The much-anticipated 10-part series comes to streaming service Hulu 26 April, and, in a world with a Trump-led America, for many it seems a timely reminder that erosion of human rights can happen shockingly quickly.

Author Atwood has previously said the nightmarish vision described in her book is “unfolding in front of your very eyes”, and in a recent interview warned that Trump’s abortion gagging order was a worrying return to old-fashioned ‘values’ that dehumanise women in the name of protecting the unborn, telling The Guardian: “You are seeing a bubbling up of it now. It’s back to 17th century puritan values of New England at that time in which women were pretty low on the hierarchy.”

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The nightmarish full trailer for The Handmaid's Tale has landed