Behind the Bottom Line

13 Dec 2023

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Find out the origin story of 'Seven Continents': Who were the real life characters the fic...

06 Dec 2023

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💎It's show-down time! Kirill, Irina and Macey have organised a meeting with Sir Gilbert Villi...

29 Nov 2023

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💎 Kirill and Irina are now back in England. After comparing notes about what they have uncovered ...

22 Nov 2023

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💎 Sergei Vasilyev, the source of the threatening messages and packages being sent to Gilbert Vil...

15 Nov 2023

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Kirill and Irina have told Sergei Vasilyev what they found at the diamond mine at the Tuv oasis. His...

08 Nov 2023

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Kirill and Irina head back to Dhosk and civilization after their adventures underground. Their next ...

01 Nov 2023

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Kirill and Irina have to go down the stairs into the bowels of the deserted diamond mine to see if t...

25 Oct 2023

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Macey Church and Kirill Solokov continue to try to unravel what is happening at Seven Continents, th...

18 Oct 2023

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Macey Church reports what she has learnt from interviewing Nancy Inovix to Dr Roy Marsden, director ...

11 Oct 2023

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Macey Church and Kirill Sokolov set to work to uncover who is sending sinister messages to Sir Gilbe...

04 Oct 2023

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Roy Marsden has gone back to London and Macey and Kirill will start carrying out interviews in Seven...

27 Sep 2023

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Sir Gilbert has introduced Macey and Kirill to his close associate Dr Roy Marsden, director of the e...

20 Sep 2023

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Kirill Solokov and Macey Church, investigators for Capstan Consultants are on their way to meet Sir ...

13 Sep 2023

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Seven Continents is a diamond mining company with a reputation for ethical and sustainable exploitat...

13 Aug 2023

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Clear your schedules now! September 13, season 9 of BBL is out. 'Seven Continents' is a 14-p...

09 Nov 2022

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This is the final episode of season 8’s story ‘The Impressions’. I talk about the City of Lond...

02 Nov 2022

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Felicity Appleby's plan to have the building belonging to the London investment bank Ruff, Tumble an...

26 Oct 2022

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Felicity Appleby has promised to help the Impressions, the peculiar inhabitants of the investment ba...

19 Oct 2022

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Felicity Appleby has a job she hates in the London investment bank Ruff, Tumble and Bounderby. The o...

24 Sep 2022

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DRAMA: Simon Cassandra is a fortune teller - not with a crystal ball or Tarot cards but with compute...

25 Jul 2022

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Welcome to the 'Behind the Bottom Line' Summer Special 2022. Two great episodes to listen to on holi...

18 Jul 2022

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Welcome to the 'Behind the Bottom Line' Summer Special 2022. Two great episodes to listen to on holi...

25 Apr 2022

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Thanks to his magnificent moustache, Wilhelm Adler has always managed to get his way in both the boa...

19 Apr 2022

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Sally King is shopping in Hal Mart Superstore in Portland. As always, her experience is made much ea...

11 Apr 2022

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Jack is a highly paid motivational speaker with a secret. Bibi is his coach and she has a secret too...

05 Apr 2022

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Richard Olsen is a financial journalist, investigating Hawksmoor Trading Ltd, an investment company ...

29 Mar 2022

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Superlearning - now that sounds like a nice way to polish your skills. Lie back, get a massage, rela...

01 Mar 2022

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The teams from sales on the third floor, and accountancy on the seventh floor like to prank each oth...

22 Feb 2022

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Mr Hickson is making a pot of money from his new property development at  Brancaster Towers and...

15 Feb 2022

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Ed and Jane are scriptwriters for a big Hollywood studio, who've been told they've got to work toget...

07 Feb 2022

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Imagine you have only six months to live. What would you do with the time? A) Travel B) Eat in the b...

01 Feb 2022

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An old man in a hospital ward is convinced his grandchildren are trying to steal his company from un...

08 Dec 2021

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In the final episode for season 6 find out about: - Pacelli and the real-life Advanced Centre for We...

