Cabin Pressure

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Cabin pressure is one of John Finnemore written and David Tyler produced radio drama series . It's about the adventures of the crew of the only aircraft from "MJN Air". The stars of the show are Finnemore, Stephanie Cole , Roger Allam and Benedict Cumberbatch . The series has been on BBC Radio 4 since 2008 .

The reviews of the series were very good, so that a total of 4 seasons were broadcast, including a Christmas special. The fourth season with 6 episodes was broadcast from January to February 2013. The two-part final "Zurich" was broadcast on December 23rd and 24th, 2014. The title melody of the series is the overture to the opera Ruslan and Lyudmila by Michail Glinka .

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Location

The action takes place at MJN Air, the smallest airline in the world with only one aircraft: a Lockheed McDonnell 312, identification number Golf Echo Romeo Tango India (G-ERTI), so that the crew affectionately call the aircraft "Gerti". The company name goes back to the divorce of the owner Caroline Knapp-Shappey (Stephanie Cole), in which she received the plane from her ex-husband Gordon Shappey ( Timothy West ) and Gerti was known as "My Jet Now" (German: Well, my Aircraft). Due to the small size of the company, it is often on the brink of finance, so the crew is happy to take on any assignment. The airline is based at the fictional Fitton Airport.

Each episode is named after a different city, which begins with the next letter of the alphabet, mostly it is the flight destination. The episodes were not in alphabetical order, but were published that way.

action

The series is about the everyday working life of MJN Air employees: Carolyn, the owner and stewardess; Copilot Douglas Richardson (Roger Allam), a seasoned pilot fired from Air England after a failed smuggling attempt; Pilot Martin Crieff (Benedict Cumberbatch), who shows enormous enthusiasm for his job, but is not a very talented pilot; and Arthur Shappey (John Finnemore), Carolyn's easily enthusiastic but dull son who works as a steward.

reception

In the "Independent" Nicholas Lezard praised the series, he called "the writing and performances ... exceptional" and suggested the series "deserves an award". Gillian Reynolds of The Daily Telegraph called Cabin Pressure "one of the best written, cast, acted and directed comedies on anywhere."

Awards

Cabin Pressure was nominated for the 2010 Writers' Guild of Great Britain Prize.

In 2011, John Finnemore won the Best Radio Comedy 2011 category, recognized by the Writers' Guild of Great Britain .

The series was also nominated for Best Written Comedy at the 2012 BBC Audio Drama Awards .

Episode list

season 1

  • Abu Dhabi
  • Boston
  • Cremona
  • Douz
  • Edinburgh
  • Fitton

season 2

  • Helsinki
  • Gdansk
  • Ipswich
  • Johannesburg
  • Kuala Lumpur
  • limerick

Christmas special

  • Moloka'i

season 3

  • Qikiqtarjuaq
  • Paris
  • Newcastle
  • Ottery St. Mary
  • Rotterdam
  • Saint Petersburg

Season 4

  • Timbuktu
  • Uskerty
  • Vaduz
  • Wokingham
  • Xinzhou
  • Yverdon-les-Bains

final

  • Zurich part 1
  • Zurich part 2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cabin Pressure . BBC. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  2. ↑ a b John Lavalie: cabin pressure (a Titles & Air Dates Guide) . epguide.com. June 21, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  3. ^ Cabin Pressure: Episode guide . BBC. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  4. ^ Final episode of Cabin Pressure .
  5. ^ John Finnemore: Prepare for final descent . In: Forget What Did . Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  6. ↑ The Cabin Pressure Theme Music - Cabin pressure Fans ( Memento from July 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ John Finnemore : Cabin Pressure: From A To Z Booklet . BBC Worldwide , February 5, 2015, ISBN 978-1-91028-199-4 , pp. 2-3.
  8. ↑ The Complete Cabin Pressure - From A To Z (Audio) . British Comedy Guide . Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  9. ↑ Nicholas Lezard: Cabin Pressure, Radio 4: Scratch the surface and there's a classic British sitcom beneath . In: The Independent , August 10, 2008. Retrieved March 4, 2011. 
  10. ↑ Gillian Reynolds: A strike and a scandal keep Radio 4 on its toes . In: The Telegraph , July 18, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2011. 
  11. ↑ Guild Awards 2010 - shortlists announced . Writers' Guild. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
  12. ^ Writers' Guild Awards 2011 - winners ( Memento from April 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  13. ↑ Victoria Wood awarded top TV honor from Writer's Guild . In: BBC News , November 17, 2011. 
  14. ↑ BBC - BBC Audio Drama Awards 2012 shortlist - Media Center. Retrieved December 3, 2019 .