'Year Of The Rabbit' Channel 4 Matt Berry (again!)

Harry Palmr

It feels like a superthread is needed for the bushy faced comedy fiend.

Channel 4 ran a promo for it this evening but no actual date.

Year of the Rabbit follows "a group of Victorian detectives including Detective Inspector Rabbitt, a hardened booze-hound who’s seen it all, and his new, hapless, by-the-books partner. While investigating a local murder, the chief of police's lewd but insightful adoptive daughter becomes the country's first female officer. Together, the trio must fight crime while rubbing shoulders with street gangs, crooked politicians, Bulgarian princes, spiritualists, music hall stars and the Elephant Man

Cast

• Matt Berry as Detective Inspector Rabbit
• Freddie Fox
• Susan Wokoma
• Keely Hawes as Lydia
• Sally Phillips as Princess Juliana of Bulgaria
• Jill Halfpenny as Flora

plus David Dawson, Ann Mitchell, Alistair Petrie, Matthew Holness and Craig Parkinson

brian_t

IMDb has it starting on Monday 10th June.

brian_t

brian_t

There is an interview with Matt Berry in todays Guardian.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jun/05/matt-berry-year-of-the-rabbit-toast-electric-sex-pants

Harry Palmr

Bump for Monday night. Odd night for a comedy.

D9Male

What do people think of it so far? It's good, but not great in my view. Berry has great presence, but the script is a bit lacking. Not sure what, maybe it just isn't funny enough.

brian_t

I watched the first episode and then todays episode.

I thought that todays one was an improvement on the first.

Nice spoof of Nigel Farage.

Hande hoche!

Not bad so far. Enjoyed the one with Rabbit in the nursing home.
Can never understand the little girl flogging various items.

brian_t

Channel 4 have renewed this for another six episode series.

Harry Palmr

Cancelled due to pandemic in Victorian slums

https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2021/01/21/47684/c4_says_no_to_more_year_of_the_rabbit

Broadcaster blames Covid for series 2 U-turn

Channel 4 has reversed its decision to order a second series of Matt Berry’s Victorian detective comedy Year Of The Rabbit.

The broadcaster had planned to make a second series of the show, which also stars Freddie Fox, Susan Wokoma and Keeley Hawes, to air this year,

But now budget cuts have prompted a U-turn, blamed on a collapse in the advertising market triggered by the lockdown.

Hande hoche!

At least we have more Steven Toast to look forward to.