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{{Short description|British comedy writer, author, youtuber, comedian and former doctor (born 1980)}}
{{Short description|British comedy writer, author, youtuber, comedian and former doctor (born 1980)}}
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1980|6|12}}
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|birth_place = [[Brighton]], England
|birth_place = [[Brighton]], England
|education = [[Dulwich College]]
|education = [[Dulwich College]]
| alma_mater = [[Imperial College London]] (MBBS)
| alma_mater = [[Imperial College London]] (MBBS)
|notable works = ''[[This Is Going to Hurt]]'' (2017)
|notable works = ''[[This Is Going to Hurt]]'' (2017)
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'''Adam Richard Kay''' (born 12 June 1980) is a British TV writer, author, comedian and former doctor. He is best known as author of the number-one bestselling book ''[[This Is Going to Hurt]]'' (2017).<Ref name=did>{{cite web|first=Lauren|last=Laverne|year=2023|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001n1sq|website=bbc.co.uk|title=Desert Island Disics with Adam Kay}}</ref> His television writing credits include ''[[This is Going to Hurt (TV series)|This is Going to Hurt]]'' (based on his memoir of the same name), ''[[Crims (TV series)|Crims]]'', ''[[Mrs. Brown's Boys]]'' and ''[[Mitchell and Webb]]''.<ref name=imdb>{{IMDb name}}</ref><ref name=britcom>{{British Comedy Guide|people|adam_kay}}</ref>
'''Adam Richard Kay''' (born 12 June 1980) is a British TV writer, author, comedian and former doctor. He is the author of the memoir ''[[This Is Going to Hurt]]'' (2017), about his time as a trainee doctor.<Ref name=did>{{cite web|first=Lauren|last=Laverne|year=2023|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001n1sq|publisher=BBC|title=Desert Island Disics with Adam Kay}}</ref> His television writing credits include ''[[This is Going to Hurt (TV series)|This is Going to Hurt]]'' (based on his memoir of the same name), ''[[Crims]]'', ''[[Mrs. Brown's Boys]]'' and ''[[Mitchell and Webb]]''.<ref name=imdb>{{IMDb name}}</ref><ref name=britcom>{{British Comedy Guide|people|adam_kay}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Adam Kay was born in [[Brighton]], England, to Stewart and Naomi Kay, and grew up in a Jewish household with three siblings.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rudd |first=Matt |title=The Interview: Adam Kay on Boris Johnson, the NHS and his bestselling book, This Is Going to Hurt |newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-interview-adam-kay-on-boris-johnson-the-nhs-and-his-bestselling-book-this-is-going-to-hurt-qvzrd88w7 |access-date=2023-04-26 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> His father being a doctor, Kay describes becoming a doctor as being a default decision.<ref name=tigth>''This Is Going to Hurt'', {{ISBN|978-1-5098-5861-3}} .</ref> The Kay family was from Poland, the original family name being Strykowski.<ref name=tigth />
Adam Kay was born in [[Brighton]], England, to Stewart and Naomi Kay, and grew up in a Jewish household with three siblings.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rudd |first=Matt |title=The Interview: Adam Kay on Boris Johnson, the NHS and his bestselling book, This Is Going to Hurt |newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-interview-adam-kay-on-boris-johnson-the-nhs-and-his-bestselling-book-this-is-going-to-hurt-qvzrd88w7 |access-date=26 April 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> His father being a doctor, Kay describes becoming a doctor as being a default decision.<ref name=tigth>''This Is Going to Hurt'', {{ISBN|978-1-5098-5861-3}} .</ref> The Kay family was from Poland, the original family name being Strykowski.<ref name=tigth />


Kay attended [[Dulwich College]], leaving in 1997, and [[Imperial College London]], where he read medicine and graduated with a [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery]] (MBBS) degree in 2004.<ref name=did/> During his time at medical school, Kay began performing in medical school shows in 1998.<ref>Medicine Unboxed. [http://medicineunboxed.com/2012-belief-2425-november-2012/speakers-at-medicine-unboxed-2012-belief-1/g "Speakers at Medicine Unboxed"] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20130629204018/http://medicineunboxed.com/2012-belief-2425-november-2012/speakers-at-medicine-unboxed-2012-belief-1/g |date=29 June 2013 }}, 1 November 2012.</ref> While at medical school, he founded the musical comedy group [[Amateur Transplants]] and wrote for [[BBC Radio 4]].<ref name="curtisbrown">Curtis Brown Talent Agency. [https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/adam-kay "Adam Kay"]. As of April 2017.</ref>
Kay attended [[Dulwich College]], leaving in 1997, and [[Imperial College London]], where he read medicine and graduated with a [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery]] (MBBS) degree in 2004.<ref name=did/> During his time at medical school, Kay began performing in medical school shows in 1998.<ref>Medicine Unboxed. [http://medicineunboxed.com/2012-belief-2425-november-2012/speakers-at-medicine-unboxed-2012-belief-1/g "Speakers at Medicine Unboxed"] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20130629204018/http://medicineunboxed.com/2012-belief-2425-november-2012/speakers-at-medicine-unboxed-2012-belief-1/g |date=29 June 2013 }}, 1 November 2012.</ref> While at medical school, he founded the musical comedy group [[Amateur Transplants]] and wrote for [[BBC Radio 4]].<ref name="curtisbrown">Curtis Brown Talent Agency. [https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/adam-kay "Adam Kay"]. As of April 2017.</ref>
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Kay initially trained in obstetrics and gynaecology before turning to writing.
Kay initially trained in obstetrics and gynaecology before turning to writing.
===Medicine===
===Medicine===
Kay worked as a doctor between 2004 and 2010, leaving the profession after a patient's [[caesarean section]] was complicated by an undiagnosed [[placenta praevia]];<ref name=did/> the expectant mother was subsequently taken to the [[intensive care unit]], while the baby was delivered stillborn, which left him with symptoms of [[PTSD]]. <ref name=tigth /> Kay worked for a number of years as an obstetrics and gynaecology junior doctor, writing textbooks on the subject,<ref>Amazon [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rapid-Obstetrics-and-Gynaecology-ebook/dp/B006ZS3D8C "Rapid Obstetrics and Gynaecology"]. 16 November 2011.</ref> before leaving medicine for a career in writing.
Kay worked as a doctor between 2004 and 2010, leaving the profession after a patient's [[caesarean section]] was complicated by an undiagnosed [[placenta praevia]];<ref name=did/> the expectant mother was subsequently taken to the [[intensive care unit]], while the baby was delivered stillborn, which left him with symptoms of [[post-traumatic stress disorder]].<ref name=tigth />


