12-18 Aug 2017 guide 44Marvel’s The
Defenders
Jessica Jones, Luke
Cage, Daredevil
and Iron Fist join
forces for this new
superhero outing,
their comic-book
backstories and
respective series
providing more than
enough material.
Plus: Sigourney
Weaver stars.
From Friday, Netfl ixPerformance Live:
Flood – To the Sea
Hull’s tenure as City
of Culture includes
epic theatre project
Flood from Leeds-
based company
Slung Low, and
accompanying TV
off shoots. Part
three focuses on the
pertinent theme of
displacement at the
hands of disaster,
recalling chaos
both natural and
man-made.
I’m Dying Up Here Sat, 10pm, BBC2
The Jim Carrey-produced, Melissa
Leo-starring dramedy about
standup comics in the 70s kicks off
this week, but don’t expect wall-
to-wall lols: this is about the dark
side of comedy, rivalry, poverty,
tanking on stage and all.
Wed, 10.10pm, Sky AtlanticI Know Who You Are
Adios to the Spanish
thriller which draws
to a close this week
(for the moment),
as the truth about
young Ana’s
disappearance is
fi nally revealed.
Sat, 9pm, BBC4Quacks
This new Victorian
times-set medical
comedy promises
lewd and crude
fun, with plenty
of medical
experimentation to
alternately turn your
stomach and make
you howl. None of it
has been overegged,
either: this is all
historically accurate
doctorly risk-taking,
as it happened in the
1840s. It also boasts
a top cast including
Rory Kinnear,
Mathew Baynton
and Rupert Everett.
ANDREW HAYES-WATKINS/BBC; CHANNEL 4; HBO Tue, 10pm, BBC2