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Behind the Bottom Line
by James Schofield
Business isn't about numbers, it's about people. "Behind the Bottom Line" is inspired by the interesting people I've met or the strange events I've experienced, and which I've turned into tales for different magazines. I tell their stories and something about the real-life background.
Episodes
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Seven Continents - episode 14
Find out the origin story of 'Seven Continents': Who were the real life characters the fictional ones are based on? Where is Kazbakistan and the other locations? How much of the background detail about the diamond industry is accurate? Learn something about the creation of this podcast, the...
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Seven Continents - episode 13
💎It's show-down time! Kirill, Irina and Macey have organised a meeting with Sir Gilbert Villiers and Roy Marsden, who has no idea what the three of them have found out about him and his connection with Piet Hoodjink, the London director of Durban Diamonds. But what on earth possessed Marsden to...
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Seven Continents - episode 12
💎 Kirill and Irina are now back in England. After comparing notes about what they have uncovered with Macey’s research in London, they are all now convinced that Roy Marsden, Head of ECO Warriors and Piet Hoodjink, Director of the London branch of Durban Diamonds, are behind the murder of Sergei...
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Seven Continents - episode 11
💎 Sergei Vasilyev, the source of the threatening messages and packages being sent to Gilbert Villiers, the CEO of Seven Continents, has been murdered, thrown off his 12th floor balcony by persons unknown. But before his killers struck, he sent Kirill Solokov an email. Could that contain a clue...
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Seven Continents - episode 10
Kirill and Irina have told Sergei Vasilyev what they found at the diamond mine at the Tuv oasis. His story of what happened to him and his family is going to shock the two of them - and provide an explanation for the sinister events that have been troubling Gilbert Villiers. In London, Roy…
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Seven Continents - episode 9
Kirill and Irina head back to Dhosk and civilization after their adventures underground. Their next visit is to Sergei Vasilyev, a colleague of Irina's at the University of Dhosk who used to work at the mine. What has he got to tell them? Macey has decided to drop in and see Piet Hoodjink, the...
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Seven Continents - episode 8
Kirill and Irina have to go down the stairs into the bowels of the deserted diamond mine to see if they can find anything there that could explain who is behind the campaign to smear Gilbert Villiers. But are they going to get out of there alive? Macey is also dealing with a tricky situation. How...
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Seven Continents - episode 7
Macey Church and Kirill Solokov continue to try to unravel what is happening at Seven Continents, the diamond mining giant. Macey has interviews with some of the directors at the London headquarters while Kirill and Irina, are following up clues given to them by the Kerkomen nomads in the other...
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Seven Continents - episode 6
Macey Church reports what she has learnt from interviewing Nancy Inovix to Dr Roy Marsden, director of ECO Warriors, and receives an unexpected invitation. Meanwhile in Kazbakistan, Kirill Solokov sets off across the desert with the anthropologist Dr Irina Kerkomenova to visit the Kerkomen…
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Seven Continents - episode 5
Macey Church and Kirill Sokolov set to work to uncover who is sending sinister messages to Sir Gilbert Villiers and the Seven Continents diamond mining company. While Macey begins interviewing Villiers' colleagues in London, Kirill is headed for Kazbakistan where he gets quite a surprise when he...
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Seven Continents - episode 4
Roy Marsden has gone back to London and Macey and Kirill will start carrying out interviews in Seven Continents on Monday, to try to discover who is behind the anonymous messages threatening Sir Gilbert. So, maybe they can have a relaxing weekend first and renew old friendships? Think again -...
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Seven Continents - episode 3
Sir Gilbert has introduced Macey and Kirill to his close associate Dr Roy Marsden, director of the environmental protection group ECO Warriors. But what is his connection to the diamond mining industry and what is it that Seven Continents is so worried about? 🎧 To get the best experience of this...
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Seven Continents - episode 2
Kirill Solokov and Macey Church, investigators for Capstan Consultants are on their way to meet Sir Gilbert Villiers, the chairman of Seven Continents, a diamond mining company, and his wife the former ballerina Tatyana Kerkomenova. On their way to the Villiers' country estate Ashdown Hall…
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Seven Continents - episode 1
Seven Continents is a diamond mining company with a reputation for ethical and sustainable exploitation of natural resources. So why is the charismatic chairman, Sir Gilbert Villiers, receiving threatening messages? And what is the connection to Kazbakistan, homeland of his ballerina wife Tatyana...
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Behind the Bottom Line Season 9 - 'Seven Continents' trailer
Clear your schedules now! September 13, season 9 of BBL is out. 'Seven Continents' is a 14-part thriller set in the diamond mining industry. Recordings are in progress now. Book will be available on my website: Behind the Bottom Line
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The Impressions - Episode 4
This is the final episode of season 8’s story ‘The Impressions’. I talk about the City of London where the story takes place, the sources for the different characters and an interesting theory about what some people believe could explain ghosts. And finally I’m going to introduce you to my next...