===Music===
===Music===
Kay founded the [[Amateur Transplants]]. Their song "London Underground", which was set to the tune of "[[Going Underground]]" by [[the Jam]], gained significant popularity on the internet in the UK in 2005.<ref name="bbc1">{{cite web|title='London Underground' by Amateur Transplants – lyrics|url=https://london-underground.blogspot.com/2005/02/london-underground-song-lyrics.html|access-date=2009-07-30|website=London Underground Tube Diary|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=|first=|date=2005-02-14|title=London Underground Song – The Video|publisher=London Underground Tube Diary|url=https://london-underground.blogspot.com/2005/01/london-underground-song-video.html}}</ref>
Kay founded the [[Amateur Transplants]]. Their song "London Underground", which was set to the tune of "[[Going Underground]]" by [[the Jam]], gained significant popularity on the internet in the UK in 2005.<ref name="bbc1">{{cite web|title='London Underground' by Amateur Transplants – lyrics|url=https://london-underground.blogspot.com/2005/02/london-underground-song-lyrics.html|access-date=30 July 2009|website=London Underground Tube Diary}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=14 February 2005|title=London Underground Song – The Video|publisher=London Underground Tube Diary|url=https://london-underground.blogspot.com/2005/01/london-underground-song-video.html}}</ref>


===Writing===
===Writing===
Kay's first book, ''[[This Is Going to Hurt]]'', based on diaries from his former career as a doctor, was published by [[Picador (imprint)|Picador]] in September 2017<ref>Picador. [http://www.picador.com/blog/february-2017/adam-kay-s-this-is-going-to-hurt-to-be-published-b "Adam Kay's This Is Going To Hurt to be published by Picador"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416222438/http://www.picador.com/blog/february-2017/adam-kay-s-this-is-going-to-hurt-to-be-published-b |date=16 April 2017 }}. 3 February 2017.</ref> and became an instant ''[[The Sunday Times|Sunday Times]]'' bestseller.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/culture/the-sunday-times-bestsellers-september-17-9gwjp3xx0|title=Sunday Times Bestseller List|date=17 September 2017|website=Sunday Times}}</ref> The paperback edition was also an instant ''Sunday Times'' number one bestseller,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/books-the-sunday-times-bestsellers-chart-april-29-930dfzxgp|title=Books: The Sunday Times Bestsellers chart, April 29|newspaper=The Sunday Times|date=2018-04-29|language=en|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> a position it held for well over a year<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-sunday-times-bestsellers-august-25-ws69mshd7|title=Books: The Sunday Times Bestsellers, August 25|newspaper=The Sunday Times|date=2019-08-25|language=en}}</ref> and selling more than 2.5 million copies.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sunner |first=Amber |date=2022-02-08 |title=This Is Going To Hurt author Adam Kay's journey from NHS to TV |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/who-going-hurt-author-adam-6614809 |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=BristolLive |language=en}}</ref> It was chosen as Book of the Year in the UK's 2018 [[National Book Award]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/kays-going-hurt-named-specsavers-book-year-925511|title=Kay's This is Going to Hurt named Specsavers Book of the Year {{!}} The Bookseller|website=thebookseller.com|first=Katherine |last=Cowdrey|date=2019-01-07}}</ref> The book was well received by critics, including in the literary pages of ''[[The Times]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/review-this-is-going-to-hurt-secret-diaries-of-a-junior-doctor-by-adam-kay-nsvmk76qc|title=Review: This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay|last= Rentzenbrink|first=Cathy|date=2017-09-02|work=The Times|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[Financial Times]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/e5ce287c-8d8f-11e7-9580-c651950d3672|title=This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay|website=Financial Times|date=September 2017|access-date=2017-11-06|last1=Liu|first1=Rebecca}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian|Guardian]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/04/this-is-going-to-hurt-secret-diaries-of-a-junior-doctor-by-adam-kay-review|title=This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay – review|last=Smith|first=P. D.|date=2018-05-04|work=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and ''[[The Scotsman]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/books/book-review-this-is-going-to-hurt-by-adam-kay-1-4577670|title=Book review: This is Going to Hurt, by Adam Kay|newspaper=The Scotsman|language=en|date=4 October 2017}}</ref>
Kay's first book, ''[[This Is Going to Hurt]]'', based on diaries from his former career as a doctor, was published by [[Picador (imprint)|Picador]] in September 2017<ref>Picador. [http://www.picador.com/blog/february-2017/adam-kay-s-this-is-going-to-hurt-to-be-published-b "Adam Kay's This Is Going To Hurt to be published by Picador"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416222438/http://www.picador.com/blog/february-2017/adam-kay-s-this-is-going-to-hurt-to-be-published-b |date=16 April 2017 }}. 3 February 2017.</ref> and became a ''[[Sunday Times]]'' bestseller.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/culture/the-sunday-times-bestsellers-september-17-9gwjp3xx0|title=Sunday Times Bestseller List|date=17 September 2017|website=Sunday Times}}</ref> The paperback edition was also a ''Sunday Times'' number one bestseller,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/books-the-sunday-times-bestsellers-chart-april-29-930dfzxgp|title=Books: The Sunday Times Bestsellers chart, April 29|newspaper=The Sunday Times|date=29 April 2018|language=en|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> a position it held for over a year<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-sunday-times-bestsellers-august-25-ws69mshd7|title=Books: The Sunday Times Bestsellers, August 25|newspaper=The Sunday Times|date=25 August 2019|language=en}}</ref> and selling more than 2.5&nbsp;million copies.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sunner |first=Amber |date=8 February 2022 |title=This Is Going To Hurt author Adam Kay's journey from NHS to TV |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/who-going-hurt-author-adam-6614809 |access-date=26 April 2023 |website=BristolLive |language=en}}</ref> It was chosen as Book of the Year in the UK's 2018 [[National Book Award]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/kays-going-hurt-named-specsavers-book-year-925511|title=Kay's This is Going to Hurt named Specsavers Book of the Year {{!}} The Bookseller|website=thebookseller.com|first=Katherine |last=Cowdrey|date=7 January 2019}}</ref> The book was well received by critics, including in the literary pages of ''[[The Times]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/review-this-is-going-to-hurt-secret-diaries-of-a-junior-doctor-by-adam-kay-nsvmk76qc|title=Review: This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay|last= Rentzenbrink|first=Cathy|date=2 September 2017|work=The Times|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[Financial Times]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/e5ce287c-8d8f-11e7-9580-c651950d3672|title=This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay|website=Financial Times|date=September 2017|access-date=6 November 2017|last1=Liu|first1=Rebecca}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian|Guardian]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/04/this-is-going-to-hurt-secret-diaries-of-a-junior-doctor-by-adam-kay-review|title=This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay – review|last=Smith|first=P. D.|date=4 May 2018|work=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and ''[[The Scotsman]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/books/book-review-this-is-going-to-hurt-by-adam-kay-1-4577670|title=Book review: This is Going to Hurt, by Adam Kay|newspaper=The Scotsman|language=en|date=4 October 2017}}</ref>


