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Cabin Pressure, Series 4 Episode 3 of 6 - Vaduz
Cabin Pressure, Series 4 Episode 3 of 6 - Vaduz
Listen in Cabin Pressure, Series 4 Episode 3/6 The crew of MJN Air have to face a real live king and a mythical fax machine.
Episode 3: Vaduz
It's a bad time for Carolyn to take a holiday as the crew of MJN Air have to face a real live King and a mythical fax machine.
Cabin Pressure is a sitcom 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 or an oil exec's cat to Abu Dhabi, no job is too small but many, many jobs are too difficult.
Written by John Finnemore
Produced and directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.
Listen in Cabin Pressure, Series 4 Episode 3/6 The crew of MJN Air have to face a real live king and a mythical fax machine.
Episode 3: Vaduz
It's a bad time for Carolyn to take a holiday as the crew of MJN Air have to face a real live King and a mythical fax machine.
Cabin Pressure is a sitcom 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 or an oil exec's cat to Abu Dhabi, no job is too small but many, many jobs are too difficult.
Written by John Finnemore
Produced and directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme: The Complete Series 2
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme: The Complete Series 2
Written by: John Finnemore
Narrated by: John Finnemore
Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date:09-05-13
Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited
Publisher's Summary
The complete second series of BBC Radio 4's award-winning sketch show - winner of the Chortle Radio Award of the Year.
In these six episodes, which make up the complete second series, you'll hear some moth-based lunacy, an awkward celestial relationship, a heart-warming tale of the days before health and safety, and how The Archers sounds to people who don't listen to The Archers - plus many other sketches featuring acute observations and wonderful wordplay.
©2013 AudioGO Ltd (P)2013 AudioGO Ltd
Press
"Very Funny"
Would you listen to John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme: The Complete Series 2 again? Why?
I would listen to this program again as i find most of the sketches to be very funny and well written.
"it review"
it was great I loved it BEST STORY EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVES IT JUST LOVES IT!
"Short sketches of humor"
Witty writing, not necessarily laugh-out-loud humor. But, I've just come off a spate of re-listening to Cabin Pressure and after wondering why I didn't enjoy this work as much as I deeply enjoy the Cabin Pressure series is that these sketches didn't have characters to invest my attention. The bickering and underlying friendship of the Cabin Pressure characters gave the story line continuity. Plus Cabin Pressure came up with interesting plots to follow. This, instead, was just a series of sketches, yes some were intertwined, so, the experience was more like reading a book of jokes instead of a story.
With Cabin Pressure, I laughed out loud very often. With this, I noted that "Yes, that was interesting and witty."
"Clever comedy"
Repeated listening a pleasure. I never delete this program from my device, so I always have a good laugh to hand (and to ear).
"Sketch comedy to make you guffaw."
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme is majestic sketch comedy. Witty and amusing, intelligent and extremely funny, you can't help but laugh at the brilliant word play, effortlessly enhanced by pop culture and literary references, which just make these sketches sparkle. Comic gold. You will not regret listening to this for a second.
"Insomnia song."
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes, and I have. I basically give it a blanket recommendation to everyone I know.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Roger Watiss, founding member of the silent majority.
(Or the man with insomnia)
(Or the chess royalty)
(It is hard to choose, really)
What about John Finnemore’s performance did you like?
He is a genius. His voices--"normal, silly French, and TWO kinds of posh!"--are always engaging and well paced.The whole cast is really really good, they work together extremely well. Every scene showcases the well-tuned, well-played voice acting done by every member of the cast.
Any additional comments?
If you like quick witted comedy, with a special focus on the ridiculous nature of rhetorical flourishes, then this is the show for you. The ghost-stories-that-aren't-ghost-stories at the end of each episode may be some of the most well-crafted parodies I have ever encountered. It walks the line between the ridiculous and the absurdly clever, without losing balance or falling too far off track. The sketches are consistent AND consistently funny.
https://youtu.be/oof0eRDZGMM
Written by: John Finnemore
Narrated by: John Finnemore
Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date:09-05-13
Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited
Publisher's Summary
The complete second series of BBC Radio 4's award-winning sketch show - winner of the Chortle Radio Award of the Year.
