America's new serial killer drama is haunting, cerebral and far from exploitative, says Jack Seale in his weekly TV review

A spoiler-free introduction to the TV series prequel starring Mads Mikkelsen as the notorious Dr Lecter

The prequel to Silence of The Lambs, starring Hugh Dancy, Lawrence Fishburne, and Mads Mikkelson as Hannibal Lecter, will air on Sky Living on 7 May

Watch a two-minute teaser for the upcoming US crime drama, which teams Hannibal Lecter with a young FBI criminal profiler

The hotly anticipated drama series will be shown in Britain shortly after its US premiere in April