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some yellow cabin pressure things
Cabin Pressure season 4 | 2/6 | Uskerty
(From TV Tropes) According to John Finnemore’s blog, he promised Benedict that he wouldn’t put in Sherlock references just for the sake of it. True to his word, in an episode where Martin attempts to track down a missing bottle of whiskey with his trusty sidekick Arthur, he is repeatedly likened to … Miss Marple. He also narrowly avoids quoting Sherlock Holmes in the line:
Martin: The thing is, we’ve taken away all the things that can’t possibly have happened, so I suppose the only thing that’s left, even though it seems really weird, must be the thing that did happen in fact!
Douglas: …Snappily put.
Cabin Pressure (Series 4, Episode 2)
✈ click to listen —> Uskerty | (2/6)
(Also if any of this information is wrong, please someone inform me!)
(Many heartfelt thanks to my proofreader, rox712! And thank you, accio-who-lock for providing information in your post that I wouldn’t have had otherwise!)
HAPPY BIRLING DAY EVERYONE!
Reblog4 months ago with 91 notesDon’t forget to tune in to Radio 4 tonight at 6.30pm (UK time) for the new episode Timbuktu!
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?
In other, closely related news, the title of the next episode has been revealed to be Uskerty (which Google tells me is in Ireland). There is no description for the episode (yet), but I’ll keep an eye out!
And lastly, John finally posted a blog entry again last night! To say I’m excited for those plot points may be a bit of an understatement…though that goose is giving me flashbacks to St. Petersburg D:
In celebration of TODAY I drew the cabin crew!
This easily wins the award for best thing I’ve seen on the internet today.
Cabin Pressure by John Finnemore. Starring Stephanie Cole as Carolyn, Roger Allam as Douglas, Benedict Cumberbatch as Martin and John Finnemore as Arthur!
dumb cabin pressure headcanons I have adopted
- Arthur Shappey wears those shoes that kids wear with the heels that light up when you step down
- Martin hadn’t expected to get the job at MJN so when he managed to talk his way into it he was a bit underprepared and had to do some night before shopping. Because of this he has a pink travel bag because it was the cheapest practical suitcase he could get. Douglas teases him about it because it looks like something a stewardess might use.
- Carolyn got Snoopadoop after her divorce, her excuse is that it was to cheer Arthur up but really Snoopadoop always been more her dog anyway.
- Douglas used to take his daughter to disneyland every time he had a trip going that way and he had the time. He can’t do that anymore but whenever they talk on the phone she wears her mickey mouse ears. Douglas has a goofy keychain on his side.
- Sometimes on stormy nights the roof of Martin’s attic leaks and he has to sit on a floor with a bucket and some bowls to catch the water, reading his books on planes by torchlight because there’s a chance the fuse will go out if he turns on the light with the water in the roof.
- When Arthur was five he snuck into the kitchen before his birthday party and ate the entire cake all by himself. It may have been the sneakiest thing Arthur’ ever done but the effect was spoilt when he threw up in the pot plants.
- Douglas is perfectly capable of dancing, thank you very much, but you will never get him to do a line dance sober.
- Martin once had a day where the vending machine gave him two packets of crisps, he found some change in his clean pants that gave him enough for some actually nice coffee from a cafe near the student digs, a child at Fitton Airport had looked at him in awe while clutching a toy plane, and he spent the afternoon going over his log books while watching the planes coming and going during stand by. (Not an interesting head canon but I like to think Martin has good days are filled with small things)
- Carolyn only has six numbers on speed dial: emergency services, her lawyer, Arthur, Her two idiot pilots, and Herc
- Arthur is actually a really competent driver, he just likes being a passenger more because then he can look out the windows and pretend his hand is a dolphin in the wind.
I love every single one of these
also the bit about the child with an airplane toy made my heart ache
oh my gosh my feelings
Reblog9 months ago with 43 notesArthur Shappey’s Toblerone Cookies
Sorry St Petersburg-ians, I’m afraid you might have to sit this one out – but everyone else, be sure to pick up a Toblerone next time you pass through an airport because these are not to be missed! In true Cabin Pressure style, it took us three attempts to perfect this recipe, because we knew exactly what we wanted for Arthur’s dream-bake: fat, indulgent cookies, studded with giant chunks of Toblerone, melty soft in the middle with that unique chocolate-honey-nougat flavour soaked all the way through. And lucky for him we cracked it, because this cookie recipe is as close to perfect as we’ve ever baked! Yellow car!
Ingredients (for about 16)
- 150g butter
- 75g caster sugar
- 50g light, soft brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 175g plain flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- Toblerone! I used a standard 100g bar, but ideally you’d want about one and a half. If I were doing this again I’d hunt down a milk and white Toblerone and use two thirds of each, but feel free to pick your own favourite flavours.
Also, I can’t officially endorse this
because I’m an idiot and left the bottle at Amy’s so couldn’t try itbut it might be nice to splash a bit of almond extract in there to bring out the nutty flavour in the chocolate. Your call!
- Preheat the oven to gas mark 4, 180°C or 350°F. Grease and line a couple of baking trays.
- Cream the butter with the white and brown sugar.
- Beat the egg, vanilla and honey together and pour in gradually while stirring.
- Sift the flour and baking powder into the mix and beat into a smooth dough.
- Chop up the Toblerone then work it into the dough.
- Glop the dough onto the tray, using a big teaspoon’s worth for each cookie. Make sure to give them enough space to expand.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes. It’s important not to leave these in for too long, otherwise you lose that gorgeous gooey centre! Whip them out as soon as the top is golden and crispy.
- Transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool.
