SitcomsetinVictorian-eraLondon.ThisseriesfollowsDetectiveInspectorRabbit,ahardenedbooze-houndwhosseenitall,andhisnew,hapless,by-the-bookspartner.Whiletheyreinvestigatingalocalmurder,thelewdbutinsightfuladoptivedaughterofthechiefofpolicejoinsthem,becomingthecountrysfirstfemaleofficer.Together,thetriomustfightcrimewhilerubbingshoulderswithstreetgangs,crookedpoliticians,Bulgarianprinces,spiritualists,musichallstarsandtheElephantMan.
