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  1. Tomba la Bomba and the slowest man on the slopes

    Steve Bunce’s A to Z of the Winter Olympics starts with playboy skier Alberto Tomba.

  2. Nosher Powell and Gholamreza Takhti

    Steve Bunce tells Caroline Barker the stories of Nosher Powell and Gholamreza Takhti.

  3. The Unridden & Crazy Matti

    Steve Bunce recounts an elite surfing rivalry and the greatest ski jumper of all time.

  4. The Open Golf Menace

    Steve Bunce with tales of a man who became the scourge of the golfing elite.

  5. The Boxer and the Bear

    Steve Bunce tells extraordinary stories, starting with the boxer who battled a bear.

  6. Welcome to Bunce's Tales of the Extraordinary

    Welcome to this new BBC podcast. The first episode will be published within seven days.

  7. Tomba la Bomba and the slowest man on the slopes

    Steve Bunce’s A to Z of the Winter Olympics starts with playboy skier Alberto Tomba.

  8. The Unridden Realm

    Steve Bunce tells the story of the greatest day of sport the world has ever seen.

  9. The tourists, and the girl at home on the ice

    The skater-turned-Hollywood star plus story of the Combined Pursuit at the 2002 Olympics.

  10. The Soccer War

    Buncey takes us back to June 1969 to a football match between Honduras and El Salvador.

  11. The Kid

    Steve Bunce tells the story of Stuey Ungar, the greatest poker player in history.

  12. The Ice Queens

    Buncey tells the stories of the queens of the ice: Jane Torville and Katarina Witt.

  13. The Highest Hero

    The man who saved people from a frozen death with near impossible mountain rescues.

  14. The Forgotten Fight

    Zamora v Zarate met one night in Little Mexico in a fight of extraordinary quality.

  15. The Eagle soars and the Norwegians fight back

    Why Eddie the Eagle is a genuine national treasure, and the story of another from Norway.

  16. The Boxing Krays

    Steve Bunce tells the story of Ronnie and Reggie Kray's life as young boxers.

  17. Takhti - Iran’s Wrestling Hero

    The story of Iranian wrestling legend, Gholamreza Takhti.

  18. Skeleton Queens and the Austrian King

    The Klammer Express, the GB Skeleton squad and some of the heroes he missed.

  19. Runs of terror and stones of destiny

    Steve Bunce takes you from the infamous Cresta Run to the greatest stone ever curled.

  20. Nosher Powell

    The life of stuntman, bodyguard and boxer Nosher Powell, told by Steve Bunce.

  21. Johann’s class and Eric’s unstoppable

    A hero on and off the ice, a reluctant Olympian and I is for ice - lucky ice, perhaps?

  22. Highs, Lows, and Royal Disasters

    A German pop-singing prince representing Mexico, and the tale of one man’s redemption.

  23. Give me a U…

    The Korean's unite, one skiing's greats, and one of the craziest ski jumpers of all time.

  24. Do you believe in miracles?

    Buncey tell's the story of The 'Miracle on Ice', plus the miracle on the mountain...

  25. Crazy Matti

    The story of Fin Matti Nykanen, the greatest ski jumper of all time.

  26. Bunce's Winter Olympics Tales of the Extraordinary

    Steve's back with ten episodes all about the Winter Olympics - only on BBC Sounds.

  27. Best and Friday

    How do the "greatest footballer you never saw", Robin Friday, and George Best connect?