Best TV on now: August 2017 highlights
J.K Rowling's detective novels are coming to our TV screens this August, alongside socking drama The State and more Marvel on Netflix
Trust Me, BBC One
In Trust Me, BBC One’s latest psychological drama, Jodie Whittaker plays Cath Hardacre, a fraudulent senior doctor with more than her share of dark secrets.
Read more ...The Tick, Amazon Prime
They say that cockroaches can survive a nuclear apocalypse. Amazon Prime proposes another indestructible insect hero in The Tick, available to stream from late summer
Read more ...Marvel's The Defenders, UK Netflix
Netflix is determined to get onto the Marvel gravy train, following the release of Iron Fist on the streaming service. Marvel is back, with Marvel’s The Defenders. This time, we follow Daredevil (Charlie Cox), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Luke Cage (Mike Colter) and also that critically panned Iron Fist (Finn Jones). A quartet of singular heroes with one common goal – to save New York City
Read more ...The Cuckoo's Calling, BBC One
Since finishing the Harry Potter novels, J.K Rowling has written three crime novels under the pseudonym of Robert Galbraith. This summer, the three Galbraith novels, The Cuckoo's Calling, The Silkworm and The Career of Evil are each being adapted into a 60 minute episode. The first is arriving this August although the air date is yet to be decided
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The State, Channel 4
Peter Kosminksy's Channel 4 drama about Britons joining up to fight with Isis in Syria comes out this August
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