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