01 Dec 2021

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Caliban and his henchman Milos have been arrested, but the real head of their drug dealing gang – ...

24 Nov 2021

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On Pacelli, Filippo has set up a meeting with Caliban Leone to see if they can agree on a drug deal....

17 Nov 2021

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Emily Lee’s holiday in Venice has not been peaceful. Some headache tablets packed in Emily’s sui...

10 Nov 2021

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Emily has left the Advanced Centre for Wellness and Meditation and is now supposed to be spending a ...

03 Nov 2021

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Emily is enjoying her stay at the Advanced Centre for Wellness and Meditation on the island of Pacel...

27 Oct 2021

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Emily wants answers to the questions that have been bothering her since she arrived at the Advanced ...

20 Oct 2021

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Emily has met some of the bizarre other guests on the island of Pacelli at the Advanced Centre for W...

13 Oct 2021

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Emily has arrived in Venice and travelled across the lagoon to the island of Pacelli and the Advance...

06 Oct 2021

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It's the year a shark is spotted swimming down the Grand Canal in Venice, and young executive Emily ...

27 Sep 2021

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Behind the Bottom Line is back on the audio waves for season 6 on October 6 with a detective story, ...

16 Aug 2021

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What was the real-life background to 'Double Trouble'? In this last episode of season 5 of Behind th...

09 Aug 2021

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Tim, Nick and Wanda are now in London filming the Xaewoo Motors commercial with Lady Lois. So far, t...

02 Aug 2021

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Tim has found a way to bring his brother, Nick, Wanda and Lady Lois up to London to film a commercia...

26 Jul 2021

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Tim Aldridge needs to come up with a new advertising campaign for the Madison & Oggers client, X...

19 Jul 2021

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After his unfortunate encounter with Tanya Mischkovich in a restaurant, Tim Aldridge is desperate to...

12 Jul 2021

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Tim is still in London pretending to be his twin brother Nick, an advertising executive for the comp...

05 Jul 2021

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Tim is finding out that his brother’s life in London is more complicated than he realized. His col...

28 Jun 2021

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Timothy Aldridge has to leave his beloved farm and the quiet countryside to go up to London to take ...

21 Jun 2021

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Nick Aldridge's relaxing weekend down in the countryside on his brother Tim's farm is suddenly inter...

14 Jun 2021

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Timothy and Nicholas Aldridge are identical twins with very different lives. Timothy runs the family...

06 Apr 2021

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Heard of the ‘boil the dog’ approach to change management? No? Then you need Sheona Hakovski, mo...

30 Mar 2021

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"Think positive, talk positive, feel positive!"; "Your attitude is your altitude!"; "Together we ach...

23 Mar 2021

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Things are so bad for Cuthbert Trill he has decided to end it all. He's lost his job, his wife's run...

16 Mar 2021

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Jimmy King was a star on the football pitch, worshipped by thousands. Now he's just a sad old man in...

09 Mar 2021

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Derek Ebdon is an art forger of such exceptional skill that the experts find it impossible to tell i...

02 Mar 2021

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Patrick Power has recently been relocated from his job as Head of Public Relations in a large corpor...

23 Feb 2021

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What would you do if you found a dragon in the boot of your car? Jonathan and Susan are going on hol...

16 Feb 2021

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Britain has left the European Union and Her Majesty's Secret Services are having to find ways to gen...

09 Feb 2021

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Venice, 1948 and a lonely young Englishwoman makes friends with the mysterious Miss Winterleigh. Wha...

02 Feb 2021

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“No, my lord,” protested Amanjia, struggling to free herself from Borridor’s arms as the thin ...

21 Jan 2021

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Ever wondered how an author puts a story together? Explore with me the background, ideas and impulse...

08 Jan 2021

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Colin Sutherland is starting to panic. A strange encounter with the fox when the family is out drivi...

06 Jan 2021

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Colin's behaviour has become increasingly peculiar after a phone call from Inspector Hüttl of the F...

