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Cabin Pressure: The Complete Series 3

By: John Finnemore
Narrated by: Stephanie Cole, Benedict Cumberbatch, Roger Allam, John Finnemore
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Summary

Stephanie Cole, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Roger Allam star in the first series of the hit sitcom about the tiny charter airline for whom no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult. By John Finnemore (‘The News Quiz’, ‘That Mitchell & Webb Sound’) Run by the forbidding divorcée Carolyn Knapp-Shappey (an unfortunate marriage, namewise, but in Carolyn’s opinion, marginally better than Carolyn Shappey-Knapp), her two pilots are the smooth, experienced and almost-certainly-fired-by-a-big-airline-for-all-round naughtiness Douglas, and struggling almost-competent pilot and sweaty man Martin. All-round help is provided by Carolyn’s near-idiot son, Arthur...In the first of the complete six episodes - ""Qikiqtarjuaq"" - when MJN Air flies a party of tourists near the North Pole, Arthur goes hunting for polar bears, Carolyn for a rogue lemon and Martin for a believable French accent...

Then we travel to episode 2 - ""Paris"", and when a bottle of highly-expensive whisky goes missing, Martin becomes the Miss Marple of MJN Air with Arthur assisting as his trusty Doctor Watson and Douglas hindering as his untrusty prime suspect. On to part 3, ""Newcastle"", where love is in the air, but also unfortunately in a small airport in Birmingham - and Martin has to choose between career, romance and fixing a very small tail-light. Part 4 finds us on the way to ""Ottery St Mary"". Martin is a Man With A Van, Douglas flies A Plane With An Otter and Carolyn dates A Pilot With A Problem With Sheep. And two mysteries solved - the name of Carolyn’s dog and the rules of “Yellow Car”.

Arriving at episode 5, ""Rotterdam"", it's Lifejacket, Camera, Action as stardom beckons for one of the crew of MJN Air... but who will get to blow the final whistle? And will they look good in a vest? And in the last episode of the series - ""St. Petersburg"" - some vodka and an unwary bird could spell the end of the line for MJN Air, and when Carolyn meets her ex-husband the atmosphere turns even icier.... With special series guests Timothy West, Anthony Head ('Buffy') and Mark Williams ('The Fast Show').

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"The more I listen to John Finnemore's Cabin Pressure, the more I think what a stonking masterpiece it is. Perfect in every department." (Philip Pullman)

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Genius!

I listen to all of these series again and again. Such brilliant writing, timing and performances
You won’t be disappointed 😃

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More superb episodes

Still the best written, best acted sit com on radio 4, even beats Claire in the Community, which I didnt think would be possible

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Genius

So delightful and intelligent and totally silly. You can listen to them all again and again. 5 out of 5.

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Perfect!

Another faultless display of script-writing, casting, ensemble acting, and timing. Lifts the spirits every time, and I never tire of it. Enjoy! XXXXXX

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I love it

I loved the book the narrators are brilliant I loved the berling day episodes awsome

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cabin pressure

A excellent read especially when you need a good laugh. A great item to have to hand on a winters night.

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a little delight

loved it listened to it over more than once and have already bought the next series

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A work of genius.

It's hard to praise this series enough. Incredible comic writing. Wonderful performances. A joy the first time of hearing and listen-to-able again and again.

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Brilliant!

This series has become part of my life. I never travel without it! So many quotable moments. It’s rare to find writing so complete with such characters - and an actual ending (wait till you reach Zurich if you haven’t already) - without it being contrived. (Yellow car)

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Flying high

Once again the expert character writing brings this series to fresh heights of fun and laughter. The added inflections and intonations of the actors rounds the characters they are portraying extremely well.

You do not have to have listened to series one or two in order to appreciate this series.

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