Bunce's Winter Olympics Tales of the Extraordinary
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Bunce's Tales of the Extraordinary
Steve Bunce tells the most extraordinary sporting stories
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Listen to Bunce's Tales of the Extraordinary, a Society & Culture podcast by BBC. Stream 14 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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14 episodesThe Highest Hero
In this final episode of the series, broadcaster and journalist, and self confessed Everest expert Steve Bunce tells Caroline Barker the tal...
Best and Friday
In this tale, journalist Steve Bunce makes the connection between the so-called "greatest footballer you never saw", Robin Friday, and Manch...
The Forgotten Fight
Zamora v Zarate met one night in Little Mexico, a fearsome quarter of Los Angeles, in a fight of extraordinary quality. Veteran broadcaster...
The Kid
Writer Steve Bunce tells the story of Stuey Ungar, the greatest poker player in history, a man of marvels and a troubled genius with a stron...
Nosher Powell
The life of stuntman, bodyguard and boxer Nosher Powell, told by Steve Bunce, who exchanged letters with the notorious hardman. From appeara...
Takhti - Iran’s Wrestling Hero
The story of Iran’s most famous and decorated sportsman, the Olympic Gold Medalist, Gholamreza Takhti. He was a hero to the nation and to th...
Crazy Matti
Steve Bunce continues his Tale’s of the Extraordinary with the story of the greatest ski jumper of all time, the record setting Fin Matti Ny...
The Unridden Realm
In this episode of Bunce’s Tales of the Extraordinary, journalist Steve Bunce tells Caroline Barker the story of what he believes was the gr...
The Boxing Krays
Steve Bunce tells the story of the notorious London gangland characters Ronnie and Reggie Kray and their life as young boxers, revealing the...
The Open Golf Menace
Writer and broadcaster Steve Bunce tells the most extraordinary stories from his long career in journalism. Introduced by Caroline Barker, S...
The Soccer War
In this week’s tale Buncey takes us back to June 1969 where a football match between Honduras and El Salvador ended up in two nations going...
The Boxer and the Bear
Writer and broadcaster Steve Bunce tells the most extraordinary stories from his long career in journalism. Introduced by Caroline Barker, S...
Welcome to Bunce's Tales of the Extraordinary
Welcome to this new BBC podcast. The first episode will be published within seven days.