In addition to being named Book of the Year, ''This Is Going to Hurt'' also won at the National Book Awards in the categories of Non-Fiction Book of the Year, New Writer of the Year and Book Club Book of the Year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/this-is-going-to-hurt-author-adam-kay-wins-big-at-national-book-awards-11559198|title='This Is Going To Hurt' author Adam Kay wins big at National Book Awards|work=Sky News|first=Ceren |last=Senkul|date= 22 November 2018| access-date=2018-11-21|language=en-GB}}</ref> It was also awarded [[Blackwell UK|Blackwell's]] Debut Book of the Year 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/blackwells-reveals-book-year-shortlist-676646|title=Blackwell's reveals Book of the Year shortlist {{!}} The Bookseller|website=thebookseller.com|first=Lisa|last= Campbell|language=en|date=2017-11-20}}</ref> ''Sunday Times'' Humour Book of the Year,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/books-of-the-year-humour-review-j7n8d5nk2|title=Books of the year: Humour|last=Rudd|first=Reviews by Matt|newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=2017-11-26|access-date=2018-01-17|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and won both Non-Fiction Book of the Year and the overall prize in the 2017 [[Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/nov/21/doctors-diary-this-is-going-to-hurt-wins-public-vote-for-book-of-the-year|title=Doctor's diary This is Going to Hurt wins public vote for book of the year|date=2017-11-21|work=The Guardian|first=Danuta|last= Kean|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> It was nominated for Non-Fiction Book of the Year in the 2018 [[British Book Awards]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/news/pan-macmillan-nominated-7-british-book-awards-2018|title=Pan Macmillan nominated for 7 British Book Awards 2018|website=Pan Macmillan|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-03-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326064423/https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/news/pan-macmillan-nominated-7-british-book-awards-2018|archive-date=26 March 2018|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> won ''[[Esquire (UK Edition)|Esquire]]'' Book of the Year<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.esquire.com/uk/latest-news/a22875643/this-is-going-to-hurt-is-esquires-biography-of-the-year/|title='This Is Going To Hurt' Is Esquire's Biography Of The Year|date=2018-08-31|work=Esquire|first=Tom|last=Nicholson|language=en-GB}}</ref> and was a selection of the [[Zoë Ball|Zoe Ball]] Book Club.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/itv-launches-zoe-ball-book-club-specsavers-786476|title=Debuts dominate 'wide-ranging' Zoe Ball Book Club line up {{!}} The Bookseller|website=thebookseller.com|language=en|first= Katherine |last=Cowdrey|date=17 May 2018}}</ref> ''This Is Going to Hurt'' has been translated into 28 languages,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/adam-kay/work/this-is-going-to-hurt|title=Adam Kay: This Is Going To Hurt|website=curtisbrown.co.uk|access-date=2018-10-12}}</ref> achieving number-one status internationally.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thisisgoingtohurt.co.uk/#about-the-book|title=This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay|website=This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay|language=en|access-date=2018-10-12}}</ref> It was the UK's second-best selling book of 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/dec/29/100-bestselling-books-of-the-year-from-eleanor-oliphant-to-michelle-obama|title=The 100 bestselling books of the year: from Eleanor Oliphant to Michelle Obama|last=Dugdale|first=John|date=2018-12-29|work=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> On 6 July 2018, the [[BBC]] announced that Kay would be adapting ''This Is Going to Hurt'' as a seven-part comedy-drama for [[BBC One]]. It was made by Sister Pictures and Kay is one of the co-executive producers. Part one of the series, also titled ''[[This Is Going to Hurt (TV series)|This Is Going to Hurt]]'', was broadcast on 8 February 2022.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/this-is-going-to-hurt|title=BBC One announces adaptation of bestseller This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay|access-date=6 July 2018|publisher=BBC Media Centre}}</ref>
In addition to being named Book of the Year, ''This Is Going to Hurt'' also won at the National Book Awards in the categories of Non-Fiction Book of the Year, New Writer of the Year and Book Club Book of the Year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/this-is-going-to-hurt-author-adam-kay-wins-big-at-national-book-awards-11559198|title='This Is Going To Hurt' author Adam Kay wins big at National Book Awards|publisher=Sky News|first=Ceren |last=Senkul|date= 22 November 2018| access-date=21 November 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref> It was also awarded [[Blackwell's]] Debut Book of the Year 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/blackwells-reveals-book-year-shortlist-676646|title=Blackwell's reveals Book of the Year shortlist {{!}} The Bookseller|website=thebookseller.com|first=Lisa|last= Campbell|language=en|date=20 November 2017}}</ref> ''Sunday Times'' Humour Book of the Year,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/books-of-the-year-humour-review-j7n8d5nk2|title=Books of the year: Humour|last=Rudd|first=Reviews by Matt|newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=26 November 2017|access-date=17 January 2018|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and won both Non-Fiction Book of the Year and the overall prize in the 2017 [[Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/nov/21/doctors-diary-this-is-going-to-hurt-wins-public-vote-for-book-of-the-year|title=Doctor's diary This is Going to Hurt wins public vote for book of the year|date=21 November 2017|work=The Guardian|first=Danuta|last= Kean|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> It was nominated for Non-Fiction Book of the Year in the 2018 [[British Book Awards]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/news/pan-macmillan-nominated-7-british-book-awards-2018|title=Pan Macmillan nominated for 7 British Book Awards 2018|website=Pan Macmillan|language=en-GB|access-date=25 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326064423/https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/news/pan-macmillan-nominated-7-british-book-awards-2018|archive-date=26 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> won ''[[Esquire (UK Edition)|Esquire]]'' Book of the Year<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.esquire.com/uk/latest-news/a22875643/this-is-going-to-hurt-is-esquires-biography-of-the-year/|title='This Is Going To Hurt' Is Esquire's Biography Of The Year|date=31 August 2018|work=Esquire|first=Tom|last=Nicholson|language=en-GB}}</ref> and was a selection of the [[Zoe Ball]] Book Club.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/itv-launches-zoe-ball-book-club-specsavers-786476|title=Debuts dominate 'wide-ranging' Zoe Ball Book Club line up {{!}} The Bookseller|website=thebookseller.com|language=en|first= Katherine |last=Cowdrey|date=17 May 2018}}</ref> ''This Is Going to Hurt'' has been translated into 28 languages,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/adam-kay/work/this-is-going-to-hurt|title=Adam Kay: This Is Going To Hurt|website=curtisbrown.co.uk|access-date=12 October 2018}}</ref> achieving number-one status internationally.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thisisgoingtohurt.co.uk/#about-the-book|title=This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay|website=This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay|language=en|access-date=12 October 2018}}</ref> It was the UK's second-best selling book of 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/dec/29/100-bestselling-books-of-the-year-from-eleanor-oliphant-to-michelle-obama|title=The 100 bestselling books of the year: from Eleanor Oliphant to Michelle Obama|last=Dugdale|first=John|date=29 December 2018|work=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> On 6 July 2018, the [[BBC]] announced that Kay would be adapting ''This Is Going to Hurt'' as a seven-part comedy-drama for [[BBC One]]. It was made by Sister Pictures and Kay is one of the co-executive producers. Part one of the series, also titled ''[[This Is Going to Hurt (TV series)|This Is Going to Hurt]]'', was broadcast on 8 February 2022.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/this-is-going-to-hurt|title=BBC One announces adaptation of bestseller This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay|access-date=6 July 2018|publisher=BBC Media Centre}}</ref> Kay was awarded a BAFTA for his writing of the show at the [[2023 British Academy Television Craft Awards]].