In these six episodes, which make up the complete second series, you'll hear some moth-based lunacy, an awkward celestial relationship, a heart-warming tale of the days before health and safety, and how The Archers sounds to people who don't listen to The Archers - plus many other sketches featuring acute observations and wonderful wordplay.
©2013 AudioGO Ltd (P)2013 AudioGO Ltd
Press
"Very Funny"
Would you listen to John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme: The Complete Series 2 again? Why?
I would listen to this program again as i find most of the sketches to be very funny and well written.
"it review"
it was great I loved it BEST STORY EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVES IT JUST LOVES IT!
"Short sketches of humor"
Witty writing, not necessarily laugh-out-loud humor. But, I've just come off a spate of re-listening to Cabin Pressure and after wondering why I didn't enjoy this work as much as I deeply enjoy the Cabin Pressure series is that these sketches didn't have characters to invest my attention. The bickering and underlying friendship of the Cabin Pressure characters gave the story line continuity. Plus Cabin Pressure came up with interesting plots to follow. This, instead, was just a series of sketches, yes some were intertwined, so, the experience was more like reading a book of jokes instead of a story.
With Cabin Pressure, I laughed out loud very often. With this, I noted that "Yes, that was interesting and witty."
"Clever comedy"
Repeated listening a pleasure. I never delete this program from my device, so I always have a good laugh to hand (and to ear).
"Sketch comedy to make you guffaw."
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme is majestic sketch comedy. Witty and amusing, intelligent and extremely funny, you can't help but laugh at the brilliant word play, effortlessly enhanced by pop culture and literary references, which just make these sketches sparkle. Comic gold. You will not regret listening to this for a second.
"Insomnia song."
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes, and I have. I basically give it a blanket recommendation to everyone I know.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Roger Watiss, founding member of the silent majority.
(Or the man with insomnia)
(Or the chess royalty)
(It is hard to choose, really)
What about John Finnemore’s performance did you like?
He is a genius. His voices--"normal, silly French, and TWO kinds of posh!"--are always engaging and well paced.The whole cast is really really good, they work together extremely well. Every scene showcases the well-tuned, well-played voice acting done by every member of the cast.
Any additional comments?
If you like quick witted comedy, with a special focus on the ridiculous nature of rhetorical flourishes, then this is the show for you. The ghost-stories-that-aren't-ghost-stories at the end of each episode may be some of the most well-crafted parodies I have ever encountered. It walks the line between the ridiculous and the absurdly clever, without losing balance or falling too far off track. The sketches are consistent AND consistently funny.
https://youtu.be/oof0eRDZGMM
John Finnemore's Double Acts [ Podcast ] - (Episode 1) - A Flock of Tigers
John Finnemore's Double Acts [ Podcast ] - (Episode 1) - A Flock of Tigers
Listen in A Flock of Tigers - John Finnemore's Double Acts (Episode 1) of John Finnemore's Double Acts Series - A seemingly ordinary train ride turns into an unexpected adventure for Edmund and Dolorosa
A seemingly ordinary train ride turns into an unexpected adventure for Edmund and Dolorosa.
Celia Imrie and Charles Edwards star in the first of six two-handers written by Cabin Pressure's John Finnemore.
John Finnemore's Double Acts: Six BBC Radio 4 Comedy Dramas Audio Download – Original recording
John Finnemore (Author), Alison Steadman (Narrator), Celia Imrie (Narrator), & 2 more
Winner of Best Radio Comedy, the Writer's Guild 2017.
Winner of Best Radio Sketch Show, Comedy.co.uk Awards 2016.
Celia Imrie, Alison Steadman, John Bird and Rebecca Front are among the cast of these six comedy two-handers written by Cabin Pressure's John Finnemore.
The stories are: 'A Flock of Tigers'; 'Wysinnwig'; 'Red-Handed'; 'The Goliath Window'; 'English for Pony-Lovers'; and 'Hot Desk'.
Also among the cast are Charles Edwards, Isy Sutie, Lawrie Lewin, John Finnemore, Simon Kane, Beth Mullen, Matthew Baynton and Jenny Bede.
Cast:
Dolorosa.............Celia Imrie
Edmund..............Charles Edwards
Written by John Finnemore
Produced by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.
