Cabin Pressure
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 2008 - 2014
- 27 episodes (4 series)
Radio sitcom based around a one-plane charter airline. No job is too small, but many jobs are too difficult for pilots Douglas and Martin. Stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Roger Allam, Stephanie Cole, John Finnemore and Anthony Head
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 1 - Helsinki
Notes
Trivia from John Finnemore's blog
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 17th July 2009
- Time
- 11:30am
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Benedict Cumberbatch | Martin |
| Roger Allam | Douglas |
| Stephanie Cole | Carolyn |
| John Finnemore | Arthur |
| Alison Steadman | Ruth Gregson |
| Matt Green | Kieran Gregson |
| Simon Greenall | Milo (Customs Officer) |
| John Finnemore | Writer |
| David Tyler | Producer |
Press
A wonderful bit of whimsy which included the observation that Helsinki just has to be a brilliant place to visit because it sounds "half helter skelter, half twinkly". "Or," countered the cynical co-pilot (played by Roger Allam of The Thick Of It fame), "like a sink of hell."
Johnny Dee, The Guardian, 29th July 2010Welcome return for John Finnemore's situation comedy about a struggling small charter airline. It's blessed with a classy cast, Roger Allam, Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephanie Cole as Carolyn, the boss, and Finnemore himself as her perennially perky son Arthur. And today Alison Steadman arrives as Carolyn's sister. They haven't spoken for years. Arthur hasn't bothered to think about that as he's planned a cheery birthday trip for them all. To Helsinki. He's booked it on his Mum's credit card. And she thought it was proper business.
Gillian Reynolds, The Telegraph, 17th July 2009