Kay's second book, ''Twas the Nightshift before Christmas'', was released in October 2019.<ref name=ttnbc/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/new-adam-kay-christmas-2019-885006|title=New Adam Kay for Christmas 2019 |work= The Bookseller|date=1 November 2018 |first= Benedicte |last=Page}}</ref>
Kay's second book, ''Twas the Nightshift before Christmas'', was released in October 2019.<ref name=ttnbc/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/new-adam-kay-christmas-2019-885006|title=New Adam Kay for Christmas 2019 |work= The Bookseller|date=1 November 2018 |first= Benedicte |last=Page}}</ref>


Kay is now an established screenwriter, having written and co-created the 2015 [[BBC Three]] sitcom series ''[[Crims (TV series)|Crims]]'' – along with ''[[Grandma's House]]'' writer Dan Swimer,<ref>BBC Press Office. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/bbc-three-comedy-commissions "BBC Three announces new comedy commissions"], BBC, 20 March 2014.</ref> with other television work as a writer and [[script editor]] including ''[[Mrs. Brown's Boys]]'', ''[[Mongrels (TV series)|Mongrels]]'', ''[[Watson & Oliver]]'', ''[[Up the Women]]'', ''[[Very British Problems]]'', ''[[Flat TV]]'', ''Our Ex Wife'', ''[[Who Is America?]]'', ''[[Mitchell and Webb]]'' and ''[[Child Genius (UK TV series)|Child Genius]]''.<ref name="curtisbrown" />
Kay is now an established screenwriter, having written and co-created the 2015 [[BBC Three]] sitcom series ''[[Crims]]'' – along with ''[[Grandma's House]]'' writer Dan Swimer,<ref>BBC Press Office. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/bbc-three-comedy-commissions "BBC Three announces new comedy commissions"], BBC, 20 March 2014.</ref> with other television work as a writer and [[script editor]] including ''[[Mrs. Brown's Boys]]'', ''[[Mongrels (TV series)|Mongrels]]'', ''[[Watson & Oliver]]'', ''[[Up the Women]]'', ''[[Very British Problems]]'', ''[[Flat TV]]'', ''Our Ex Wife'', ''[[Who Is America?]]'', ''[[Mitchell and Webb]]'' and ''[[Child Genius (UK TV series)|Child Genius]]''.<ref name="curtisbrown" />


