Cabin Pressure Series 4, Episode 2 - Uskerty

Cabin Pressure. Image shows from L to R: Arthur (John Finnemore), Douglas (Roger Allam), Carolyn (Stephanie Cole), Martin (Benedict Cumberbatch). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

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 2 - Uskerty

Carolyn and Martin get into an argument, and Douglas and Arthur get to play with an airport.

Notes

John Finnemore talks more about this episode on his blog. He says "Getting the Douglas and Arthur story right was blue murder." There is also a photo of his notebook, and a transcript of the deleted final scene which wasn't heard on the radio.

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Broadcast details

Date: Wednesday 16^th January 2013
Time: 6:30pm
Channel: BBC Radio 4
Length: 30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date	Time	Channel
Wednesday 23rd January 2013	7:30am	Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 23rd January 2013	10:00pm	Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 10th April 2014	6:30pm	Radio 4
Thursday 17th April 2014	7:30am	Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 17th April 2014	10:00pm	Radio 4 Extra
Monday 7th December 2015	10:30pm	Radio 4 Extra
Sunday 14th January 2018	10:30pm	Radio 4 Extra

Cast & crew

Cast
Benedict Cumberbatch	Martin
Roger Allam	Douglas
Stephanie Cole	Carolyn
John Finnemore	Arthur

Guest cast
Marian McLoughlin	Breeda
Robert Wilfort	Gerry
John O'Mahony	Farmer Fisher

Writing team
John Finnemore	Writer

Production team
David Tyler	Producer

Press

John Finnemore: Uskerty episode blog

Thank you for all the messages I've had about Uskerty - I'm really glad people seem to like it so much.

John Finnemore, John Finnemore's Blog, 19th January 2013

The best sitcom on radio? John Finnemore's series about the four staff on a one-plane, tinpot charter airline - and it's just as silly and as tightly constructed as ever in its fourth run. Roger Allam stars as suave, incredibly untrustworthy first officer Douglas, with classy support from Stephanie Cole, Benedict Cumberbatch and Finnemore himself.

Radio Times, 15th January 2013

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