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 3, Episode 2 - Paris
Notes
John Finnemore's blog about this episode: Read
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 8th July 2011
- Time
- 11:30am
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Benedict Cumberbatch | Martin |
| Roger Allam | Douglas |
| Stephanie Cole | Carolyn |
| John Finnemore | Arthur |
| Geoffrey Whitehead | Mr Birling |
| Flip Webster | Mrs Birling |
| Ewan Bailey | Phil |
| John Finnemore | Writer |
| David Tyler | Producer |
Press
Stage direction: [DING] Ding! [DING] Ding! [DING] Ding!
Did I fool you? I hope so. I love whodunnits, they are my trashy fiction of choice, especially the 'golden age' thirties and forties ones, and I've wanted to do a whodunnit episode of Cabin Pressure for ages...
John Finnemore, John Finnemore's Blog, 9th July 2011Another new episode of a refined sitcom that bathes in a ridiculously good cast: alongside writer John Finnemore are Stephanie Cole, Benedict Cumberbatch and the man I refer to simply as 'The Guvnor', Roger Allam. This one's a bit special, boasting as it does the sort of tricksy, quadruple-crossing story that comedy writers often like to attempt but don't usually have the sheer plotting muscle to pull off. Finnemore has those chops. When Carolyn (Cole) entrusts Martin (Cumberbatch) to stop Douglas (The Guvnor) stealing some expensive whisky, a mystery worthy of Miss Marple unfurls. Sadly, Martin's investigating it instead.
Jack Seale, Radio Times, 8th July 2011