In April 2020, it was announced that Trapeze would publish a collection of personal stories about the [[National Health Service]] (NHS) edited by Kay. Entitled ''Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You'', the book includes letters from stars including [[Paul McCartney]], [[Louis Theroux]], and [[Caitlin Moran]].<ref name=dearnhs/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/08/dear-nhs-edited-by-adam-kay-celebrities-say-thank-you|title=Dear NHS, edited by Adam Kay – celebrities say thank you|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Fiona|last=Sturges|date=8 July 2020}}</ref>
In April 2020, it was announced that Trapeze would publish a collection of personal stories about the [[National Health Service]] (NHS) edited by Kay. Entitled ''Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You'', the book includes letters from stars including [[Paul McCartney]], [[Louis Theroux]], and [[Caitlin Moran]].<ref name=dearnhs/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/08/dear-nhs-edited-by-adam-kay-celebrities-say-thank-you|title=Dear NHS, edited by Adam Kay – celebrities say thank you|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Fiona|last=Sturges|date=8 July 2020}}</ref>


Since 2020, Kay has written and released several children's books.<ref name=anatomy/><ref name=marvellous/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Steve |title=Adam Kay signs up for more children's books : News 2021 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide|date=16 March 2021 |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2021/03/16/48019/adam_kay_signs_up_for_more_childrens_books |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=chortle.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
Since 2020, Kay has written and released several children's books.<ref name=anatomy/><ref name=marvellous/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Steve |title=Adam Kay signs up for more children's books : News 2021 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide|date=16 March 2021 |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2021/03/16/48019/adam_kay_signs_up_for_more_childrens_books |access-date=18 January 2023 |website=chortle.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>


In 2022, he published ''Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=British comedian raped in NZ, reveals attacker 'thanked' him after horror assault |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/british-comedian-adam-kay-raped-in-sauna-while-on-trip-to-new-zealand-attacker-thanked-him-afterwards/34LZKYPA4JE3SCQIQHJIANDHYM/ |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ|date=11 September 2022}}</ref><ref name=undoctored>{{cite book |last1=Kay |first1=Adam |title=Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients |date=13 September 2022 |publisher=Orion |isbn=978-1-3987-0038-3 |language=en}}</ref>
In 2022, he published ''Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=British comedian raped in NZ, reveals attacker 'thanked' him after horror assault |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/british-comedian-adam-kay-raped-in-sauna-while-on-trip-to-new-zealand-attacker-thanked-him-afterwards/34LZKYPA4JE3SCQIQHJIANDHYM/ |access-date=11 September 2022 |website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ|date=11 September 2022}}</ref><ref name=undoctored>{{cite book |last1=Kay |first1=Adam |title=Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients |date=13 September 2022 |publisher=Orion |isbn=978-1-3987-0038-3 |language=en}}</ref>


===Performing===
===Performing===
Kay has sold out shows for six years at the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]]<ref>Chortle Review. [http://www.chortle.co.uk/shows/edinburgh_fringe_2011/a/19255/amateur_transplants%3A_adam_kays_smutty_songs/review "Amateur Transplants: Adam Kay's Smutty Songs"]. 9 August 2011.</ref> and has also had sell-out nationwide UK tours.<ref>Bound & Gagged Comedy Promoters. [http://www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com/Biographies/AdamKayBiography.pdf "Adam Kay Biography"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904135052/http://www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com/Biographies/AdamKayBiography.pdf |date=4 September 2012 }}. As of March 2013.</ref> His 2018 tour of ''This Is Going to Hurt'' sold out a season at the [[Edinburgh International Conference Centre]] (EICC), the largest venue of the Edinburgh Fringe,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/6288/news-apollo-gig-adam-kay|title=News: Apollo Gig For Adam Kay|date=2018-09-30|website=Beyond The Joke|language=en|access-date=2018-10-12}}</ref> and a week at the [[Garrick Theatre]], before culminating in two shows at the [[Hammersmith Apollo]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adam Kay adds a second Hammersmith Apollo show : Other news 2018 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/other-news/2018/10/12/41447/adam_kay_adds_a_second_hammersmith_apollo_show |access-date=2018-10-12 |website=chortle.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> He performs regularly at cultural events including the [[Latitude Festival]],<ref>Latitude Festival. [http://2012.latitudefestival.com/line-up/artist/adam_kay "2012 Latitude Line-up, Adam Kay"]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. 13 July 2012.</ref> and the [[Cheltenham Literature Festival]].<ref>British Comedy Guide. [http://www.comedy.co.uk/fringe/2012/adam_kay/ "Edinburgh Fringe 2012, Adam Kay's Bum Notes"]. 1 August 2012</ref> Kay won Best Musical Variety Act at the 2014 London Cabaret Awards<ref>London Cabaret Awards. [http://www.londoncabaretawards.co.uk/bestmusicalvariety2014.htm "Best Musical Variety Act 2014"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811163800/http://www.londoncabaretawards.co.uk/bestmusicalvariety2014.htm |date=11 August 2014 }}. 12 February 2014.</ref> and has been named by the ''[[Evening Standard]]'' as one of London's most influential people.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/the1000/the-progress-1000-londons-most-influential-people-2018-performance-comedy-a3953696.html|title=The Progress 1000: London's most influential people 2018 – Performance: Comedy|work=Evening Standard|access-date=2018-10-12|language=en-GB}}</ref>
Kay has sold out shows for six years at the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]]<ref>Chortle Review. [http://www.chortle.co.uk/shows/edinburgh_fringe_2011/a/19255/amateur_transplants%3A_adam_kays_smutty_songs/review "Amateur Transplants: Adam Kay's Smutty Songs"]. 9 August 2011.</ref> and has also had sell-out nationwide UK tours.<ref>Bound & Gagged Comedy Promoters. [http://www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com/Biographies/AdamKayBiography.pdf "Adam Kay Biography"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904135052/http://www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com/Biographies/AdamKayBiography.pdf |date=4 September 2012 }}. As of March 2013.</ref> His 2018 tour of ''This Is Going to Hurt'' sold out a season at the [[Edinburgh International Conference Centre]] (EICC), the largest venue of the Edinburgh Fringe,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/6288/news-apollo-gig-adam-kay|title=News: Apollo Gig For Adam Kay|date=30 September 2018|website=Beyond The Joke|language=en|access-date=12 October 2018}}</ref> and a week at the [[Garrick Theatre]], before culminating in two shows at the [[Hammersmith Apollo]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adam Kay adds a second Hammersmith Apollo show : Other news 2018 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/other-news/2018/10/12/41447/adam_kay_adds_a_second_hammersmith_apollo_show |access-date=12 October 2018 |website=chortle.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> He performs regularly at cultural events including the [[Latitude Festival]],<ref>Latitude Festival. [http://2012.latitudefestival.com/line-up/artist/adam_kay "2012 Latitude Line-up, Adam Kay"]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. 13 July 2012.</ref> and the [[Cheltenham Literature Festival]].<ref>British Comedy Guide. [http://www.comedy.co.uk/fringe/2012/adam_kay/ "Edinburgh Fringe 2012, Adam Kay's Bum Notes"]. 1 August 2012</ref> Kay won Best Musical Variety Act at the 2014 London Cabaret Awards<ref>London Cabaret Awards. [http://www.londoncabaretawards.co.uk/bestmusicalvariety2014.htm "Best Musical Variety Act 2014"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811163800/http://www.londoncabaretawards.co.uk/bestmusicalvariety2014.htm |date=11 August 2014 }}. 12 February 2014.</ref> and has been named by the ''[[Evening Standard]]'' as one of London's most influential people.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/the1000/the-progress-1000-londons-most-influential-people-2018-performance-comedy-a3953696.html|title=The Progress 1000: London's most influential people 2018 – Performance: Comedy|work=Evening Standard|access-date=12 October 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref>


