GHAAAA Cabin Pressure Helsinki
Yep. That is exactly the stage I'm at.
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
Sounds like someone needs a night nap
— David Tyler (@DavidTylerPozz) July 5, 2020
PS What is the MATTER with me? I mean Gdansk! Actual Gdansk! Gdansk Gdansk! Not Helsinki, which, it seems, is my poor tired over-deadlined brain's codeword for Gdansk... #cabinpressure
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
Oh my GOD what's the matter with me? Yes! It's been a long week.... #cabinpressure https://t.co/nG1B2QpECV
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
And that's it! See you again next week, for Helsinki. (Actual Helsinki, I mean. Helsinki Helsinki) https://t.co/wytGVjDaEq if you fancy buying me a coffee, but as always absolutely no need to.
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
Was tickled by how ensemble you all felt; really tight and the characters are beginning to show an ultimately profound affection for each other... #cabinpressure
— David Tyler (@DavidTylerPozz) July 5, 2020
To my surprise, I think we were right to make this the first episode, after all. They're a proper gang in this one. #cabinpressure
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
Now THAT'S a punchline Sir! @JohnFinnemore #cabinpressure
— David Tyler (@DavidTylerPozz) July 5, 2020
Awwwww. I still retch thinking about the cigarette-y fishcake. #cabinpressure
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
Arthur's finest hour? #cabinpressure
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
I think that line owes a debt to 'I'm not a violent man, Mr Fawlty....' 'Yes you are!' #cabinpressure
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
I think @mattgreencomedy should do more scenes in which he beats up Benedict Cumberbatch's character, leaving him screaming for mercy. #cabinpressure
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
I love that "not again" #cabinpressure
— David Tyler (@DavidTylerPozz) July 5, 2020
Douglas is at his most avuncular and helpful in this one, isn't he? Until Uskerty, anyway. #cabinpressure
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
'Milo' is of course named after Milo Minderbinder in Catch 22, founding father of Douglas' trading up game. #cabinpressure
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
He's DEFINITELY in Johnson's cabinet by now... #cabinpressure https://t.co/4vdS1s5fOy
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
... and the extra joy of having Simon in the cast is that he'll always do - if pressed - Alexander Orlov's "Simples" in the audience warm-up #cabinpressure
— David Tyler (@DavidTylerPozz) July 5, 2020
Simon Greenall! Being a marvellous Finn. #cabinpressure
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
Yes, Simon Greenall's finest Finnish accent! #cabinpressure
— David Tyler (@DavidTylerPozz) July 5, 2020
Wonderful writing in this scene - "career template"!#cabinpressure
— David Tyler (@DavidTylerPozz) July 5, 2020
Poor old Martin. He will just walk into it again and again... #cabinpressure
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
(By the way, the second tweet in this thread is obviously complete nonsense. For G read H, and vice versa. I appear to have forgotten the alphabet.) #cabinpressure
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
"Yes.... no, give it to me" is my favourite pause of the series #cabinpressure
— David Tyler (@DavidTylerPozz) July 5, 2020
I wrote that little exchange between Kieran and Arthur specially so that I got to do lines with @mattgreencomedy #cabinpressure
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
I love how subtly Stephanie manages the 'accent-slipping' here, without ever letting it get in the way of her timing. #cabinpressure
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
'At any given moment I never have fewer than seven ulterior motives in play' is Douglas' family motto.... #cabinpressure
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
Aha, hear Steph cunningly slightly match Alison's accent here as Carolyn gets crosser #cabinpressure
— David Tyler (@DavidTylerPozz) July 5, 2020
I can confirm @mattgreencomedy does indeed show exceptional leadership skills and goal focus. And he also, as you can hear, has funny bones. #cabinpressure
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
Oh Steph's timing here - and Roger's inbreath... #cabinpressure
— David Tyler (@DavidTylerPozz) July 5, 2020
YES YOU!!!!
— David Tyler (@DavidTylerPozz) July 5, 2020
The first of two utter monsters I've written for Alison Steadman to play. She's very nice really, I promise... #cabinpressure
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
Utter props to the brilliant @mattgreencomedy here #cabinpressure
— David Tyler (@DavidTylerPozz) July 5, 2020
'Cunning' Arthur is one of my favourite Arthurs to perform. #cabinpressure
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
ALISON STEADMAN! Yayyyy! MATT GREEN! Also Yayyyy! #cabinpressure
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
Yes, I see what David and I were thinking. All the main cast introduced one by one, doing their thing, before the guest stars arrive and steal focus... #cabinpressure
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
Glorious peak wrongness of the song #cabinpressure
— David Tyler (@DavidTylerPozz) July 5, 2020
Wow, more virtuoso monologuing from Roger. You can tell I've started writing for the actor's voices now, can't you? #cabinpressure
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
Nice to start Douglas and Martin out as friends this series. #cabinpressure
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
Could have been worse, we could have put Qikiqtarjuaq out before Abu Dhabi...
— David Tyler (@DavidTylerPozz) July 5, 2020
For the second series, I'd run out of monologue cold opens, and decided to do dialogues. Roger does this one like POETRY. #cabinpressure
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
(Wow, Q and A. Way to warm up the audience for our jolly comedy...) #cabinpressure
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
Why did we start with G rather than H? Because this was only the second series, and David and I felt Gdansk was a better introduction to the characters if you'd never heard series one. But the true order - which we restored for the complete CD collection - is H, G. #cabinpressure
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020
... and do please accept the gracious invite we issued at the time, back in the day when you used to put your phone number on such things... #cabinpressure pic.twitter.com/puhzkHTBOI
— David Tyler (@DavidTylerPozz) July 5, 2020
So! The repeat of series 2 of Cabin Pressure about to start on Radio 4, with Gdansk. I shall chunter about it in this thread, @DavidTylerPozz will chunter about it wherever he pleases. #cabinpressure
— John Finnemore (@JohnFinnemore) July 5, 2020