BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / Cabin pressure

**Posted by Davina** July 22, 2012 9:29 pm

Listening to the radio and programmes like Cabin Pressure really help with a language don't they. You can't get contextual clues from the screen like you can with the TV and it really helps with intonation etc. a really, really good way to hone your listening skills.

**Posted by Irene Adler** July 22, 2012 9:59 pm

Davina wrote:
Listening to the radio and programmes like Cabin Pressure really help with a language don't they. You can't get contextual clues from the screen like you can with the TV and it really helps with intonation etc. a really, really good way to hone your listening skills.

Indeed it is. I owe so much to this programme... I came back from London really happy because I was able to understand almost everyone. And yes, the lack of image and, above all, subtitles, is really helpful. I have to concentrate much more than watching a movie, but it's worth it

**Posted by SusiGo** July 23, 2012 6:04 am

It's great to hear how the slightest inflections can change the meaning of a whole sentence. Especially Roger Allam is absolutely brilliant in doing this. I love their voices so much, they're just perfect for the characters.
And, Mattlocked, I hope you'll master the rules of Yellow Car, they're not as easy as you might think .

**Posted by Mattlocked** July 23, 2012 6:19 am

Irene, I really wonder that listening to CP helps you so much understanding when you were in London.
I have no problems to understand the conversations at CP, but I thought the main reason is that it is recorded for radio broadcast, so they speak up a bit more than in movies..?
Anyway, I'm convinced that listening to CP, watching undubbed movies and hanging around here helps a lot to learn!

Susi, yellow car didn't sound that complicated to me so far... But I'm having a slight idea what the crew can make out of it...

**Posted by SusiGo** July 23, 2012 7:06 am

Just joking, Mattlocked . Even Arthur understands it, so we should be up to it as well.

As for understanding people: The point is that the actors on CP speak in a very clear and pronounced way. As soon as you get dialect or people that are no native speakers - which happens quite often in London - it gets tricky. I remember when I wanted to buy a cappuccino and the girl behind the counter asked "Chocolate topping on the cappuccino" three times and I simply didn't understand her. Could have been a totally different language.

**Posted by SusiGo** July 23, 2012 12:40 pm

Just finished series 3. Now I can start again from the beginning. Irene, Martin's tape recording was brilliant and as for his stalking - I guess it's nice he's found a soulmate who also does his dream job for free . But I'm not sure if I don't like St. Petersburg even better. I listened to it while cycling and nearly fell off the bike laughing. And then at the supermarket I forgot my keys in the bike basket there for everone to see! Luckily they were still there when I came back from shopping. But that's what CP does to me .

Alright, then - rhyming journeys

**Posted by Irene Adler** July 23, 2012 5:08 pm

York to... New York?

Yes, Saint Petersburg is great too. I really love series 3. But the recording issue in Rotterdam is so hilarious... the competition between Douglas and Herc, Arthur and his safety demonstration (and his "hello"), Martin's "hi, guuuys"... And the beginning...

DOUGLAS: Hello, MJN Air, is that God?
HERC: I wouldn't go so far...

**Posted by Davina** July 23, 2012 5:49 pm

From Hull to Mull.

**Posted by SusiGo** July 23, 2012 5:55 pm

From China to North Carolina.

Irene, I love the customs game as you can see from my signature.

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**Posted by Irene Adler** July 23, 2012 6:02 pm

SusiGo wrote:
From China to North Carolina.

Irene, I love the customs game as you can see from my signature.

I can see, yes
So after this, should we play Brians of Britain?

By the way... from Madrid to Valladolid

**Posted by Davina** July 23, 2012 6:49 pm

From Dublin to Lublin.

**Posted by veecee** July 24, 2012 8:24 pm

I'm afraid to read too much of this thread, as I've only heard the first series so far. My husband kindly downloaded the podcast and we listened with our houseguests as we drove about. Great hilarity in the car and big "whoops" when Martin mentions The Hound of the Baskerville(s).

**Posted by Mattlocked** July 24, 2012 8:34 pm

We could also play the game of people who aren't evil but have evil-sounding names - MOLLYYYY HOOOOPERRRRR

veecee, as long as they only play around with single sentences there should be no big spoilers. I will start with series 3 soon.
And, yes, "The Hound of the Baskerville(s)" - my husband asked: err, when were they recording this?

**Posted by Davina** July 24, 2012 9:33 pm

Davina McColl. Lol . I reckon Irene Adler could sound a bit evil! Molly just sounds too benign.

**Posted by veecee** July 24, 2012 9:38 pm

Mattlocked wrote:
We could also play the game of people who aren't evil but have evil-sounding names - MOLLYYYY HOOOOPERRRRR

veecee, as long as they only play around with single sentences there should be no big spoilers. I will start with series 3 soon.
And, yes, "The Hound of the Baskerville(s)" - my husband asked: err, when were they recording this?

Davina, thanks for your concern. I think I will be OK, as CP doesn't rely as much on suspense and surprise as Sherlock. Or does it?

Anyway, I hope to catch up soon.

**Posted by Irene Adler** July 24, 2012 9:43 pm

veecee wrote:
Mattlocked wrote:
We could also play the game of people who aren't evil but have evil-sounding names - MOLLYYYY HOOOOPERRRRR

veecee, as long as they only play around with single sentences there should be no big spoilers. I will start with series 3 soon.
And, yes, "The Hound of the Baskerville(s)" - my husband asked: err, when were they recording this?
Davina, thanks for your concern. I think I will be OK, as CP doesn't rely as much on suspense and surprise as Sherlock. Or does it?

Anyway, I hope to catch up soon.

Don't worry, veecee, Cabin Pressure doesn't rely on suspense, only in the great work of all the people involved. The acting is, in Douglas' own words, supppppperb . And as much as we reproduce jokes and lines here we can't reproduce their magnificent work.

And by the way, about the names of people that aren't evil buit could sound evil, I think "Benedict Cumberbatch", said with the appropriate intonation, could be a good one

**Posted by Davina** July 24, 2012 10:12 pm

Mark Gatiss...sounds pretty eeeevvviillll to me!

**Posted by SusiGo** July 25, 2012 6:25 am

What about Moffat? It does have a sinister undertone, doesn't it?

**Posted by The Doctor** July 25, 2012 7:53 am

Ah, we now rotated from the soundtrack to 'Cabin Pressure' on our long drives - brilliant

**Posted by Mattlocked** July 25, 2012 11:01 am

Just a little remark:
This morning I woke up and started to sing: "Get dressed you merry gentlemen..." - one day my husband will leave me. LOL