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Bunce's Tales of the Extraordinary

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Steve Bunce tells the most extraordinary sporting stories

Bunce's Tales of the Extraordinary Podcast Guide

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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Episodes

14 episodes are available for this podcast.

Episodes

14 episodes

The Highest Hero

In this final episode of the series, broadcaster and journalist, and self confessed Everest expert Steve Bunce tells Caroline Barker the tal...

21:12Jan 12, 2018

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...

24:10Jan 5, 2018

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...

21:30Dec 29, 2017

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...

20:10Dec 22, 2017

Nosher Powell

The life of stuntman, bodyguard and boxer Nosher Powell, told by Steve Bunce, who exchanged letters with the notorious hardman. From appeara...

21:48Dec 15, 2017

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...

21:35Dec 9, 2017

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...

25:20Dec 1, 2017

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...

20:25Nov 24, 2017

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...

23:44Nov 17, 2017

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...

22:37Nov 10, 2017

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...

18:27Nov 3, 2017

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...

25:31Oct 27, 2017

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