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Seven Continents - episode 14

13 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Find out the origin story of 'Seven Continents': Who were the real life characters the fictional ones are based on? Where is Kazbakistan an...

Seven Continents - episode 13

06 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

💎It's show-down time! Kirill, Irina and Macey have organised a meeting with Sir Gilbert Villiers and Roy Marsden, who has no idea what the thre...

Seven Continents - episode 12

29 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

💎 Kirill and Irina are now back in England. After comparing notes about what they have uncovered with Macey’s research in London, they are all no...

Seven Continents - episode 11

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

💎 Sergei Vasilyev, the source of the threatening messages and packages being sent to Gilbert Villiers, the CEO of Seven Continents, has been murde...

Seven Continents - episode 10

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 story of what happened to him and his family is g...

Seven Continents - episode 9

08 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kirill and Irina head back to Dhosk and civilization after their adventures underground. Their next visit is to Sergei Vasilyev, a colleague of Irina&...

Seven Continents - episode 8

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 they can find anything there that could explain who...

Seven Continents - episode 7

25 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Macey Church and Kirill Solokov continue to try to unravel what is happening at Seven Continents, the diamond mining giant. Macey has interviews with ...

Seven Continents - episode 6

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Macey Church reports what she has learnt from interviewing Nancy Inovix to Dr Roy Marsden, director of ECO Warriors, and receives an unexpected invita...

Seven Continents - episode 5

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Macey Church and Kirill Sokolov set to work to uncover who is sending sinister messages to Sir Gilbert Villiers and the Seven Continents diamond minin...

Seven Continents - episode 4

04 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Roy Marsden has gone back to London and Macey and Kirill will start carrying out interviews in Seven Continents on Monday, to try to discover who is b...

Seven Continents - episode 3

27 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sir Gilbert has introduced Macey and Kirill to his close associate Dr Roy Marsden, director of the environmental protection group ECO Warriors. But wh...

Seven Continents - episode 2

20 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kirill Solokov and Macey Church, investigators for Capstan Consultants are on their way to meet Sir Gilbert Villiers, the chairman of Seven Continents...

Seven Continents - episode 1

13 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Seven Continents is a diamond mining company with a reputation for ethical and sustainable exploitation of natural resources. So why is the charismati...

Behind the Bottom Line Season 9 - 'Seven Continents' trailer

13 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Clear your schedules now! September 13, season 9 of BBL is out. 'Seven Continents' is a 14-part thriller set in the diamond mining industry. R...

The Impressions - Episode 4

09 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is the final episode of season 8’s story ‘The Impressions’. I talk about the City of London where the story takes place, the sources for th...

The Impressions - Episode 3

02 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Felicity Appleby's plan to have the building belonging to the London investment bank Ruff, Tumble and Bounderby declared a building worth preserving b...

The Impressions - Episode 2

26 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Felicity Appleby has promised to help the Impressions, the peculiar inhabitants of the investment bank she works at near St Paul's Cathedral, find a w...

The Impressions - Episode 1

19 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Felicity Appleby has a job she hates in the London investment bank Ruff, Tumble and Bounderby. The only plus side is the bank's beautiful 19th century...

The Fortune Teller

24 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

DRAMA: Simon Cassandra is a fortune teller - not with a crystal ball or Tarot cards but with computers. He works for the government, trying to model f...

Summer Special 2022 - Episode 2

25 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the 'Behind the Bottom Line' Summer Special 2022. Two great episodes to listen to on holiday. Today's stories are: ⚽ ‘The Debt’ – J...

Summer Special 2022 - Episode 1

18 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the 'Behind the Bottom Line' Summer Special 2022. Two great episodes to listen to on holiday. Today's stories are:  👨‍💼 ‘Th...

The Moustache

25 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Thanks to his magnificent moustache, Wilhelm Adler has always managed to get his way in both the boardroom and the bedroom. But Candy Harding is disgu...

The shopping cart

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sally King is shopping in Hal Mart Superstore in Portland. As always, her experience is made much easier if she follows the advice given to her by her...

Catchphrase

11 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jack is a highly paid motivational speaker with a secret. Bibi is his coach and she has a secret too. What could be the key for both of them to tell e...

