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John Finnemore, writer and star of Cabin Pressure, returns in four episodes of his own sketches, as heard on BBC Radio. These episodes feature a tiger with a gun, reveal the truth behind the war effort, visit some documentary-makers, has a big debate and then treats itself to a little trophy. Plus, there are also some musical interludes from the zoo. John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme is written by and stars John Finnemore (The Now Show, Miranda, That Mitchell and Webb Look). It also features Carrie Quinlan (The News Quiz, The Late Edition), Lawry Lewin (The Life & Times of Vivienne Vyle, Horrible Histories) and Simon Kane (Six Impossible Things).
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John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme: The Complete Series 2
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- Narrated by: John Finnemore
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
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The complete second series of BBC Radio 4's award-winning sketch show - winner of the Chortle Radio Award of the Year. In these six episodes, which make up the complete second series, you'll hear some moth-based lunacy, an awkward celestial relationship, a heart-warming tale of the days before health and safety, and how The Archers sounds to people who don't listen to The Archers - plus many other sketches featuring acute observations and wonderful wordplay.
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Insomnia song.
- By Marissa on 09-07-13
By: John Finnemore
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Cabin Pressure
- By: John Finnemore
- Narrated by: Stephanie Cole, Roger Allam, Benedict Cumberbatch
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
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John Finnemore (Dead Ringers & Mitchell & Webb) has written this brilliant new sitcom starring Stephanie Cole, Roger Allam & Benedict Cumberbatch. Cabin Pressure is set in a small airline business. The flipside of the glamorous world of international airlines.
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Mad Cap Comedy Silliness By The Experts
- By Sara on 02-21-15
By: John Finnemore
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John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme: Series 8
- The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Sketch Show
- By: John Finnemore
- Narrated by: John Finnemore, full cast, Carrie Quinlan, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
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John Finnemore presents the eighth series of his multi-award-winning Souvenir Programme. John Finnemore, creator and star of Cabin Pressure and John Finnemore’s Double Acts, is back with series 8 of his highly acclaimed radio sketch show, winner of the Academy Silver Award, a Broadcasting Press Guild award and two BBC Audio Drama awards.
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Very disappointing
- By DonJon on 10-07-19
By: John Finnemore
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John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
- The Complete Series 3 & 4
- By: John Finnemore
- Narrated by: a full cast, John Finnemore, Carrie Quinlan
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
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The complete third and fourth series of BBC Radio 4’s award-winning sketch show, written by and starring the writer of Cabin Pressure. In the third and fourth series of his hit sketch show, John Finnemore examines a typically eclectic range of issues including making friends, the problem with polymath bestselling authors, the colour of posh men’s trousers, and a history of choice.
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Comedy gold from Finnemore and company
- By Emily on 12-29-14
By: John Finnemore
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John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme: Series 5
- The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Sketch Show
- By: John Finnemore
- Narrated by: John Finnemore
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
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The complete fifth series of BBC Radio 4's award-winning sketch show, written by and starring the writer of Cabin Pressure. John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme has won a host of awards, including the 2015 BBC Audio Drama Award for Best Scripted Comedy with Live Audience. Written by and starring John Finnemore, this fifth series of the hit show returns with more witty wordplay and laugh-out-loud sketches.
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Very funny
- By Diana on 08-02-17
By: John Finnemore
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John Finnemore's Double Acts
- Six BBC Radio 4 Comedy Dramas
- By: John Finnemore
- Narrated by: Alison Steadman, Celia Imrie, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
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Winner of the Writers Guild Award for Best Radio Comedy and the Comedy.co.uk awards for Best Radio Sketch Show! Celia Imrie, Alison Steadman, John Bird and Rebecca Front are among the cast of these BBC Radio 4 comedy dramas from the writer and producers of Cabin Pressure. These six self-contained duologues, each one brimming with humour and charm, come from the pen of John Finnemore, author and star of the award-winning John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme.
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If you like stories
- By Hanna Raspel on 02-04-16
By: John Finnemore
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John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme: The Complete Series 2
- By: John Finnemore
- Narrated by: John Finnemore
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
- Original Recording
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Story
The complete second series of BBC Radio 4's award-winning sketch show - winner of the Chortle Radio Award of the Year. In these six episodes, which make up the complete second series, you'll hear some moth-based lunacy, an awkward celestial relationship, a heart-warming tale of the days before health and safety, and how The Archers sounds to people who don't listen to The Archers - plus many other sketches featuring acute observations and wonderful wordplay.
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Insomnia song.
