tealin | Cabin Pressure Advent: Timbuktu (Reply)

Cabin Pressure Series 4 Episode 1: Timbuktu

When 'Timbuktu' first aired, the city in question was indeed in the hands of a rebel faction in the Malian civil war. By the time Episode 2 aired, French and Malian forces had intervened and it was back under government control. It is possible this is coincidence, but I like to think there was a staffer in the French foreign affairs department, sneaking a cheeky listen pour improver son anglais, who thought 'Oh merde, this is still a thing! Let us, as they say, get our skates on!'

Timbuktu was back in the news about a week before Radio 4 Extra started rerunning Series 4. Coincidence? I don't know. But it does mean you can still catch the episode for another couple of weeks.

This illustration is nearly a year overdue, but I was having such trouble thumbnailing it last year*, and then the tendinitis came back. I hope to do the one for 'Yverdon-les-bains' by the time it airs, but I need to get a design for Theresa, so who knows...

*you wouldn't think it to look at it, which really didn't help with the frustration levels...