Listen in A Flock of Tigers - John Finnemore's Double Acts (Episode 1) of John Finnemore's Double Acts Series - A seemingly ordinary train ride turns into an unexpected adventure for Edmund and Dolorosa
A seemingly ordinary train ride turns into an unexpected adventure for Edmund and Dolorosa.
Celia Imrie and Charles Edwards star in the first of six two-handers written by Cabin Pressure's John Finnemore.
John Finnemore's Double Acts: Six BBC Radio 4 Comedy Dramas Audio Download – Original recording
John Finnemore (Author), Alison Steadman (Narrator), Celia Imrie (Narrator), & 2 more
Winner of Best Radio Comedy, the Writer's Guild 2017.
Winner of Best Radio Sketch Show, Comedy.co.uk Awards 2016.
Celia Imrie, Alison Steadman, John Bird and Rebecca Front are among the cast of these six comedy two-handers written by Cabin Pressure's John Finnemore.
The stories are: 'A Flock of Tigers'; 'Wysinnwig'; 'Red-Handed'; 'The Goliath Window'; 'English for Pony-Lovers'; and 'Hot Desk'.
Also among the cast are Charles Edwards, Isy Sutie, Lawrie Lewin, John Finnemore, Simon Kane, Beth Mullen, Matthew Baynton and Jenny Bede.
Cast:
Dolorosa.............Celia Imrie
Edmund..............Charles Edwards
Written by John Finnemore
Produced by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.
Cabin Pressure, Series 1 Episode 1 of 6
Cabin Pressure, Series 1 Episode 1 of 6 - Abu Dhabi
Listen in Cabin Pressure, Series 1 Episode 1/6 Taking off with a bump for pilot Martin - the ups and downs of a tiny charter airline.
Sitcom about the pilots of a tiny charter airline for whom no job is too small and many jobs are too difficult.
The town of Bristol, a cat and a thermostat combine to present Martin with a career-breaking crisis.
Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ...... Stephanie Cole
First Officer Douglas Richardson ...... Roger Allam
Capt Martin Crieff ...... Benedict Cumberbatch
Arthur Shappey ...... John Finnemore
ATC Fitton ...... Ewen MacIntosh
Written by John Finnemore.
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Cabin Pressure, Series 1 Episode 1/6 Abu Dhabi
First broadcast: Wednesday 2nd July 2008
The town of Bristol, a cat and a thermostat combine to present Martin with a career-breaking crisis. A flight to the Middle East is complicated by Carolyn's new economy drive; Martin's insistence that Douglas call him 'Sir'; and Arthur's refusal to believe that anyone actually knows how a plane stays in the air.
Cast & crew:
Regular cast:
Benedict Cumberbatch Martin
Roger Allam Douglas
Stephanie Cole Carolyn
John Finnemore Arthur
Guest cast:
Ewen MacIntosh Air Traffic Controller
Writing team:
John Finnemore Writer
Production team:
David Tyler Producer
Press
"Well-defined characters, strong casting and great writing do a good sitcom make. Sounds easy, but few get it right. I am, therefore, delighted to announce that this new series is so funny that I listened to it three times in a row, laughing more loudly each time at the lines I now knew were coming.
It's set in a small airline company staffed by two pilots and run by a forbidding 60-something woman who, one of her staff suggests, sharpens rather than brushes her teeth in the morning. Roger Allam's character is on a par with Basil Fawlty as the embittered pilot on his way down.
Jane Anderson, Radio Times, 2nd July 2008"
"John Finnemore's new situation comedy has the benefit of a superb cast. Roger Allam, Stephanie Cole and Benedict Cumberbatch give their all to this story of a small charter airline whose single plane is flown by one blasé old know-it-all (Allam) and one fiercely competitive young thruster (Cumberbatch). The whole shebang is owned by a fearsome divorcée (Cole) who has come by the plane in a divorce settlement. Her other inheritance is a dim son (played by the author) whose meek optimism is amply reflected in the laughter from the studio audience.
