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Cabin Pressure, Series 4 Episode 1 of 6

Duration:
30 minutes
First broadcast:
Wednesday 09 January 2013

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...

Episode 1:

Hooray hooray, it's Birling Day once more, where the crew traditionally swap their dignity for cash! But where have all the camels gone? And why is Arthur reading a book?

Cast:
Carolyn Knapp-Shappey.........................Stephanie Cole
1st Officer Douglas Richardson................Roger Allam
Capt. Martin Crieff...................................Benedict Cumberbatch
Arthur Shappey.......................................John Finnemore
Mr. Birling...............................................Geoffrey Whitehead
Giancarlo................................................Steve Brody

Written by John Finnemore
Produced and directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.

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