He has performed songs on the topical BBC Radio 4 series ''[[The Now Show]]''<ref>Now Show Homepage. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b051w4dt "Series 45"]. 14 February 2015.</ref> and has appeared on numerous TV shows, such as ''[[The Russell Howard Hour]]'' on [[Sky One]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/the_russell_howard_hour/videos/14807/adam_kay_interview/|title=Adam Kay interview – The Russell Howard Hour (Series 1, Episode 2) |website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-11-06}}</ref> ''[[BBC Breakfast]]'', ''[[Lorraine Kelly|Lorraine]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lorraine|title=The Junior Doctor Who Became a Comedian {{!}} Lorraine|website=YouTube|date=2017-11-15|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3bjyRBqX8c|access-date=2017-11-20}}</ref> ''[[Peston on Sunday]]''<ref>{{Cite news|last=Peston on Sunday Official|title=Peston Compressed – Episode 47|date=2017-10-20|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWeJwZW9R20}}</ref> and ''[[8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.channel4.com/programmes/8-out-of-10-cats-does-countdown/episode-guide|title=8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown – Episode Guide – All 4|website=channel4.com|language=en|access-date=2018-10-12}}</ref>
He has performed songs on the topical BBC Radio 4 series ''[[The Now Show]]''<ref>Now Show Homepage. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b051w4dt "Series 45"]. 14 February 2015.</ref> and has appeared on numerous TV shows, such as ''[[The Russell Howard Hour]]'' on [[Sky One]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/the_russell_howard_hour/videos/14807/adam_kay_interview/|title=Adam Kay interview – The Russell Howard Hour (Series 1, Episode 2) |website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> ''[[BBC Breakfast]]'', ''[[Lorraine Kelly|Lorraine]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lorraine|title=The Junior Doctor Who Became a Comedian {{!}} Lorraine|via=YouTube|date=15 November 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3bjyRBqX8c|access-date=20 November 2017}}</ref> ''[[Peston on Sunday]]''<ref>{{Cite news|last=Peston on Sunday Official|title=Peston Compressed – Episode 47|date=20 October 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWeJwZW9R20}}</ref> and ''[[8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.channel4.com/programmes/8-out-of-10-cats-does-countdown/episode-guide|title=8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown – Episode Guide – All 4|publisher=Channel 4|language=en|access-date=12 October 2018}}</ref>


