Cabin Pressure, The Complete Series 1
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Cabin Pressure, The Complete Series 1
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Narrated by:
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Stephanie Cole
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Roger Allam
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Benedict Cumberbatch
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By:
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John Finnemore
About this listen
Anyone looking to let off some steam is bound to find something to love in Cabin Pressure. The combination of snappy repartee and brilliant voice-acting makes this a side-achingly funny experience from start to finish.
Stephanie Cole ("Doc Martin"), Benedict Cumberbatch and Roger Allam ("The Thick Of It") star in the complete first series of the hit sitcom about the pilots of a tiny charter airline for whom no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult. Written by John Finnemore, writer for The News Quiz, and 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....
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Critic reviews
"Unexpectedly brilliant." - (Time Out)
"An inspired new sitcom." - (The Observer)
"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)
Finnemore delights every time with clever plot twists and the occasional glimpse into the tortured private worlds of his characters, continually hinting at personal tragedies but keeping the balance firmly in the area of comedy.
Buy this CD for every possible reason: the script, the acting quality, and Duggie's irresistible dark brown voice. Buy another copy for a friend. If you can't think of a friend you'd like to buy it for, make some new friends.
P.S. The captain is called Martin. He just wanted me to include that.
Cabin Pressure
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Still the best thing ever produced by the BBC. If you haven't listened up till now .... do it.
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LOL - as they say nowadays.
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Utter class
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Where does Cabin Pressure, The Complete Series 1 rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
I was a little reluctant to use precious credits on audiobooks that are so short - but when you find that you want to listen over and over again to each episode, you realise that these are credits well spent. I now have all 4 series - indeed, every episode ever made (there will be no more) and they still make me laugh aloud in places. (When I listen as I walk with the dogs I tend to have a permanent grin on my face. Anyone seeing me would probably sidle away as quickly as possible.)What did you like best about this story?
These are all real, believable, warm, lovable and very funny characters. Each is very different. No one character is more important than any other but together they make the MJN airline (consisting of one elderly jet) a "family" whose antics are entirely believable in spite of being often surreal. The writing is just superb, the plots complex and satisfying, and each time I listen to the dialogue I notice something subtle that hadn't struck me before.What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
This is a BBC radio series. I only caught a very few when they were broadcast - but quickly realised that this is BBC radio comedy at its very, very best. John Finnemore, both as writer and actor, is a joy. Stephanie Cole is perfect (and it is so good that she gets her own marvellously idiosyncratic love story!), no one in England has a more splendid voice than Roger Allam, and here is Benedict Cumberbatch giving each episode such a lovable, diffident, self-deprecating seam of fun that his eventual triumph makes one want to cheer aloud.Joyous listening ("The lemon is in play")
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very very very funny, enjoyable,silly,joke filled
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Hillarious! Don't listen in public...
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wonderful
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excellent
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My Happy Place
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