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Year of the Rabbit
"He's a rabbit with a gun."
Overview
Set in the dark heart of Victorian London, Detective Inspector Rabbit is a hardened booze-hound who's seen it all. Rabbit's been chasing bad guys for as long as he can remember, but these days his heart keeps stopping at inopportune moments.
Status
Canceled
Network
Channel 4
Seasons & Episodes

Season 1
Episodes

Pilot
D.I. Rabbit's been chasing Victorian London's criminals for as long as he can remember but he's not as young as he was and his heart keeps stopping at inopportune moments so he is given a fresh faced assistant straight out of university.

Brick Man
Rabbit, Strauss and Mabel are on the case of a mysterious killer who takes the guise of the Brick Man, a mythical figure from London folklore. And Lydia emerges from the shadows with designs on Mabel.

Gangs
Gang warfare is raging in the East End. Wisbech sends Strauss and Mabel undercover, whilst Rabbit finds himself ostracised from the case due to his age.

Sniper
Rabbit, Strauss and Mabel are assigned to protect the visiting Crown Prince of Bulgaria. But there's a sniper on the loose

Hostage
Flora faces the gallows and Rabbit must save her - but there's the small matter of an armed siege at a match factory to deal with first

Framed Rabbit
Rabbit is framed for murder and on the run
Top Cast

Matt Berry
Detective Inspector Rabbit

Freddie Fox
Detective Sergeant Wilbur Strauss

Susan Wokoma
Mabel Wisbech

Alun Armstrong
Chief Inspector Hugh Wisbech

Paul Kaye
Detective Inspector Tanner

Ann Mitchell
Gwen

Keeley Hawes
Lydia




