Stephanie Cole Benedict Cumberbatch & Roger Allam star in the third series of the hit sitcom about the tiny charter airline for whom no job is too small but many many jobs are too difficult. By John Finnemore (' The News Quiz' ' That Mitchell & Webb Sound') Run by the forbidding divorcee Carolyn Knapp-Shappey (an unfortunate marriage namewise but in Carolyn's opinion marginally better than Carolyn Shappey-Knapp) her two pilots are the smooth experienced & almost-certainly-fired-by-a-big-airline-for-all-round naughtiness Douglas & struggling almost-competent pilot & sweaty man Martin. All-round help is provided by Carolyn's near-idiot son Arthur
- In the first of the complete six episodes
- """" Qikiqtarjuaq""""
- when MJN Air flies a party of tourists near the North Pole Arthur goes hunting for polar bears Carolyn for a rogue lemon & Martin for a believable French accent
- Then we travel to episode 2
- """" Paris"""" & when a bottle of highly-expensive whisky goes missing Martin becomes the Miss Marple of MJN Air with Arthur assisting as his trusty Doctor Watson & Douglas hindering as his untrusty prime suspect. On to part 3 """" Newcastle"""" where love is in the air but also unfortunately in a small airport in Birmingham
- & Martin has to choose between career romance & fixing a very small tail-light. Part 4 finds us on the way to """" Ottery St Mary"""". Martin is a Man With A Van Douglas flies A Plane With An Otter & Carolyn dates A Pilot With A Problem With Sheep. & two mysteries solved
- the name of Carolyn's dog & the rules of " Yellow Car". Arriving at episode 5 """" Rotterdam"""" it's Lifejacket Camera Action as stardom beckons for one of the crew of MJN Air
- but who will get to blow the final whistle? & will they look good in a vest? & in the last episode of the series
- """" St. Petersburg""""
- some vodka & an unwary bird could spell the end of the line for MJN Air & when Carolyn meets her ex-husband the atmosphere turns even icier
- With special series guests Timothy West Anthony Head (' Buffy') & Mark Williams (' The Fast Show'). " Unexpectedly brilliant"
- Time Out " An inspired new sitcom"
- The Observer "I cannot find a single flaw in it. So top marks."
- Independent on Sunday""