04 Jan 2021

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Colin Sutherland has flown back to Ireland from Frankfurt for Christmas with his family. But all is ...

02 Jan 2021

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Meet Colin Sutherland: rich and successful with a loving wife and two adorable children. He’s got ...

25 Nov 2020

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HUMOUR: the mischievous Julie and Paula are back, causing chaos in a pharmaceutical company as they ...

18 Nov 2020

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FABLE: Thomas had everything he wanted in life, money, friends and an endless supply of charming com...

11 Nov 2020

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DRAMA: Kingsley Adams is a CEO asshole. But if he's your CEO, there isn't very much you can do about...

04 Nov 2020

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DRAMA: Mike Smirch is chief gossip reporter for the magazine Titillation. The kind of stories he wri...

28 Oct 2020

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HUMOUR: What do you feel about chatbots? Do you talk to Siri? Do you chat with Alexa? It might be im...

14 Oct 2020

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DRAMA: Mickey Jones was a bully as a child, terrorizing his way through school and inspiring fear in...

07 Oct 2020

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SUSPENSE: Professor Johnny Hampden, the most brilliant scientist to ever work at Klaxx Pharmaceutica...

30 Sep 2020

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SUSPENSE: Successful corporate lawyer Henry Fist is having a well-deserved drink as he relaxes on hi...

23 Sep 2020

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HUMOUR: Edward, a refugee from Sierra Leone living in Berlin, has an opportunity to find a sponsor f...

11 Jun 2020

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HUMOUR: Julie and Paula have to organise a 300th anniversary event for a bank. But with a tiny budge...

04 Jun 2020

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HUMOUR: what lengths are you prepared to go to get yourself a nice assignment? Roddy, Björn, Floria...

29 May 2020

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Suspense: What would you do with immortality and the powers of a god? You'd put things right in the ...

21 May 2020

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HUMOUR/CRIME: Horst and Jim are two con-men, down on their luck. Desperate to make money they come u...

14 May 2020

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ROMANCE/STEAMPUNK: Can you imagine an alternative world where steam powered airbuses are the transpo...

07 May 2020

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HUMOUR: Do you want your boss to know how much you weigh? is it acceptable if the lift tells you to ...

30 Apr 2020

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CRIME: What would you do if you found out your partner was cheating on you? You could throw them out...

23 Apr 2020

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HUMOUR: Do you know the secret to success in any corporation? Professor Thomas Kozlowsky, the man th...

16 Apr 2020

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HUMOUR: Birthday parties are funny things, each culture has its own traditions and ways to celebrate...

09 Apr 2020

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HUMOUR: Would your dog do a better job in the office than you? Toby, a young Jack Russell thought he...

04 Mar 2020

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MEDIA SATIRE: When Julie Blossom accidentally becomes an overnight YouTube celebrity, she and her fr...

26 Feb 2020

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HUMOUR: What do you know about the people in your company? I mean, what do you REALLY know? Nick Sam...

19 Feb 2020

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HUMOUR: A young manager, worried that his team hates him, takes them on a team-building weekend into...

12 Feb 2020

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HORROR: Dr Gayle Jamieson trains crows in a research lab to see if they can perform useful tasks for...

05 Feb 2020

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FABLE: Tony Spark needs money for his start-up and he hopes to get it from a business angel, Archiba...

29 Jan 2020

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MURDER: When you're caught in a traffic jam and you look at the concrete walls of the bridge or the ...

21 Jan 2020

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HUMOUR: Meet Tim Hatchett - master manipulator, prince of PR - the owner of Hatchett Job PR agency, ...

16 Jan 2020

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HUMOUR: Julie and Paula are told to organise the hotdesking arrangements in the company they work. T...

16 Jan 2020

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HUMOUR: Pampered executive Mr Taylor is used to always having the best when on a business trip. But ...

16 Jan 2020

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MURDER: Jasper Slink is a successful young trader in the City of London who is not above using devio...

15 Jan 2020

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