- By Marissa on 09-07-13
By: John Finnemore
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Cabin Pressure
- By: John Finnemore
- Narrated by: Stephanie Cole, Roger Allam, Benedict Cumberbatch
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Story
John Finnemore (Dead Ringers & Mitchell & Webb) has written this brilliant new sitcom starring Stephanie Cole, Roger Allam & Benedict Cumberbatch. Cabin Pressure is set in a small airline business. The flipside of the glamorous world of international airlines.
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Mad Cap Comedy Silliness By The Experts
- By Sara on 02-21-15
By: John Finnemore
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John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme: Series 8
- The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Sketch Show
- By: John Finnemore
- Narrated by: John Finnemore, full cast, Carrie Quinlan, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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John Finnemore presents the eighth series of his multi-award-winning Souvenir Programme. John Finnemore, creator and star of Cabin Pressure and John Finnemore’s Double Acts, is back with series 8 of his highly acclaimed radio sketch show, winner of the Academy Silver Award, a Broadcasting Press Guild award and two BBC Audio Drama awards.
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Very disappointing
- By DonJon on 10-07-19
By: John Finnemore
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John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
- The Complete Series 3 & 4
- By: John Finnemore
- Narrated by: a full cast, John Finnemore, Carrie Quinlan
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall
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Performance
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The complete third and fourth series of BBC Radio 4’s award-winning sketch show, written by and starring the writer of Cabin Pressure. In the third and fourth series of his hit sketch show, John Finnemore examines a typically eclectic range of issues including making friends, the problem with polymath bestselling authors, the colour of posh men’s trousers, and a history of choice.
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Comedy gold from Finnemore and company
- By Emily on 12-29-14
By: John Finnemore
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John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme: Series 5
- The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Sketch Show
- By: John Finnemore
- Narrated by: John Finnemore
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
The complete fifth series of BBC Radio 4's award-winning sketch show, written by and starring the writer of Cabin Pressure. John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme has won a host of awards, including the 2015 BBC Audio Drama Award for Best Scripted Comedy with Live Audience. Written by and starring John Finnemore, this fifth series of the hit show returns with more witty wordplay and laugh-out-loud sketches.
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Very funny
- By Diana on 08-02-17
By: John Finnemore
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John Finnemore's Double Acts
- Six BBC Radio 4 Comedy Dramas
- By: John Finnemore
- Narrated by: Alison Steadman, Celia Imrie, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall
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Winner of the Writers Guild Award for Best Radio Comedy and the Comedy.co.uk awards for Best Radio Sketch Show! Celia Imrie, Alison Steadman, John Bird and Rebecca Front are among the cast of these BBC Radio 4 comedy dramas from the writer and producers of Cabin Pressure. These six self-contained duologues, each one brimming with humour and charm, come from the pen of John Finnemore, author and star of the award-winning John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme.
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If you like stories
- By Hanna Raspel on 02-04-16
By: John Finnemore
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John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme: 2023-2025
- The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Sketch Show
- By: John Finnemore
- Narrated by: John Finnemore, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
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In 2023 John Finnemore and the Souvenir Programme team returned to Radio 4 with a new format – annual, one-off, 45-minute Specials. Some are in the style of Series 1-8, with sketches, jokes and songs, while others are more discursive and experimental, like Series 9. Collected together here, they all feature his trusty ensemble cast of Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan.
By: John Finnemore
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Nebulous: The Complete Series 1-3
- A BBC Radio Sci-Fi Comedy
- By: Graham Duff
- Narrated by: Mark Gatiss, Rosie Cavaliero, Graham Duff, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
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The year is 2099 and planet Earth is in crisis. A change in its orbit has resulted in days being 25 hours long (except Thursday, which hasn't existed for over a decade) and the extra months of Janril, Febtober, and Marchuary. In a post-apocalyptic England, the cattle-clasm has wiped out the majority of livestock and climate change has formed the drizzly season of Hamble. However, hope is at hand for the planet in the form of Professor Nebulous.
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Too Stupid
- By Zero Calvin on 10-19-24
By: Graham Duff
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John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme: Series 9
- The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Sketch Show
- By: John Finnemore
- Narrated by: John Finnemore, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
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The complete ninth series of BBC Radio 4's award-winning sketch show. John Finnemore returns with his multi-award-winning sketch show, but this series is very different to the previous eight. There are still sketches and songs, and it's still written and performed by him and his usual fantastic ensemble cast - but with no live studio audience, John has taken the opportunity to try something new.
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Not really "The souvenir Programme"
- By Chris Anderson on 11-07-21
By: John Finnemore
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Cabin Pressure: Molokai (Christmas Special 2010)
- By: John Finnemore
- Narrated by: Stephanie Cole, Benedict Cumberbatch
- Length: 27 mins
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In this Christmas special 'Molokai' - It's Christmas morning, but when Carolyn schedules an extra stop-off to the Hawaiian island of Molokai, Arthur has just seven minutes to celebrate Christmas. Stephanie Cole, Benedict Cumberbatch & Roger Allam star in the second series of the hit sitcom about the tiny charter airline for whom no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult.
