BBC One's adaptation of This Is Going to Hurt – based on Adam Kay's best-selling book of the same name – arrived on BBC iPlayer today, with Ben Whishaw starring as a junior doctor working in the NHS.

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While the seven-parter boasts terrific performances from its all-star cast, including Dame Harriet Walter, Ambika Mod and Alex Jennings, the comedy-drama also features a stellar soundtrack.

From Florence + the Machine and The Libertines, to original songs from Pulp's Jarvis Cocker, there are a number of ear-worms you're bound to recognise while you binge your way through the boxset.

Here's a list of the songs that feature in This Is Going to Hurt.

Episode 1

Nobody But Me – The Human Beinz
Adam walking through the hospital

Kiss with a Fist – Florence + the Machine
Adam receives a call on his beeper

2 Wicky – Hooverphonic
Adam leaves the hospital

The Tearjerker Returns – Chilly Gonzales & Jarvis Cocker
Adam performs the Caesarian

The State We're In – The Chemical Brothers
Adam goes to the strip club

Episode 2

Trouble – Ray LaMontagne
Beginning of the episode

Music When the Lights Go Out – The Libertines
Adam goes to bed

Everything I Am Is Yours – Villagers
Adam leaves the hospital

Episode 3

House of Cards – Radiohead
Adam returns home after dinner with his mother

Let's Dance – M. Ward
Adam and Harry go to bed

The Tearjerker Returns – Chilly Gonzales & Jarvis Cocker
Shruti leaves the hospital

My Autumn's Done Come – Lee Hazlewood
Adam and Harry speak outside the church

Episode 4

Toothpaste Kisses – The Maccabees
The doctors get ready for work

Three Little Birds – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Ms Houghton sings

House of Jealous Lovers – The Rapture
Adam and Harry go clubbing

The Way I Feel Inside – The Zombies
Adam and Harry dance

Episode 5

Remember Me – British Sea Power
Adam sees his first patient of the day

Hands Around My Throat – Death in Vegas
Shruti sees a couple trying for a baby

Diving Horses – Death in Vegas
Shruti tries to eat her lunch

Dirge – Death in Vegas
Shruti goes up to the neo-natal ward

Modern Romance – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
End of episode

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This Is Going to Hurt airs every Tuesday at 9pm on BBC One, with all seven episodes available to stream on BBC iPlayer now.

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Lauren Morris
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