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April 5, 2022

Exploitation

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. His story is going nowhere until he meets Annie Hart, a junior secretary ...

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March 29, 2022

Brainwaves

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 improve your performance, without any effort at all. Only over time, too …

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March 1, 2022

The kitchen burglars

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 far … Music by JuliusH, Pixabay. Image by rawpixel.com This story …

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Feb. 22, 2022

Lady Susannah

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, Roxanna. But who is behind the mysterious door in the West Tower? And …

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Feb. 15, 2022

RomCom

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 write thrillers. What neither of them can write are romantic comedies. Or can …

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Feb. 7, 2022

Angela's Trumpet

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 company you worked at for thirty years? The choice is …

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Feb. 1, 2022

The Old King

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 they have to do something to stop this, or will he just be …

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Dec. 8, 2021

Peril in Venice - Episode 10: Behind the scenes

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 Tarot cards in life - shopping in Venice I’ll also share some interesting …

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Dec. 1, 2021

Peril in Venice - Episode 9: Dead End

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 just met the unsuspecting Emily for dinner. Is Emily going to get out …

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Nov. 24, 2021

Peril in Venice - Episode 8: La Pescheria

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 man she saw talking to Leone’s henchman, Milos, on the Lido. But …

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Nov. 17, 2021

Peril in Venice - Episode 7: On the beach

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 retreat, turn out to contain ecstasy, causing Emily’s friend Filippo to behave v...

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Nov. 10, 2021

Peril in Venice - Episode 6: Tourist trip

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. Filippo takes her to have lunch with some good friends of his who run …

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Nov. 3, 2021

Peril in Venice - Episode 5: Da Bianca

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 disturbing things about the place. Why has Caliban Leone, the founder of the ce...

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Oct. 27, 2021

Peril in Venice - Episode 4: Night fight

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 of Pacelli. Why are boats arriving on the island in the early hours of the …

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Oct. 20, 2021

Peril in Venice - Episode 3: Emily takes a trip

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 video installation artist from Moscow, Jason Tucker an obnoxious DJ from Engla...

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Oct. 13, 2021

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

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 charismatic Dr Caliban Leone. Now is the time for her to meet the rather …

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Oct. 6, 2021

Peril in Venice - Episode 1: Journey to Pacelli

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 to the Advanced Centre for Wellness and Relaxation on the small island of …

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Sept. 27, 2021

Trailer for Season 6 - 'Peril in Venice'

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 from Munich to the island of Pacelli in the Venetian lagoon …

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Aug. 16, 2021

Double Trouble - Episode 10: The origin story

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 for 'Double Trouble' the influence of a disaster back in 1968 how advertisem...

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Aug. 9, 2021

Double Trouble - Episode 9: Jemima finds out

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, the boss’s daughter, isn’t stupid and she’s starting to ask a lot of question...

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Aug. 2, 2021

Double Trouble - Episode 8: On set

Tim has found a way to bring Nick, Wanda and Lady Lois up to London to film a commercial for Xaewoo Motors. But can a goat act? And will the twins really get away with fooling everybody for very much …

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July 26, 2021

Double Trouble - Episode 7: Timothy Aldridge - advertising genius

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 to escape London and get back to his farm help the creative juices …

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July 19, 2021

Double Trouble - Episode 6: Timothy learns a lesson

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 visit to a cheese shop which sells his very own 'Aldridge Blue' cheese makes hi...

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July 12, 2021

Double Trouble - Episode 5: Dating Jemima

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 get tricky for Tim: Jemima Madison, Nick's ex-girlfriend, has invited him out...

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