Year Of The Rabbit
- TV sitcom
- Channel 4
- 2019
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Sitcom about police fighting crime in the 1880s. Stars Matt Berry, Freddie Fox, Susan Wokoma, Alun Armstrong, Paul Kaye and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 2019
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Episodes
- 6 (1 series)
- Stars
- Matt Berry, Freddie Fox, Susan Wokoma, Alun Armstrong, Paul Kaye, David Dawson, Ann Mitchell, Keeley Hawes and Amer Chadha-Patel
- Writers
- Kevin Cecil, Andy Riley and Matt Berry
- Directors
- Ben Taylor and Andrew Chaplin
- Producers
- Hannah Mackay, Ben Farrell, Toby Stevens, Matt Berry, Andy Riley, Kevin Cecil, Ben Taylor and Jo Alloway
- Company
London, 1887. A lawless city. Jewel thieves and body snatchers stalk the streets and the police do their best to contain them - but it isn't easy. At the forefront of that fight is Detective Inspector Rabbit.
Rabbit's been chasing bad guys for as long as he can remember, but now he's not as young as he was and his heart keeps stopping at inopportune moments. So Rabbit's boss, Chief Inspector Wisbech forces him to get a partner - young, fresh-faced and clueless Sergeant Strauss, just down from Cambridge. He isn't cut out for this sort of work. He's only ever read about the East End in pamphlets. But he's really, really keen.
In the East End, crime is relentless so when they're tasked with solving the murder of another young women, it doesn't seem that unusual. Until they notice a second bullet hole, and a mysterious symbol on her make up compact, which leads them into a labyrinthine quest for a killer, while rubbing shoulders with crooked politicians. Along the way, they team up with Mabel, the daughter of the Chief of Police, who has ambitions to become the first female police officer, or 'Fopper'.
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Additional details
- Also known as
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- Ye Sweeney (Working title)
- Production
- Location
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour
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Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 10th June 2019 at 10pm on Channel 4
- Most recent repeats
Recording details
- Luton and Chatham Dockyard