Series 1, Episode 5
Further details
With Rabbit's lover, Flora, facing the gallows for a crime she didn't commit, Rabbit makes it his mission to do everything he can to save her. But it won't be easy, and he'll be risking his own life to do it. Plus he's under pressure from his embittered colleague Tanner who has made it his mission to bring Rabbit down using whatever means necessary, as punishment for the facial injury he sustained in an explosion he knows was meant for Rabbit.
But Rabbit's plans to rescue Flora quickly runs aground when he gets caught up in an armed siege - a dozen match girls are being held in a factory at gunpoint, and the man who's holding them, one Patrick Levant seemingly has no demands at all - other than that he will only talk to Rabbit. So Rabbit can't leave, or the girls will die. But if he stays, Flora will die. But why is Rabbit so important to Levant? Is somebody putting him up to this? And if so, who?
Strauss, meanwhile, has fallen in love, and while he's convinced that, this time, he's finally found the one (unlike the last one, who turned out to be a serial killer), Mabel has some information which is about to blow that theory apart.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 8th July 2019
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Regular cast | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Amer Chadha-Patel | Keith |
| Guest cast | |
|---|---|
| Jill Halfpenny | Flora Wilson |
| Alistair Petrie | Mr. Larkham |
| Craig Parkinson | Patrick Levan |
| David Webber | Newspaper Seller |
| Alan Peat | Policeman |
| Amy Bowden | Hettie |
| Peter Harding | Assistant Commissioner |
| Ashna Rabheru | Tilly |
| Savannah Read | Urchin Girl |
| Writing team | |
|---|---|
| Kevin Cecil | Writer |
| Andy Riley | Writer |
| Matt Berry | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Production team | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Video
How to escape a hostage situation
Detective Rabbit attempts to defuse a hostage situation and uncovers a spooky clue in the process...
Featuring: Matt Berry (Detective Inspector Rabbit), Craig Parkinson (Patrick Levan).
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