A thousand strawberry lollies and the Princess of Liechtenstein - any Cabin Pressure fans around?

[DominicCummingsGilet]

I’ve just been binging on Cabin pressure and then I saw this news story - an off duty EasyJet pilot was going on holiday but they were delayed as waiting for a relief crew. He had his licence and was within hours so offered to fly the plane and they accepted. It made me think of Martin’s interview with Swiss Air when he said he never went anywhere without his pilot’s licence!! I think I might need a life

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/easyjet-flight-delayed-just-call-up-a-passenger-jhj86psrh?shareToken=6768f2462ca113328218b594f4599912

I’d love it to come back!

Thanks for that Bugger. Dd and I got one wrong

Just watched it and now feel like a genius 🤣
(But the questions didn't require "learning the manual" did they ...)

I forgot Stephanie Cole’s name - the shame!

Caroline - what’s her sisters name?

What job does Martin’s brother do?

Is it town planner? Certainly local council job

Yep - not “something big in the government”.

What does Arthur try, but fail, to buy in the airport?

I thought the question that started with something about every episode and Bendict Cumberpatch, was going to ask which episode he didnt star in or which other actor played Martin Crief....Asking what was the final 2 part episode was as insulting as asking who wrote it!

Ooh I I've spelt it wrong, he's batch not patch isn't he?

Benedict Cumberbatch

Those were not specialist subject level questions.

We love this - all obsessed but especially DS2 who is 10. I think that the moment when Martin says 'Allo' in a very small voice after being introduced as Martin Du Crieff is potentially the funniest thing ever.

Also obsessed with Souvenir Programme. DS 2 taught his whole class the words to Captain Dinosaur when doing a presentation a couple of years ago!

Herc is it candles?

What does Arthur try, but fail, to buy in the airport?

Well, at one stage, he's stressed because there aren't any Toblerones:

I mean, OK, sometimes they don’t have the white ones or the black ones, but not even to have the normal ones!

Toblerones, but he has to leave the airport in Timbuktu to get a book about bears.

@DominicCummingsGilet I heard that story and thought the exact same thing!
We love Cabin pressure.

Today is my birthday. I have been given the full set of cds!

Huzzah, going away for the weekend so lots of happy listening

Happy birthday!

I’m relieved to hear I’m not the only one who thought of Martin when seeing the news story

Toblerones!

Thank you :)

Tempted to start listening now, but I'd better wait for DH

I think I may have to buy the CDs, I feel the urgent need to start listening at Abu Dhabi again and work all the way through.

We have them all (and all JF souvenir programmes) on audible and listen ad infinitum. They just get better the more you hear them!
And despite the number of times I've listened, I still get surprised by how many different elements there are each to episode.
To quote Arthur they are simply brilliant!

Question:

Should I listen to them in alphabetical or broadcast order?

They're all fairly stand alone episodes so switching one for the next doesn't really make much difference, jumping far forward would though imo re characters and plots.

For some reason on my Audible Helsinki came before Gdansk. I like the alphabetical theme though.

Not sure that's a v helpful answer as don't know about broadcast dates!

The minor alterations in the broadcast order don't really matter - they were written to be listened to in alphabetical order more or less but the episodes do stand alone. Things, especially the relationships, change from season to season but unless you're jumping straight from S1 to S3 or 4 that shouldn't really matter.