Well...that certainly wasn't Call the Midwife!," tweeted scrapiejane, one of the many fans claiming to be 'traumatised' by the first episode.
"Watched that through my fingers - bloody hell," posted another, while cathcampbell added, "Do not, under any circumstances, watch #ThisIsGoingToHurt if you are pregnant.
"This show is genuinely horrifying," concurred someone else, "I've got less interest than ever in having a baby after that."
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