Exploitation

05 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Olsen is a financial journalist, investigating Hawksmoor Trading Ltd, an investment company with a lot of dirty fingers in a lot of dirty pies...

Brainwaves

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Superlearning - now that sounds like a nice way to polish your skills. Lie back, get a massage, relax and allow the soft whispering in your ear to imp...

The kitchen burglars

01 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The teams from sales on the third floor, and accountancy on the seventh floor like to prank each other. But this time, they may have gone a little too...

Lady Susannah

22 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mr Hickson is making a pot of money from his new property development at  Brancaster Towers and it’s a nice place for him to hide his mistress,...

RomCom

15 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ed and Jane are scriptwriters for a big Hollywood studio, who've been told they've got to work together. She likes to write dramas and he likes to wri...

Angela's Trumpet

07 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Imagine you have only six months to live. What would you do with the time? A) Travel B) Eat in the best restaurants C) Poison the managing director of...

The Old King

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

An old man in a hospital ward is convinced his grandchildren are trying to steal his company from under his nose. Can he persuade his lawyers that the...

Peril in Venice - Episode 10: Behind the scenes

08 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the final episode for season 6 find out about: - Pacelli and the real-life Advanced Centre for Wellness and Meditation - the importance of pugs and...

Peril in Venice - Episode 9: Dead End

01 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Caliban and his henchman Milos have been arrested, but the real head of their drug dealing gang – the New York socialite Dotty van Meese – has jus...

Peril in Venice - Episode 8: La Pescheria

24 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On Pacelli, Filippo has set up a meeting with Caliban Leone to see if they can agree on a drug deal. Meanwhile, Emily decides to follow the mysterious...

Peril in Venice - Episode 7: On the beach

17 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Emily Lee’s holiday in Venice has not been peaceful. Some headache tablets packed in Emily’s suitcase by the masseuse Maria Torres from her yoga r...

Peril in Venice - Episode 6: Tourist trip

10 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Emily has left the Advanced Centre for Wellness and Meditation and is now supposed to be spending a week in Venice with her friend Filippo Cimino. Fil...

Peril in Venice - Episode 5: Da Bianca

03 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Emily is enjoying her stay at the Advanced Centre for Wellness and Meditation on the island of Pacelli in the Venetian lagoon, but there are some dist...

Peril in Venice - Episode 4: Night fight

27 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Emily wants answers to the questions that have been bothering her since she arrived at the Advanced Centre for Wellness and Meditation on the island o...

Peril in Venice - Episode 3: Emily takes a trip

20 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Emily has met some of the bizarre other guests on the island of Pacelli at the Advanced Centre for Wellness and Meditation, including Sergei – the v...

Peril in Venice - Episode 2: What's on the cards?

13 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Emily has arrived in Venice and travelled across the lagoon to the island of Pacelli and the Advanced centre for Wellness and Meditation, run by the c...

Peril in Venice - Episode 1: Journey to Pacelli

06 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's the year a shark is spotted swimming down the Grand Canal in Venice, and young executive Emily Lee badly needs a holiday. She decides to travel t...

Trailer for Season 6 - 'Peril in Venice'

27 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Behind the Bottom Line is back on the audio waves for season 6 on October 6 with a detective story, 'Peril in Venice'. Join Emily Lee as she travels f...

Double Trouble - Episode 10: The origin story

16 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What was the real-life background to 'Double Trouble'? In this last episode of season 5 of Behind the Bottom Line find out about: the original model...

Double Trouble - Episode 9: Jemima finds out

09 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tim, Nick and Wanda are now in London filming the Xaewoo Motors commercial with Lady Lois. So far, things have been going well, but Jemima Madison, th...

Double Trouble - Episode 8: On set

02 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tim has found a way to bring his brother, Nick, Wanda and Lady Lois up to London to film a commercial for Xaewoo Motors. But can a goat act? And will ...

Double Trouble - Episode 7: Timothy Aldridge - advertising genius

26 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tim Aldridge needs to come up with a new advertising campaign for the Madison & Oggers client, Xaewoo Motors in less than a week. Will his longing...

Double Trouble - Episode 6: Timothy learns a lesson

19 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After his unfortunate encounter with Tanya Mischkovich in a restaurant, Tim Aldridge is desperate to leave London and get back to his farm. But a visi...

