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
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Series 4, Episode 5 - Xinzhou
It's cold, it's dark and there's no food on board. What better time for Gertie to decide to fall to bits? And what worse time for Arthur to try out his maths skills?
Notes
John Finnemore says he found this episode had to write. "The rewriting and rewriting and rewriting; and then at the last minute more or less throwing it away and starting from scratch, and then rewriting that, was scarier than it's been for a while." Blog
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 6th February 2013
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Benedict Cumberbatch | Martin |
| Roger Allam | Douglas |
| Stephanie Cole | Carolyn |
| John Finnemore | Arthur |
| Lobo Chan | ATC |
| John Finnemore | Writer |
| David Tyler | Producer |
Press
John Finnemore: Xinzhou episode blog
I like it now, but it was one of those episodes where there were times during the writing of it when I simply didn't see how I could possibly get it right in time for the recording.
John Finnemore, John Finnemore's Blog, 12th February 2013