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Cannibal Hunt.
TV Choice 2nd September 2008.
Robson Green returns as Dr Tony Hill, who is on the trail of a psychopathic serial killer.
Dr Tony Hill (Robson Green) comes face to face with a Hannibal Lecter style cannibal killer in Wire in the Blood, which returns for a chilling new series this week.
Tony is called in to action after human remains are found dumped in suitcases and it soon transpires the monster is amputating his victim’s limbs while they’re still alive and eating them.
What’s more, he’s keeping them captive for weeks in a dingy basement dungeon and it’s a race against time to find him before more innocent blood is shed.
Tony’s mental battle with the killer forms the spine of the series, which is split in to four two-part thrillers and has terrible consequences for the clinical psychologist and his nemesis.
Cristian Solimeno, best known as Jason Turner in Footballers Wives, guest stars in the opening episodes as a copper who is transferred to the investigation. He later finds himself snared by the killer….
Robson’s character is also submitted to some horrific ordeals during the course of the series, but viewers will have to watch to the end to see if he finally nails the killer.
Wire in the Blood has always been on the grisly side, and this latest series is also definitely not for the faint heartened. It features disturbing imagery and has all the ritualistic hallmarks that have made the show such a huge success.
Simone Lahbib, who plays Tony’s sidekick DI Alex Fielding, also returns, and admits she had to work the filming schedule around her baby daughter Skye.
‘Thankfully Mum looks after her when I’m on set, and my Dad’s an excellent Chef. It was great, I felt like those Hollywood stars who have their own cook following them around!’
Despite the shows gory storyline, Robson confesses that he’s a total wimp when it comes to scary movies.
‘I’m not a fan of the horror genre myself,’ he says, ‘I read The Exorcist and then I couldn’t sleep for a week. Jaws is about as far as I’ll go and even fairground rides scare me!’
On a serious note, Robson denies that the show gives Serial Killers ideas.
‘Guns don’t kill anyone, people kill people and I don’t think TV triggers violent behaviour. It’s all about upbringing. Having said that, my son Taylor, who’s eight, was sent a little bonkers by Power Rangers.’
Mary Comerford.