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The Impressions - Episode 3
Felicity Appleby's plan to have the building belonging to the London investment bank Ruff, Tumble and Bounderby declared a building worth preserving by the Historical Building Association means the re-entry into her life of Aiden Duchenny, an ex-boyfriend. Will he help her, or will that entail a...
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The Impressions - Episode 2
Felicity Appleby has promised to help the Impressions, the peculiar inhabitants of the investment bank she works at near St Paul's Cathedral, find a way to stop the building they inhabit being torn down. But how will that be possible when other people hardly ever notice them? Could Felicity's old...
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The Impressions - Episode 1
Felicity Appleby has a job she hates in the London investment bank Ruff, Tumble and Bounderby. The only plus side is the bank's beautiful 19th century building and its location in the City of London, near St Paul's Cathedral. However, after bumping her head on a cupboard door, Felicity finds that...
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The Fortune Teller
DRAMA: Simon Cassandra is a fortune teller - not with a crystal ball or Tarot cards but with computers. He works for the government, trying to model future scenarios to help ministers make their decisions. There's only one problem - they don't like listening to experts. But perhaps Mr Camille, a...
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Summer Special 2022 - Episode 2
Welcome to the 'Behind the Bottom Line' Summer Special 2022. Two great episodes to listen to on holiday. Today's stories are: ⚽ ‘The Debt’ – Jimmy King was once a prince on the football pitch, worshipped by thousands. Now, he’s just a bitter, old man in a care home, waiting to die. But not...
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Summer Special 2022 - Episode 1
Welcome to the 'Behind the Bottom Line' Summer Special 2022. Two great episodes to listen to on holiday. Today's stories are: 👨💼 ‘The Interview’ – how good are you in job interviews? Cuthbert Trill wants to kill himself but is persuaded to apply for one more job. Will he get it? 🐺 ‘Full Moon’…
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The Moustache
Thanks to his magnificent moustache, Wilhelm Adler has always managed to get his way in both the boardroom and the bedroom. But Candy Harding is disgusted by it and remains completely immune to his charms, which of course makes her doubly attractive. How can he persuade her to think again? Music…
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The shopping cart
Sally King is shopping in Hal Mart Superstore in Portland. As always, her experience is made much easier if she follows the advice given to her by her shopping cart. Only this time, the shopping cart has one or two strange suggestions for her. What on earth was her husband doing the previous...
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Catchphrase
Jack is a highly paid motivational speaker with a secret. Bibi is his coach and she has a secret too. What could be the key for both of them to tell each other their secrets? Could it be the catchphrase that Jack's old sheepdog Billy always said to Jack? 'Who dares, wins?' A transcript of this...
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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 with a conscience about what Hawksmoor is doing. She provides him with…
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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 much superlearning might have unforeseen consequences, and turn you from a...
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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 first appeared in Business Spotlight.
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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 what are they looking for from Hickson? This story was first published in Business...
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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 they? Music by JuliusH, Pixabay. Photo by Monstera from Pexels This…
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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 yours… The text for the story can be found in the transcript section on my website:...
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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 ignored? This story is based on a thousand real events. Music by JuliusH, Pixabay.
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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 facts and figures about my podcast in 2021 and carry out a live Tarot...
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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 of this alive? Music by JuliusH from Pixabay
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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 is this really a good idea? Music by JuliusH from Pixabay
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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 very strangely when he took one by mistake. The two of them have now gone...
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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 a restaurant, but on their way back to their hotel, Emily has a shock. In the...
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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 centre, got a full-scale chemical laboratory in his cellar? What caused…
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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 morning? And what is in the herbal tea that the guests drink before their...
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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 England, and the extravagant Dotty van Meese with whom Emily shares an…
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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 peculiar other guests, staying on Pacelli, and have a Tarot reading done…
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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 Pacelli in the Venetian lagoon for some yoga, warm weather and excellent...
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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 for a well-deserved holiday at the Advanced Centre for Wellness and Meditation. The...
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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 advertisements torture me how I choose the names for my characters You will also…
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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 questions. What will happen if she finds out what's been going on? Image by…
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Double Trouble - Episode 8: On set
Tim has found a way to bring his brother, 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 longer? Image by Marcel Langthim from Pixabay
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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 flow? And what about his brother Nick trapped by floods on the farm? Is he simply...
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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 him realise that he has been guilty of avoiding his business...
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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 on a date. Can he keep her fooled, especially as she starts getting…
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Double Trouble - Episode 4: Nick learns a lesson
Tim is finding out that his brother’s life in London is more complicated than he realized. His colleagues are competitive, he has to create a new advertising campaign for a car in only a week, Nick’s ex-girlfriend wants to get back together with him and that’s before he’s even met the boss, Louis...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Business isn't about numbers, it's about people. "Behind the Bottom Line" is inspired by the interesting people I've met or the strange events I've experienced, and which I've turned into tales for different magazines. I tell their stories and something about the real-life background.
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