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I can't believe I missed this Cabin Pressure.
- By Shopper Mom on 04-15-15
By: John Finnemore
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John Finnemore's Double Acts: Series 2
- 6 full-cast radio dramas
- By: John Finnemore
- Narrated by: John Finnemore
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
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This is the second series of one-off comedies written by the genius behind the smash-hit radio sitcom Cabin Pressure - John Finnemore. The first series won the coveted Writers Guild of Great Britain award for Best Comedy. Each show is a comedy perfumed by just two actors - including (across the series) famous household names such as Martin Clunes ( Doc Martin), Julia McKenzie ( Fresh Fields) and the inimitable voice of Carolyn in Cabin Pressure, Stephanie Cole.
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Mixed Bag
- By Maineiac on 08-06-17
By: John Finnemore
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John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme: Series 7
- By: John Finnemore
- Narrated by: full cast, John Finnemore
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
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Six more episodes of BBC Radio 4's multi-award-winning sketch show, written by and starring John Finnemore. John Finnemore, writer and star of Cabin Pressure and John Finnemore's Double Acts, returns for a seventh series of his hugely acclaimed Souvenir Programme, which won him Radio Broadcaster of the Year at the 2016 Broadcasting Press Guild Awards. Expect sketches! Expect songs! They're what made up the previous series, so it seems a pretty safe bet that that's what will be in this series as well.
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Some great moments
- By Gudrun on 05-29-18
By: John Finnemore
What listeners say about John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme: The Complete Series 1
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- Greg Isaacs
- 05-27-19
Brilliant!
John Finnemore is my new favorite comedian! Guaranteed to make your brain laugh out loud
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- David
- 11-02-15
Love the show, although its best work comes later
I love JFSP, and listen to it often. While my favorite material is in the second and third collections of the show, there's still plenty of Finnemore's smart zaniness to make this an oft-played collection.
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- Marissa
- 09-02-13
So very special in every special way...
If you could sum up John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme: The Complete Series 1 in three words, what would they be?
Marmite-flavored toothpaste
What did you like best about this story?
It is basically a consistently funny sketch show. If ever there were an elusive creation, that would be it: consistently funny sketch comedy. Almost every skit is right on target, hilarious, well-acted, and well-paced.
What does John Finnemore bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
His voice has the ability to make me instantly want to smile. It is reflexive at this point. The sound of his voice is irreversibly linked in my mind to happiness and laughter.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
YES! However, I love to simply relisten to favorite pieces as well--I can't refrain from sharing them with just about anybody I can get to listen (anyone who has needed a car ride from me in the last eight months is now very familiar with John Finnemore's comedy shows, both souvenir programme and cabin pressure)
Any additional comments?
Listen to it! It will be one of the best choices you could possibly make for your time.
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- R. Masterson
- 05-05-15
John Finnemore is a genius!
I loved his Cabin Pressure radio play and have listened to it at least 4 times through so far. I'm glad to have found something else by him. My only complaint is that he's not more prolific! I'd listen to him read the phone book. I bet it would still be hilarious!
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- Marie Walker
- 11-29-22
Fun and fast paced.
This was a very fast pace series of vignettes. I found them to be funny, and the narrators were spot on.
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- Geoff the Geezer
- 02-07-15
Terrific and I loved it
Great quality sketch comedy, which will be enjoyable again from time to time. I'm going to get Series 2 right away!
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- Jordan
- 02-21-19
Endlessly amazing
I can’t even count how many times I’ve listened to this show. The skits are amazingly funny, and many show true touches of genius. Some are purely entertainment, but in others, the wordplay and satire, while always good-natured, are incredibly smart. The cast is versatile and talented, and John Finnemore himself is, of course, the cornerstone of the comedy here. I often laugh out loud in public while I’m listening, even though I’ve heard every sketch at least half a dozen times by now. If you love Cabin Pressure, you’ll love this. If you’ve never heard Cabin Pressure, just buy both.
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- godsbooklover
- 12-23-16
Hilarious, clever sketch comedy
John Fennemore has the most fertile comic imagination I've ever had the delight to laugh at. Each sketch original and unpredictable and laugh-out-loud g
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- Michelle H
- 03-24-20
Entertaining
I found this program to be both entertaining and a fun listen. Since I loved Cabin Pressure, I figured I'd give it a try.
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- Kathleen Cosgrove
- 09-25-15
Very funny
Very funny, entertaining. I fell in love with John Finnermore with Cabin Pressure. His wit and humor and sense of the ridiculous will give you all the fun you can with an audio book. If you're every blue or down or need a lift, give this a listen.
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