History Radio / CabinPressure

* FrenchJerk: The corrupt air traffic controller in 'Douz', who siphons off GERTI's fuel supply (leading to the air conditioning switching off) and parks four vehicles around the plane until he is paid the exorbitant fees he has charged them for their time at the airfield, which are also the exorbitant fees for the last plane he stranded there.

* SillyAnimalSounds: Martin and Arthur are driving a baggage cart 20 miles across the Spanish countryside to fetch a plane mechanic, singing 'One Man Went to Mow' to pass the time. Arthur replaces the 'woof woof!' with 'wah wah!' ("That's what French dogs say") because they're abroad. On the return journey, the plane engineer adds Spanish versions of Silly Animal Sounds to the mix.

''Cabin Pressure'' is a 2008 [[Creator/TheBBC BBC 4]] radio sitcom, written by Creator/JohnFinnemore, about a small charter airline – or, technically, an 'airdot', as you can't put only one aircraft in a line.

* {{Mondegreen}}: In "Molokai", Arthur is convinced the Christmas carol goes "Get dressed, ye merry gentlemen." Martin and Douglas argue over whether it's actually [[AmbiguousSyntax "God rest ye, merry gentlemen" or "God rest ye merry, gentlemen."]]

'''Sargent:''' No, sir, I wasn’t a sergeant because as we just established, I was in the R.A.-bleedin’-F., not the bleedin’ Army, so I was a ''warrant officer''. And since my name is not Warren Tofficer, this occasioned no bleedin’ mirth whatsoever.

* HollywoodToneDeaf: John Finnemore can sing just fine. ''Arthur's'' singing is painful (as heard in "Fitton" and "Zurich").

* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:The series ends with MJN flying to Addis Ababa, and starting another word game.]]

AllThereInTheManual: Inversion. According to John Finnemore, the '''only''' canon is what appears in the broadcast episodes. He is happy to answer questions, but on the basis that his WordOfGod is officially unofficial.

** Maxi, [[AChildShallLeadThem the King of Liechtenstein.]] He's fond of threatening to chop off the heads of schoolmates who make fun of him, which [[NotSoDifferent Martin recognises]] as the same kind of petty pomposity he resorts to.

* NotSoDifferent: Martin is terribly jealous of the actor Carolyn hires in "Rotterdam" to record a welcome video, thinking he makes a far more convincing airline captain than he does himself. He eventually finds out the guy is an amateur (and not very good) actor who's waived his fee in order to get some work, and who drives a taxi to pay the bills.

'''Arthur:''' Yes they are! Like in ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' when they find Nemo. Or in ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' when the woman gets a go on the plane. [...] I suppose maybe ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}'' when you’re meant to be happy that Mowgli goes off with the boring girl to the human village instead of hanging out with Baloo and Bagheera. That’s a kind of sad happy ending.

Much of the humour comes from the tension between the two pilots, Carolyn's penny pinching ways, and Arthur's stupidity.

* AllThereInTheManual: Inversion. According to John Finnemore, the '''only''' canon is what appears in the broadcast episodes. He is happy to answer questions, but on the basis that his WordOfGod is officially unofficial.

* BeenThereShapedHistory: In the first ''Cabin Fever'' quarantine video, Arthur talks about a fantastic trip they did recently, taking some really nice guys out to find a site for their new factory, all over China, South Korea...and then back home to Milan.

* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: Hester Macauley has long since gotten fed up of hearing people say "I'm your biggest fan". ''Especially'' when they're only a fan of ''Quest for Camelot'', [[MoneyDearBoy a role she took because her little cat needed a dialysis machine]], rather than her award-winning stage performances.

* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: Hester Macauley has long since gotten fed up of hearing people say "I'm your biggest fan". ''Especially'' when they're only a fan of ''Quest for Camelot'', rather than her award-winning stage performances.

** 'Zurich' features [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus two men repeatedly saying "Bruce" in bad Australian accents]].

** 'Zurich' features [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus two men repeatedly addressing "Bruce" in bad Australian accents]].

* DangerDeadpan: Douglas during the [[spoiler:bird strike and engine fire]] in “St. Petersburg.” Outside of a quick, “Christ!”, he sounds calm and measured. Martin remains professional and lands the plane ‘’despite’’ sounding scared out of his mind.

** Parodied by the video spin-off "Cabin Fever", which is about Arthur in self-isolation during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic - ''every'' episode is called "Fitton".