Double Trouble - Episode 5: Dating Jemima

12 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tim is still in London pretending to be his twin brother Nick, an advertising executive for the company Madison and Oggers. But things are about to ge...

Double Trouble - Episode 4: Nick learns a lesson

05 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tim is finding out that his brother’s life in London is more complicated than he realized. His colleagues are competitive, he has to create a new ad...

Double Trouble - Episode 3: Madison and Oggers / Timothy in Trouble

28 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Timothy Aldridge has to leave his beloved farm and the quiet countryside to go up to London to take the place of his twin brother Nicholas – an adve...

Double Trouble - Episode 2: Crisis at work / The flood

21 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nick Aldridge's relaxing weekend down in the countryside on his brother Tim's farm is suddenly interrupted by a call from London. Who's calling Nick l...

Double Trouble - Episode 1: Aldridge Farm / Meeting Wanda

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Timothy and Nicholas Aldridge are identical twins with very different lives. Timothy runs the family farm in a quiet part of the south-west of England...

Negatron Nick

06 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Heard of the ‘boil the dog’ approach to change management? No? Then you need Sheona Hakovski, motivation trainer from San Diego. She’ll soon hav...

Teamwork

30 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"Think positive, talk positive, feel positive!"; "Your attitude is your altitude!"; "Together we achieve more!" Don't you just HATE office work slogan...

The Interview

23 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Things are so bad for Cuthbert Trill he has decided to end it all. He's lost his job, his wife's run off with his best friend, and now a wave has just...

The Debt

16 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jimmy King was a star on the football pitch, worshipped by thousands. Now he's just a sad old man in a care home were nobody likes him, waiting to die...

The Book

09 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Derek Ebdon is an art forger of such exceptional skill that the experts find it impossible to tell if a work is created by him or by one of the old ma...

Heaven plc

02 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Patrick Power has recently been relocated from his job as Head of Public Relations in a large corporation on earth to ... Heaven plc. But he's not hap...

The greatest reality show on earth

23 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What would you do if you found a dragon in the boot of your car? Jonathan and Susan are going on holiday when they find the last remaining dragon in B...

Change Agent 001

16 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Britain has left the European Union and Her Majesty's Secret Services are having to find ways to generate income. When Agent 001 joins BeSoft Toilet T...

Another death in Venice

09 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Venice, 1948 and a lonely young Englishwoman makes friends with the mysterious Miss Winterleigh. What is the secret that keeps Miss Winterleigh attach...

Empty Screen Inspiration

02 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“No, my lord,” protested Amanjia, struggling to free herself from Borridor’s arms as the thin silk dress that barely covered her firm bosom stra...

Episode 5 - The making of 'Vixen'

21 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ever wondered how an author puts a story together? Explore with me the background, ideas and impulses that lead to the creation of 'Vixen'. Find out a...

Vixen - Episode 4 - Death in the night

08 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Colin Sutherland is starting to panic. A strange encounter with the fox when the family is out driving, and cryptic messages left on the answering mac...

Vixen - Episode 3 - Magic

06 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Colin's behaviour has become increasingly peculiar after a phone call from Inspector Hüttl of the Frankfurt police and the repeated appearances of a ...

Vixen - Episode 2 - Frankfurt calling

04 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Colin Sutherland has flown back to Ireland from Frankfurt for Christmas with his family. But all is not well: his ex-mistress has disappeared in myste...

Vixen - Episode 1 - Home for Christmas

02 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Meet Colin Sutherland: rich and successful with a loving wife and two adorable children. He’s got everything worked out … or has he? Photo by Pixa...

Agile Consequences

25 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

HUMOUR: the mischievous Julie and Paula are back, causing chaos in a pharmaceutical company as they take charge of a team of chemists trying to develo...

New Perspectives

18 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

FABLE: Thomas had everything he wanted in life, money, friends and an endless supply of charming companions. But one day all these pleasures turned to...

Changing Chairs

11 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

DRAMA: Kingsley Adams is a CEO asshole. But if he's your CEO, there isn't very much you can do about it. Or that's what people thought until someone f...

Dr Dynamic

04 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

DRAMA: Mike Smirch is chief gossip reporter for the magazine Titillation. The kind of stories he writes are ones about royalty in trouble, actors snor...

