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 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
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
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Tuesday 3rd March 2009 | 6:30pm | Radio 4 |
Friday 8th January 2010 | 5:30pm | Radio 7 |
Thursday 3rd February 2011 | 5:00pm | Radio 7 |
Wednesday 4th January 2012 | 9:00am | Radio 4 Extra |
Thursday 5th January 2012 | 2:00am | Radio 4 Extra |
Monday 19th August 2013 | 9:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
Tuesday 20th August 2013 | 2:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
Thursday 15th January 2015 | 11:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Sunday 1st January 2017 | 11:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Sunday 24th May 2020 | 7:15pm | Radio 4 |
Friday 29th May 2020 | 7:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
Friday 29th May 2020 | 5:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Friday 29th May 2020 | 10:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Saturday 30th May 2020 | 5:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
Tuesday 18th October 2022 | 10:30pm | 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 |