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.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 10th June 2019
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Cast & crew
Matt Berry | Detective Inspector Rabbit |
Freddie Fox | Wilbur Strauss |
Susan Wokoma | Mabel Wisbech |
Alun Armstrong | Chief Inspector Wisbech |
Paul Kaye | D.I. Tanner |
David Dawson | Joseph Merrick |
Ann Mitchell | Gwendoline |
Keeley Hawes | Lydia |
Julie Dray | Claudette (French Lady) |
Muzz Khan | Man in Blue Hat |
George Potts | Vicar |
Leigh Quinn | Bearded Lady |
Daisy Samways | Street Urchin |
Daniel Tuite | Mr Milsom |
Caitlin Walsh | Edith |
David Webber | Newspaper Seller |
Angus Wright | Sir Giles Linley |
Kevin Cecil | Writer |
Andy Riley | Writer |
Matt Berry | Writer (Additional Material) |
Ben Taylor | Director |
Hannah Mackay | Producer |
Ben Farrell | Executive Producer |
Toby Stevens | Executive Producer |
Matt Berry | Executive Producer |
Andy Riley | Executive Producer |
Kevin Cecil | Executive Producer |
Ben Taylor | Executive Producer |
Jo Alloway | Line Producer |
Frances Mable | Line Producer |
Phil Hignett | Editor |
Sam Harley (as Samantha Harley) | Production Designer |
Rosa Dias | Costume Designer |
Dan Stafford-Clark (as Daniel Stafford-Clark) | Director of Photography |
Jo Jenkins | Make-up Designer |
Matt Berry | Composer |
Oli Julian | Composer |
Nick Foster | Composer |
Rachel Freck | Casting Director |
Jay Arthur | 1st Assistant Director |
Video
First 10 minutes of Year Of The Rabbit
A first look at the new series.
Featuring: Matt Berry (Detective Inspector Rabbit), Freddie Fox (Wilbur Strauss), Susan Wokoma (Mabel Wisbech), Alun Armstrong (Chief Inspector Wisbech), Paul Kaye (D.I. Tanner), Ann Mitchell (Gwendoline), Muzz Khan (Man in Blue Hat), George Potts (Vicar), Daisy Samways (Street Urchin), Daniel Tuite (Mr Milsom), David Webber (Newspaper Seller) & Angus Wright (Sir Giles Linley).
Press
Year 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 2020Even Matt Berry couldn't save Year of the Rabbit from itself. A spoof Victorian London drama comedy of the sort seen only about a million times since the dawn of television, it wanted to be Ripper Street with giggles. It ended up being The Two Ronnies' "phantom raspberry blower of old London town" with, astonishingly, fewer laughs. And much much filth. The gags, it seems in hindsight, were all about disability, prostitutes and mud, and all done with a certain frenetic foul-mouthiness substituting for actual humour. I may have misread the opening episode, and it will doubtless be to the taste of some souls. But if this is the start of Channel 4's vaunted "summer of comedy", bring on ye autumnal mists.
Euan Ferguson, The Guardian, 16th June 2019Review: Channel 4's Year of the Rabbit is silly & smart
Essentially The Sweeney in Victorian times (in fact the show's original working title was Ye Sweeney), Year of the Rabbit proves to be a winning mix of smart but silly gags with a first-rate cast.
Sophie Davies, The Custard TV, 11th June 2019Sweary, mutton-chopped Victorian detective Eli Rabbit proves to be an ideal role for Matt Berry in this roistering police spoof. Alun Armstrong plays Rabbit's bewhiskered boss and Paul Kaye his nemesis as laughs meet Whitechapel-flavoured murder mystery. Heart-stoppingly funny.
Mike Bradley, The Guardian, 10th June 2019Year Of The Rabbit review
Brash, sweary and massively over the top, Year Of The Rabbit plays to all of Matt Berry's strengths as a larger-than-life performer.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th June 2019Year of the Rabbit, Channel 4 review
A hare-brained comedy that raises eyebrows - even if you only have one.
Susannah Butter, Evening Standard, 10th June 2019Year of the Rabbit review
Matt Berry in superb form as drunken and incompetent copper .
Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 10th June 2019TV review: Year of the Rabbit
This Victorian comedy caper is lively, bawdy fun.
Sarah Carson, i Newspaper, 10th June 2019Year of the Rabbit review
Silly and gleefully sweary ... but where were the gags?
Tim Dowling, The Guardian, 10th June 2019