=== Books ===
=== Books ===

* 2017: ''[[This Is Going to Hurt]]''<ref name=tigth/>
* 2017: ''[[This Is Going to Hurt]]''<ref name=tigth/>
* 2019: ''Twas the Nightshift before Christmas'' <ref name=ttnbc> Twas the Nightshift before Christmas {{ISBN|1529018587}}</ref>
* 2019: ''Twas the Nightshift before Christmas''<ref name=ttnbc> Twas the Nightshift before Christmas {{ISBN|1529018587}}</ref>
* 2020: ''Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You''<ref name=dearnhs>Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You. Trapeze {{ISBN|1398701181}}</ref>
* 2020: ''Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You''<ref name=dearnhs>Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You. Trapeze {{ISBN|1398701181}}</ref>
* 2020: Adam Kay and [[Henry Paker]], ''Kay's Anatomy: A Complete (and Completely Disgusting) Guide to the Human Body''<ref name=anatomy>Kay's Anatomy: A Complete (and Completely Disgusting) Guide to the Human Body, Delacorte Press {{ISBN|0593483405}}</ref>
* 2020: Adam Kay and [[Henry Paker]], ''Kay's Anatomy: A Complete (and Completely Disgusting) Guide to the Human Body''<ref name=anatomy>Kay's Anatomy: A Complete (and Completely Disgusting) Guide to the Human Body, Delacorte Press {{ISBN|0593483405}}</ref>
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* 2023: Adam Kay and Henry Paker, ''Kay's Brilliant Brains''<ref name=brilliant>Kay's Brilliant Brains, Puffin, {{ISBN|0241624428}}</ref>
* 2023: Adam Kay and Henry Paker, ''Kay's Brilliant Brains''<ref name=brilliant>Kay's Brilliant Brains, Puffin, {{ISBN|0241624428}}</ref>
* 2023: Adam Kay and Henry Paker, ''Amy Gets Eaten''<ref name=eaten>Amy Gets Eaten, Puffin, {{ISBN|0241585902}}</ref>
* 2023: Adam Kay and Henry Paker, ''Amy Gets Eaten''<ref name=eaten>Amy Gets Eaten, Puffin, {{ISBN|0241585902}}</ref>
* 2023: Adam Kay and Henry Paker, ''Kay's Incredible Inventions''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kay |first=Adam |title=Kay's Incredible Inventions |publisher=Penguin |year=2023 |isbn=9780241540787}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Kay is gay,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://swindontheatres.co.uk/online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=8C77C920-1F0A-4110-9D09-A31612FFFD11|title=Adam Kay Interview – Wyvern Theatre Swindon|website=swindontheatres.co.uk}}</ref> and was voted in ''[[Pink News]]''{{'}} top 50 most influential LGBT Twitter users.<ref>[http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/12/31/pinknewscouks-most-influential-lgbt-twitter-users-of-2011/ "PinkNews.co.uk’s top 50 Twitter users influencing LGBT life in 2011"], ''Pink News'', 31 December 2011.</ref> Kay married [[James Farrell (television producer)|James Farrell]] in 2018, and together they have two children through [[surrogacy]] which he announced in June 2023.<ref>[https://play.acast.com/s/walkingthedog/adamkay-returns- "Walking the Dog with Emily Dean: Adam Kay – Returns!"], Acast, 14 September 2021.</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Thorpe | first=Vanessa | title=Adam Kay tells of life 'transformed' by two babies | website=the Guardian | date=June 17, 2023 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jun/18/adam-kay-tells-of-life-transformed-by-two-babies | access-date=June 18, 2023 }}</ref> Kay and his family live in [[Oxfordshire]], England.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-14 |title=Oxfordshire author of bestseller This Is Going To Hurt reveals some major traumas in his new book |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/leisure/21472679.oxfordshire-author-bestseller-going-hurt-reveals-major-traumas-new-book/ |first=Hannah |last=Stephenso|access-date=2023-06-30 |website=Oxford Mail |language=en}}</ref>
Kay is gay,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://swindontheatres.co.uk/online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=8C77C920-1F0A-4110-9D09-A31612FFFD11|title=Adam Kay Interview – Wyvern Theatre Swindon|website=swindontheatres.co.uk}}</ref> and was voted in ''[[Pink News]]''{{'}} top 50 most influential LGBT Twitter users.<ref>[http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/12/31/pinknewscouks-most-influential-lgbt-twitter-users-of-2011/ "PinkNews.co.uk's top 50 Twitter users influencing LGBT life in 2011"], ''Pink News'', 31 December 2011.</ref> Kay married [[James Farrell (television producer)|James Farrell]] in 2018, and together they have two children through [[surrogacy]] which he announced in June 2023.<ref>[https://play.acast.com/s/walkingthedog/adamkay-returns- "Walking the Dog with Emily Dean: Adam Kay – Returns!"], Acast, 14 September 2021.</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Thorpe | first=Vanessa | title=Adam Kay tells of life 'transformed' by two babies | website=The Guardian | date=17 June 2023 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jun/18/adam-kay-tells-of-life-transformed-by-two-babies | access-date=18 June 2023 }}</ref> Kay and his family live in [[Oxfordshire]], England.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 September 2022 |title=Oxfordshire author of bestseller This Is Going To Hurt reveals some major traumas in his new book |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/leisure/21472679.oxfordshire-author-bestseller-going-hurt-reveals-major-traumas-new-book/ |first=Hannah |last=Stephenso|access-date=30 June 2023 |website=Oxford Mail |language=en}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:English male comedians]]
[[Category:English male comedians]]
[[Category:English Jewish writers]]
[[Category:Jewish English writers]]
[[Category:English people of Polish descent]]
[[Category:English people of Polish descent]]
[[Category:English gay writers]]
[[Category:English gay writers]]

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Not to be confused with Adam McKay.

Adam Kay
Adam Kay in 2017
Born
Adam Richard Kay

(1980-06-12) 12 June 1980 (age 44)
Brighton, England
EducationDulwich College
Alma materImperial College London (MBBS)
Notable workThis Is Going to Hurt (2017)
Spouse
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(m. 2018)​
Websitewww.adamkay.co.uk Edit this at Wikidata

Adam Richard Kay (born 12 June 1980) is a British TV writer, author, comedian and former doctor. He is the author of the memoir This Is Going to Hurt (2017), about his time as a trainee doctor.[1] His television writing credits include This is Going to Hurt (based on his memoir of the same name), Crims, Mrs. Brown's Boys and Mitchell and Webb.[2][3]

Early life and education[edit]

Adam Kay was born in Brighton, England, to Stewart and Naomi Kay, and grew up in a Jewish household with three siblings.[4] His father being a doctor, Kay describes becoming a doctor as being a default decision.[5] The Kay family was from Poland, the original family name being Strykowski.[5]

Kay attended Dulwich College, leaving in 1997, and Imperial College London, where he read medicine and graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree in 2004.[1] During his time at medical school, Kay began performing in medical school shows in 1998.[6] While at medical school, he founded the musical comedy group Amateur Transplants and wrote for BBC Radio 4.[7]

Career[edit]

Kay initially trained in obstetrics and gynaecology before turning to writing.

