TELEVISION - THE YEAR OF THE RABBIT
The Year of the Rabbit is a British comedy sitcom. It is set in Victorian London in 1887, and follows detectives at an East End Police Station as they attempt to enforce Law and Order. The series focuses on hardened Detective Inspector Eli Rabbit, his new, wet-behind-the-ears, posh partner Detective Sergeant Wilbur Strauss, and Mabel Wisbech, the out-spoken and lewd adopted daughter of the Police Stations senior officer.
Cast
Matt Berry - Detective Inspector Eli Rabbit
Freddie Fox - Detective Sergeant Wilbur Strauss
Susan Wokoma - Mabel Wisbech
Alun Armstrong - Chief Inspector Hugh Wisbech
Paul Kaye - Detective Inspector Tanner
Ann Mitchell - Landlady Gwendoline
David Dawson - Joseph Merrick
Peter-Hugo Daly - Murky John
Keeley Hawes - Lydia
Alistair Petrie - George Larkham
Amer Chadha-Patel - Detective Sergeant Keith
Sally Phillips - Princess Juliana of Bulgaria
Jill Halfpenny - Flora Wilson
2019
Series 1 - All 6 episodes (9, 2 Discs, Channel 4, PAL)
Episode 1 - Rabbit teams up with Strauss to solve the murder of a girl fished from the Thames
Episode 2 - A mythical creature from London folklore, the 'Brick Man', is murdering the locals
Episode 3 - Strauss & Mabel go undercover into rival London gangs / Rabbit investigates deaths in an old folks' home
Episode 4 - Rabbit and his team become bodyguards for Prince Hector of Bulgaria, but things don't go as planned
Episode 5 - Rabbit becomes involved in an armed siege at a Match Factory
Episode 6 - Rabbit is on the run and looking to clear his name / Strauss & Mabel set about proving Rabbit's innocence