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 1, Episode 4 - Douz
Notes
Trivia from John Finnemore's blog
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 23rd July 2008
- Time
- 11:30am
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Benedict Cumberbatch | Martin |
| Roger Allam | Douglas |
| Stephanie Cole | Carolyn |
| John Finnemore | Arthur |
| John Sessions | Yves Jutteau |
| Ali Amadi | Habib |
| Rufus Jones | Capt Jessop |
| Robert Harley | Lachlan |
| John Finnemore | Writer |
| David Tyler | Producer |
Press
The fourth edition of this five-star sitcom opens with what is now a running joke on how the budget airline crew either don't know or don't care about the technicalities of taking off, flying or landing.
I've listened every week, expecting it to crash land but John Finnemore's writing flies in first class. And then there's Roger Allam's performance as the bitter first officer who despises his captain. He is to sarcasm and sneering what Rowan Atkinson's Blackadder was to, well, sarcasm and sneering. Radio sitcom success stories are rare: let's hope this one's in from the long haul.
Jane Anderson, Radio Times, 23rd July 2008