Medicine[edit]

Kay worked as a doctor between 2004 and 2010, leaving the profession after a patient's caesarean section was complicated by an undiagnosed placenta praevia;[1] the expectant mother was subsequently taken to the intensive care unit, while the baby was delivered stillborn, which left him with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.[5]

Music[edit]

Kay founded the Amateur Transplants. Their song "London Underground", which was set to the tune of "Going Underground" by the Jam, gained significant popularity on the internet in the UK in 2005.[8][9]

Writing[edit]

Kay's first book, This Is Going to Hurt, based on diaries from his former career as a doctor, was published by Picador in September 2017[10] and became a Sunday Times bestseller.[11] The paperback edition was also a Sunday Times number one bestseller,[12] a position it held for over a year[13] and selling more than 2.5 million copies.[14] It was chosen as Book of the Year in the UK's 2018 National Book Awards.[15] The book was well received by critics, including in the literary pages of The Times,[16] Financial Times,[17] Guardian,[18] and The Scotsman.[19]

In addition to being named Book of the Year, This Is Going to Hurt also won at the National Book Awards in the categories of Non-Fiction Book of the Year, New Writer of the Year and Book Club Book of the Year.[20] It was also awarded Blackwell's Debut Book of the Year 2017,[21] Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year,[22] and won both Non-Fiction Book of the Year and the overall prize in the 2017 Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards.[23] It was nominated for Non-Fiction Book of the Year in the 2018 British Book Awards,[24] won Esquire Book of the Year[25] and was a selection of the Zoe Ball Book Club.[26] This Is Going to Hurt has been translated into 28 languages,[27] achieving number-one status internationally.[28] It was the UK's second-best selling book of 2018.[29] On 6 July 2018, the BBC announced that Kay would be adapting This Is Going to Hurt as a seven-part comedy-drama for BBC One. It was made by Sister Pictures and Kay is one of the co-executive producers. Part one of the series, also titled This Is Going to Hurt, was broadcast on 8 February 2022.[30] Kay was awarded a BAFTA for his writing of the show at the 2023 British Academy Television Craft Awards.

Kay's second book, Twas the Nightshift before Christmas, was released in October 2019.[31][32]

Kay is now an established screenwriter, having written and co-created the 2015 BBC Three sitcom series Crims – along with Grandma's House writer Dan Swimer,[33] with other television work as a writer and script editor including Mrs. Brown's Boys, Mongrels, Watson & Oliver, Up the Women, Very British Problems, Flat TV, Our Ex Wife, Who Is America?, Mitchell and Webb and Child Genius.[7]

In April 2020, it was announced that Trapeze would publish a collection of personal stories about the National Health Service (NHS) edited by Kay. Entitled Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You, the book includes letters from stars including Paul McCartney, Louis Theroux, and Caitlin Moran.[34][35]

Since 2020, Kay has written and released several children's books.[36][37][38]

In 2022, he published Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients.[39][40]

Performing[edit]

Kay has sold out shows for six years at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe[41] and has also had sell-out nationwide UK tours.[42] His 2018 tour of This Is Going to Hurt sold out a season at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC), the largest venue of the Edinburgh Fringe,[43] and a week at the Garrick Theatre, before culminating in two shows at the Hammersmith Apollo.[44] He performs regularly at cultural events including the Latitude Festival,[45] and the Cheltenham Literature Festival.[46] Kay won Best Musical Variety Act at the 2014 London Cabaret Awards[47] and has been named by the Evening Standard as one of London's most influential people.[48]

He has performed songs on the topical BBC Radio 4 series The Now Show[49] and has appeared on numerous TV shows, such as The Russell Howard Hour on Sky One,[50] BBC Breakfast, Lorraine,[51] Peston on Sunday[52] and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.[53]

Books[edit]

  • 2017: This Is Going to Hurt[5]
  • 2019: Twas the Nightshift before Christmas[31]
  • 2020: Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You[34]
  • 2020: Adam Kay and Henry Paker, Kay's Anatomy: A Complete (and Completely Disgusting) Guide to the Human Body[36]
  • 2021: Adam Kay and Henry Paker, Kay's Marvellous Medicine: A Gross and Gruesome History of the Human Body[37]
  • 2022: Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients[40]
  • 2023: Adam Kay and Henry Paker, Kay's Brilliant Brains[54]
  • 2023: Adam Kay and Henry Paker, Amy Gets Eaten[55]
  • 2023: Adam Kay and Henry Paker, Kay's Incredible Inventions[56]

Personal life[edit]

Kay is gay,[57] and was voted in Pink News' top 50 most influential LGBT Twitter users.[58] Kay married James Farrell in 2018, and together they have two children through surrogacy which he announced in June 2023.[59][60] Kay and his family live in Oxfordshire, England.[61]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Laverne, Lauren (2023). "Desert Island Disics with Adam Kay". BBC.
  2. ^ Adam Kay at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Adam Kay at British Comedy Guide
  4. ^ Rudd, Matt. "The Interview: Adam Kay on Boris Johnson, the NHS and his bestselling book, This Is Going to Hurt". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d This Is Going to Hurt, ISBN 978-1-5098-5861-3 .
  6. ^ Medicine Unboxed. "Speakers at Medicine Unboxed" Archived 29 June 2013 at archive.today, 1 November 2012.
  7. ^ a b Curtis Brown Talent Agency. "Adam Kay". As of April 2017.
  8. ^ "'London Underground' by Amateur Transplants – lyrics". London Underground Tube Diary. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
  9. ^ "London Underground Song – The Video". London Underground Tube Diary. 14 February 2005.
  10. ^ Picador. "Adam Kay's This Is Going To Hurt to be published by Picador" Archived 16 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine. 3 February 2017.
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