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

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

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Broadcast details

Date
Wednesday 6th February 2013
Time
6:30pm
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Wednesday 13th February 2013 7:30am Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 13th February 2013 10:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 1st May 2014 6:30pm Radio 4
Thursday 8th May 2014 7:30am Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 8th May 2014 10:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Monday 28th December 2015 10:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Sunday 4th February 2018 10:30pm Radio 4 Extra

Cast & crew

Cast
Benedict Cumberbatch Martin
Roger Allam Douglas
Stephanie Cole Carolyn
John Finnemore Arthur
Guest cast
Lobo Chan ATC
Writing team
John Finnemore Writer
Production team
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

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