C4, IFC ready for another Year of the Rabbit

Year of the Rabbit stars (L-R) Freddie Fox, Matt Berry and Susan Wokoma

Channel 4 in the UK and AMC-owned US cablenet IFC have renewed original Victorian era comedy Year of the Rabbit for a second season.

The 6×30’ second run will again focus on tough booze-hound detective Rabbit (Berry), his hapless partner Strauss (Freddie Fox) and the country’s first female police officer, Mabel (Susan Wokoma), as they fight crime in London’s East End.

The series is co-written by Andy Riley, Kevin Cecil (Veep, Black Books) and Matt Berry (Toast of London), who also stars.

Produced by Objective Fiction out of OMG Scotland and distributed by All3Media International, the show’s first season is due to premiere in the US this month.