Season 3 started off with a re-telling of the Hannibal sequel film, with Lecter on the run in Italy, though with the sumptuous added element of Gillian Anderson as Dr. Du Maurier.

The US TV series based on Thomas Harris’s novels about the cannibalistic psychiatrist was among the most acclaimed by critics in years. So why didn’t you watch it, asks Keith Uhlich.

Watching a TV show about Hannibal Lecter in the year of our lord 2015 brings to mind one of the good doctor’s most deliciously deadly double entendres: “I’m having an old friend for dinner ...