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
- Series 1, Episode 1 repeated Tuesday 7th January at 2:30pm on Radio 4 Extra
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 2 - Boston
One passenger's insistence on smoking during a flight to Boston kicks off a chain of events that culminates in the plane being turned round in mid-air four times, and one of the crew getting arrested.
Notes
Trivia from John Finnemore's blog
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 9th July 2008
- Time
- 11:30am
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Upcoming repeats
- Tuesday 14th January 2025 at 2:30pm on Radio 4 Extra
- Tuesday 14th January 2025 at 8:30pm on Radio 4 Extra
- Wednesday 15th January 2025 at 4:30am on Radio 4 Extra
Cast & crew
| Benedict Cumberbatch | Martin |
| Roger Allam | Douglas |
| Stephanie Cole | Carolyn |
| John Finnemore | Arthur |
| Ewen MacIntosh | Air Traffic Controller |
| Kerry Shale | Hamilton R. Leeman |
| Matilda Ziegler | Paramedic |
| John Finnemore | Writer |
| David Tyler | Producer |