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 2, Episode 1 repeated tomorrow at 2:30pm on Radio 4 Extra
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 2008 - 2014
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 27 (4 series)
- Stars
- Benedict Cumberbatch, Roger Allam, Stephanie Cole, John Finnemore and Anthony Head
- Writer
- John Finnemore
- Producer
- David Tyler
- Company
Set in a small airline business, Cabin Pressure is a comedy about the wing and a prayer world of a tiny, one-plane charter airline staffed by two pilots - one on his way down, and one who was never up to start with. Whether they're flying squaddies to Hamburg, metal sheets to Mozambique, transporting lads on a stag night or shifting a panther for the odd oil sheik, no job is too small - but many jobs prove to be too difficult - for MJN Air!
The airline is run by forbidding divorcee Carolyn Knapp-Shappey who, at last, in her mid-60s, is free of her awful husband, but pleasingly not free of his private jet. Her two pilots are the smooth, experienced and almost certainly fired-by-a-big-airline-for-all-round-naughtiness Douglas, and the struggling, almost competent sweaty young captain Martin. General help is provided by Carolyn's dim-witted son Arthur.
Additional details
- Also known as
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- Cabin Pressure At Christmas
- Jet Lag (Working title)
- Production setting
- Studio
- Soundtrack
- Theme tune is the overture from Ruslan and Lyudmila by Mikhail Glinka.
Website links
- TV Tropes
A look at some of the recurring jokes and plot elements in the series. - Pozzitive Productions
A webpage for the show from the production company. Features a link to purchase the episodes. - John Finnemore's Website
The website of John Finnemore, the writer and star of Cabin Pressure. - Radio 4 Homepage
The homepage for the comedy on the Radio 4 website. - Cabin Pressure Fansite
A detailed and lovingly created fansite about the show. Featuring details on the show, fan art, polls and more.
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Wednesday 2nd July 2008 at 11:30am on BBC Radio 4
- Next repeats
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- Series 2, Episode 1: Tomorrow at 2:30pm on Radio 4 Extra
- Series 2, Episode 1: Tomorrow at 8:30pm on Radio 4 Extra
- Series 2, Episode 1: Friday at 4:30am on Radio 4 Extra
- Series 2, Episode 2: Thursday 10th July at 2:30pm on Radio 4 Extra
- Series 2, Episode 2: Thursday 10th July at 8:30pm on Radio 4 Extra
- Series 2, Episode 2: Friday 11th July at 4:30am on Radio 4 Extra
- Most recent repeats
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- Wednesday 12th February 2025 at 4:30am on Radio 4 Extra - Series 1, Episode 6
- Tuesday 11th February 2025 at 8:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 1, Episode 6
- Tuesday 11th February 2025 at 2:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 1, Episode 6