Gillian Reynolds, The Telegraph, 2nd July 2008"
"The fear and joys of flying have been a comedy staple for decades, and every joke it is possible to make has probably been made. The challenge is to tell the old jokes in a new way. So step forward, experienced wordsmith (Dead Ringers, That Mitchell and Webb Sound) John Finnemore, with this new six-part sitcom about a one-plane outfit run by an autocratic divorcée (Stephanie Cole, doing her usual posh bully bit).
Her aircraft has two pilots, one a jaded cynic with a dodgy past who can, though, actually fly (played to worldweary perfection by Roger Allam) and one who seemed to have got his wings through a correspondence college (Benedict Cumberbatch, showing he can do situation comedy as well as he does everything else in the thesp game).
Chuck in Finnemore himself as Cole's keen but dim son-of-all work, plus an unusually high level of well-researched technical information about flying, and you have a half-hour that flies by (fnaarg fnaarg).
Chris Campling, The Times, 2nd July 2008"
Listen in Cabin Pressure, Series 1 Episode 1/6 Taking off with a bump for pilot Martin - the ups and downs of a tiny charter airline.
Sitcom about the pilots of a tiny charter airline for whom no job is too small and many jobs are too difficult.
The town of Bristol, a cat and a thermostat combine to present Martin with a career-breaking crisis.
Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ...... Stephanie Cole
First Officer Douglas Richardson ...... Roger Allam
Capt Martin Crieff ...... Benedict Cumberbatch
Arthur Shappey ...... John Finnemore
ATC Fitton ...... Ewen MacIntosh
Written by John Finnemore.
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Cabin Pressure, Series 1 Episode 1/6 Abu Dhabi
First broadcast: Wednesday 2nd July 2008
The town of Bristol, a cat and a thermostat combine to present Martin with a career-breaking crisis. A flight to the Middle East is complicated by Carolyn's new economy drive; Martin's insistence that Douglas call him 'Sir'; and Arthur's refusal to believe that anyone actually knows how a plane stays in the air.
Cast & crew:
Regular cast:
Benedict Cumberbatch Martin
Roger Allam Douglas
Stephanie Cole Carolyn
John Finnemore Arthur
Guest cast:
Ewen MacIntosh Air Traffic Controller
Writing team:
John Finnemore Writer
Production team:
David Tyler Producer
Press
"Well-defined characters, strong casting and great writing do a good sitcom make. Sounds easy, but few get it right. I am, therefore, delighted to announce that this new series is so funny that I listened to it three times in a row, laughing more loudly each time at the lines I now knew were coming.
It's set in a small airline company staffed by two pilots and run by a forbidding 60-something woman who, one of her staff suggests, sharpens rather than brushes her teeth in the morning. Roger Allam's character is on a par with Basil Fawlty as the embittered pilot on his way down.
Jane Anderson, Radio Times, 2nd July 2008"
"John Finnemore's new situation comedy has the benefit of a superb cast. Roger Allam, Stephanie Cole and Benedict Cumberbatch give their all to this story of a small charter airline whose single plane is flown by one blasé old know-it-all (Allam) and one fiercely competitive young thruster (Cumberbatch). The whole shebang is owned by a fearsome divorcée (Cole) who has come by the plane in a divorce settlement. Her other inheritance is a dim son (played by the author) whose meek optimism is amply reflected in the laughter from the studio audience.
Gillian Reynolds, The Telegraph, 2nd July 2008"
"The fear and joys of flying have been a comedy staple for decades, and every joke it is possible to make has probably been made. The challenge is to tell the old jokes in a new way. So step forward, experienced wordsmith (Dead Ringers, That Mitchell and Webb Sound) John Finnemore, with this new six-part sitcom about a one-plane outfit run by an autocratic divorcée (Stephanie Cole, doing her usual posh bully bit).
Her aircraft has two pilots, one a jaded cynic with a dodgy past who can, though, actually fly (played to worldweary perfection by Roger Allam) and one who seemed to have got his wings through a correspondence college (Benedict Cumberbatch, showing he can do situation comedy as well as he does everything else in the thesp game).
Chuck in Finnemore himself as Cole's keen but dim son-of-all work, plus an unusually high level of well-researched technical information about flying, and you have a half-hour that flies by (fnaarg fnaarg).
Chris Campling, The Times, 2nd July 2008"
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