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.
Streaming rank this week: 832
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The best British crime comedy TV series
Who knew drug gangs, murder and front-line policing could be such a barrel of laughs? Featuring Matt Berry's Year Of The Rabbit, brand-new Black Ops and more.
Laura Vickers-Green, Den Of Geek, 3rd June 2023Why Year Of The Rabbit deserves another season
Cut loose after just one series, the bonkers Channel 4 sitcom remains an overlooked gem.
Matt Charlton, NME, 27th January 2021Channel 4 pulls out of Year Of The Rabbit Series 2
Channel 4 has cancelled its commission of Year Of The Rabbit Series 2, leaving producers in search of another partner alongside US cable station IFC.
British Comedy Guide, 21st January 2021Year of the Rabbit review
Matt Berry, Freddie Fox, and Susan Wokoma make for a fantastic central trio, as the raunchy detective comedy makes a stop in 1880s London.
Steve Greene, IndieWire, 19th February 2020Year Of The Rabbit Series 2 confirmed
Year Of The Rabbit, the Victorian-set comedy series starring Matt Berry, is to return to Channel 4 for a second series.
British Comedy Guide, 11th February 2020Comedy.co.uk Awards 2019 shortlist
60 TV and radio programmes have been shortlisted across 10 categories for the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2019. Voting is now open to determine the winners.
British Comedy Guide, 13th January 2020Opinion: top TV comedies 2019
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Sophie Davies, Cult Box, 23rd November 2019Year Of The Rabbit writers plan Series 2
Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley - the writers of Year Of The Rabbit - say they have "sketched out" some ideas for Series 2, although it has yet to be commissioned.
British Comedy Guide, 16th July 2019Lewd and ludicrous, the Victorian spoof detective drama shambles its way to a characteristically chaotic conclusion, as our hopeless hero is labelled "the most wanted man in London". Which villain of the piece is behind the stitch-up? Enjoy watching Rabbit's battle to clear his name.
Mike Bradley, The Guardian, 15th July 2019