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Summary:
Hard-living Victorian detective Inspector Rabbit (Matt Berry) reluctantly investigates murders with a new straight-laced partner (Freddie Fox) and the adopted daughter (Susan Wokoma) of the chief of police in the British comedy written by Andy Riley and Kevin Cecil.
Genre(s):
Comedy, Drama, Action & Adventure, Suspense
Season 1 Episodes
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S1:E6. Year of the Rabbit
Air Date: July 15, 2019
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S1:E6. Framed Rabbit
Air Date: March 25, 2020
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S1:E6. Framed Rabbit
Air Date: July 15, 2019
IndieWire
Feb 19, 2020
The show’s best energy and ability to subvert expectations of a show set in this time and place is evident right from the pilot. Even still, there’s a sense that this series’ best moments could still be ahead of it. ... What’s on offer right now from “Year of the Rabbit” is a chance to see some very gifted performers add a goofy curveball to the London of centuries past.
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The Independent
Jan 3, 2020
Year of the Rabbit is not quite as funny as Berry’s sitcom Toast of London. One the most divine comedies ever crafted is Toast, and no mistake, so there’s no great shame in that. Year of the Rabbit is best thought of as a sitcom concoction comprising one part Ripper Street, one part The Sweeney, plus a dash of Murder in Successville and a few crumbs of Toast of London.
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Feb 19, 2020
All of it orbits around Berry, an actor whose luscious baritone and intricate wordplay can sometimes mask his talents as a rubber-faced physical marvel. His Rabbit is familiar in his blustery qualities, his blunt-force behaviors and explosions of pent-up emotions. He’s also, however, continually surprising.
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The Guardian
Dec 20, 2019
The character of Rabbit is a little hard to invest in: junkyard-dog mean, cartoonishly dissolute, coarser than wholegrain mustard. ... It may simply be a question of Year of the Rabbit finding its feet, for relationships between the characters to develop beyond the mere exchange of insults, and for the plot, which extends across the series, to take hold. There is too much proved talent behind the enterprise to write it off at this stage.
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TV Guide Magazine
Feb 18, 2020
Merrily grody send-up of Victorian crime cliches. [17 Feb - 1 Mar 2020, p.9]
Feb 21, 2020
A clever, naughty, and above all, fun comedy that farts right in the face of "cosmopolitan" elitist blowhards.
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: June 10, 2019
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S1:E6. Year of the Rabbit
Air Date: July 15, 2019
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S1:E6. Framed Rabbit
Air Date: March 25, 2020
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S1:E6. Framed Rabbit
Air Date: July 15, 2019
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S1:E5. Hostage
Air Date: March 18, 2020
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S1:E5. Hostage
Air Date: July 8, 2019
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S1:E4. Sniper
Air Date: March 11, 2020
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S1:E4. Sniper
Air Date: July 1, 2019
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S1:E3. Gangs
Air Date: March 4, 2020
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S1:E3. Gangs
Air Date: June 24, 2019
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S1:E2. Brick Man
Air Date: February 26, 2020
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S1:E2. Brick Man
Air Date: June 17, 2019
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S1:E1. Pilot
Air Date: February 19, 2020
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S1:E1. Pilot
Air Date: June 10, 2019
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Season 1 Overview