PEAS for EmDee, the caring chatbot

28 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

HUMOUR: What do you feel about chatbots? Do you talk to Siri? Do you chat with Alexa? It might be impressive what these chatbots can do, but that's no...

Hate

14 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

DRAMA: Mickey Jones was a bully as a child, terrorizing his way through school and inspiring fear in all around him. Years later our storyteller think...

Side Effects

07 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

SUSPENSE: Professor Johnny Hampden, the most brilliant scientist to ever work at Klaxx Pharmaceuticals, has a very good reason to fear side effects. J...

The Devil in the Details

30 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

SUSPENSE: Successful corporate lawyer Henry Fist is having a well-deserved drink as he relaxes on his well-deserved holiday on the Cayman Islands when...

Dragons' Den

23 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

HUMOUR: Edward, a refugee from Sierra Leone living in Berlin, has an opportunity to find a sponsor for a business idea he has. But will somebody reall...

99 per cent

11 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

HUMOUR: Julie and Paula have to organise a 300th anniversary event for a bank. But with a tiny budget, a radical ex-boyfriend and his band, not to men...

Video Games

04 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

HUMOUR: what lengths are you prepared to go to get yourself a nice assignment? Roddy, Björn, Florian and Petra are all desperate to win the starring ...

Cyber Romance

29 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Suspense: What would you do with immortality and the powers of a god? You'd put things right in the world you say? But how do you think you'd behave i...

Castles in the air

21 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

HUMOUR/CRIME: Horst and Jim are two con-men, down on their luck. Desperate to make money they come up with the ingenious scheme of selling unwanted ca...

Steam Solutions

14 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

ROMANCE/STEAMPUNK: Can you imagine an alternative world where steam powered airbuses are the transport of choice and children learn how to fix a boile...

Weight Management

07 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

HUMOUR: Do you want your boss to know how much you weigh? is it acceptable if the lift tells you to take the stairs? Would you like your canteen regis...

Losing Face

30 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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

The CBO

23 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

HUMOUR: Do you know the secret to success in any corporation? Professor Thomas Kozlowsky, the man the US media called 'the business guru to the busine...

The Birthday Party

16 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

HUMOUR: Birthday parties are funny things, each culture has its own traditions and ways to celebrate. Antonio finds that what is perfectly normal in V...

Top Dog

09 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

HUMOUR: Would your dog do a better job in the office than you? Toby, a young Jack Russell thought he could, and for a day he and his master changed pl...

Voby - the accidental guru

04 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

MEDIA SATIRE: When Julie Blossom accidentally becomes an overnight YouTube celebrity, she and her friend Paula embrace the opportunity to become the g...

Full Moon

26 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

HUMOUR: What do you know about the people in your company? I mean, what do you REALLY know? Nick Samuel is asked to explore the diversity of employees...

Turning the tables

19 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

HUMOUR: A young manager, worried that his team hates him, takes them on a team-building weekend into the Welsh hills. But what should be a bonding exp...

A murder of crows

12 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

HORROR: Dr Gayle Jamieson trains crows in a research lab to see if they can perform useful tasks for the military. But when her boss, Professor Lang, ...

The Tip

05 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

FABLE: Tony Spark needs money for his start-up and he hopes to get it from a business angel, Archibald Gabriel. But to get the money, Tony has to pass...

Mr Dimkin

29 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

MURDER: When you're caught in a traffic jam and you look at the concrete walls of the bridge or the tunnel that's alongside your car, what do you see?...

The King of Spin

21 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

HUMOUR: Meet Tim Hatchett - master manipulator, prince of PR - the owner of Hatchett Job PR agency, the agency that will manage your company's reputat...

Julie and Me

16 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

HUMOUR: Julie and Paula are told to organise the hotdesking arrangements in the company they work. They quickly find that they can turn this authority...

Business Class

16 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

HUMOUR: Pampered executive Mr Taylor is used to always having the best when on a business trip. But how will he cope when his efficient new assistant,...

The Cocktail

16 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

MURDER: Jasper Slink is a successful young trader in the City of London who is not above using devious means to make a profit. But is sharing his most...

Behind the Bottom Line (Trailer)

15 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas