Romance Episodes

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 story is available on my website: www.behindthebottomline.com Music by JuliusH Pixabay. Image by Pixabay This story first appeared in Business Spotlight.

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 story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2020.

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 get a sneak preview of season 6 which will be coming to a podcast player near you at the beginning of October 2021. Image by Kurt Bouda from Pixabay

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 zl2ifb from Pixabay

Tim has found a way to bring 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

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 flirting with Wanda, the Polish agricultural student, or is this something more serious? Image by butterflystroke from Pixabay

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 responsibilities, and when he does get home, he's going to have to make some changes. Meanwhile, Nick is finding out that being trapped in a dark cellar isn’t always such a bad thing. Especially if you’re in that ...

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 more than a little bit friendly? As for Nick, back on the farm he's advising Tim's wife Gwyneth on how to write a seduction scene for her latest romantic novel. But is the technique he describes starting ...

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 Madison... Image by Ulrike Leone from Pixabay.

Timothy Aldridge has to leave his beloved farm and the quiet countryside to go up to London to take the place of his twin brother Nicholas – an advertising executive – at an important meeting, after Tim, his wife Gwyneth and a goat called Lady Lois accidentally knock Nick out. It’s only supposed to be for one meeting, but then Nick finds flooding has left him trapped on the farm and his brother Tim trapped in London pretending to be a top businessperson. What could possibly go wrong? Image by bstad from Pixabay

Nick Aldridge's relaxing weekend down in the countryside on his brother Tim's farm is suddenly interrupted by a call from London. Who's calling Nick late on Friday evening and what on earth can they want? And how will Tim, Gwyneth and Wanda react? Image by Lara Badioli from Pixabay

Timothy and Nicholas Aldridge are identical twins with very different lives. Timothy runs the family farm in a quiet part of the south-west of England while Nicholas is a senior manager for the advertising company Madison and Oggers in London. One wet weekend both their worlds change for ever. Nick has an accident and has to stay on the farm, so Tim secretly takes over his brother's job in London. Follow them from one comic disaster to another as they find success, love and happiness when chaos ...

Venice, 1948 and a lonely young Englishwoman makes friends with the mysterious Miss Winterleigh. What is the secret that keeps Miss Winterleigh attached to the city, and what does it have to do with the cemetery of San Michele? This story was first published in Speak Up magazine in 2016. Photo: original.

ROMANCE/STEAMPUNK: Can you imagine an alternative world where steam powered airbuses are the transport of choice and children learn how to fix a boiler in kindergarten? Now come on a first date with Ernest and Millicent and discover London as it might have been ... This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2013. Photo by Miguel Á. Padriñán from Pexels