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Bunce's Tales of the Extraordinary

Steve Bunce’s A to Z of the Winter Olympics.

Radio 5 Live,24 episodes

Episodes

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Skeleton Queens and the Austrian King
The Klammer Express, the GB Skeleton squad and some of the heroes he missed.
08 Feb 2022,19 mins
Give me a U…
The Korean's unite, one skiing's greats, and one of the craziest ski jumpers of all time.
08 Feb 2022,21 mins
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.
08 Feb 2022,18 mins
Runs of terror and stones of destiny
Steve Bunce takes you from the infamous Cresta Run to the greatest stone ever curled.
08 Feb 2022,21 mins
Do you believe in miracles?
Buncey tell's the story of The 'Miracle on Ice', plus the miracle on the mountain...
08 Feb 2022,19 mins
The Ice Queens
Buncey tells the stories of the queens of the ice: Jane Torville and Katarina Witt.
01 Feb 2022,20 mins
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?
01 Feb 2022,20 mins
The Eagle soars and the Norwegians fight back
Why Eddie the Eagle is a genuine national treasure, and the story of another from Norway.
01 Feb 2022,20 mins
Highs, Lows, and Royal Disasters
A German pop-singing prince representing Mexico, and the tale of one man’s redemption.
01 Feb 2022,17 mins
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.
01 Feb 2022,25 mins
Bunce's Winter Olympics Tales of the Extraordinary
Steve's back with ten episodes all about the Winter Olympics - only on BBC Sounds.
31 Jan 2022,2 mins
The Highest Hero
The man who saved people from a frozen death with near impossible mountain rescues.
12 Jan 2018,21 mins
Best and Friday
How do the "greatest footballer you never saw", Robin Friday, and George Best connect?
05 Jan 2018,24 mins
The Forgotten Fight
Zamora v Zarate met one night in Little Mexico in a fight of extraordinary quality.
29 Dec 2017,21 mins
The Open Golf Menace
Steve Bunce with tales of a man who became the scourge of the golfing elite.
25 Dec 2017,22 mins
The Boxer and the Bear
Steve Bunce tells extraordinary stories, starting with the boxer who battled a bear.
25 Dec 2017,25 mins
The Kid
Steve Bunce tells the story of Stuey Ungar, the greatest poker player in history.
22 Dec 2017,20 mins
Nosher Powell
The life of stuntman, bodyguard and boxer Nosher Powell, told by Steve Bunce.
15 Dec 2017,21 mins
Takhti - Iran’s Wrestling Hero
The story of Iranian wrestling legend, Gholamreza Takhti.
09 Dec 2017,21 mins
Crazy Matti
The story of Fin Matti Nykanen, the greatest ski jumper of all time.
01 Dec 2017,25 mins
The Unridden Realm
Steve Bunce tells the story of the greatest day of sport the world has ever seen.
24 Nov 2017,20 mins
The Boxing Krays
Steve Bunce tells the story of Ronnie and Reggie Kray's life as young boxers.
17 Nov 2017,23 mins
The Soccer War
Buncey takes us back to June 1969 to a football match between Honduras and El Salvador.
03 Nov 2017,18 mins
Welcome to Bunce's Tales of the Extraordinary
Welcome to this new BBC podcast. The first episode will be published within seven days.
26 Oct 2017,1 min