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 2, Episode 5 - Kuala Lumpur
Notes
Trivia from John Finnemore's blog
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 14th August 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 |
| Paul Putner | Dave (Mechanic) |
| Roger Morlidge | George (Mechanic) |
| John Finnemore | Writer |
| David Tyler | Producer |
Video
Episode 2.5 Preview - Arthur's Training Session
A week on standby at the airfield gives Arthur an opportunity to brush up on his stewarding skills.
Featuring: Stephanie Cole (Carolyn) & John Finnemore (Arthur).
Press
Only on radio, where the listener brings the scenery, can a comedy about a small airline take off so successfully. (I'm a devoted fan of that ultra-camp TV show The High Life, but it only had one series.) This has the setting and characters from which classic sitcoms are built: a struggling business, a canny but inexperienced proprietor (Stephanie Cole), her wily chief pilot (Roger Allam), his ambitious young rival (Benedict Cumberbatch) and the good-hearted but daft son of the boss (John Finnemore, who's also the writer). It's really funny.
Gillian Reynolds, The Telegraph, 14th August 2009