More or Less Episodes Episode guide
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17/04/2009
Tim Harford investigates the numbers behind the drug legalisation debate.
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Fertility Figures - Credit Crunch Maths - Statistical Significance - Recession
Tim Harford asks how do you make statistics useful to those seeking IVF treatment?
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Politics Special
Tim Harford by politicians to discuss the use and abuse of numbers in politics.
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Sex Workers - Babylonian Numbers - Credit Crunch Maths: Journalism
Tim Harford explores how many prostitutes in the UK are controlled by drug dealers?
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Forecasting the Future - More Credit Crunch Maths- Lake Wobegon Effect - Average Wage
Tim Harford questions the ability of professional forecasters at predicting the future.
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Celebrity Quiz - Divorce at Christmas
Tim Harford is joined by former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq and comedian Dave Gorman.
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Strictly Voting Fiasco - Imperial Measures - Childhood Obesity - Knife-Crime Statistics
Tim Harford explores the voting system of Strictly Come Dancing.
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Poisonous Pork? - Retail Sales - Street Numbers - LIBOR
Tim Harford wonders whether Irish sausages really are too toxic to eat?
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Sexual or Statistical Abuse - Credit Crunch Maths - VAT Cut
Tim Harford explores whether 10% of girls suffer the most serious form of abuse.
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Street Value of Drugs - Stress & Heart Disease - Stock Market
Tim Harford explores how the police evaluate the "street value" of drugs.
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Do Doctors' Strikes Save Lives? - Epidemics - Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Eurovision Song Contest
Tim Harford investigates the link between a doctors' strike and drops in death rates.
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Food Waste - Internet Polling - Electoral Fraud Rumours - CCTV
Tim Harford explores whether people in the UK throw away a third of the food they buy.
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Can Work Cause Health Problems? - Simpsons' Theory - Housing Gloom
Tim Harford explores whether stressful jobs cause health problems.
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Has Global Warming Peaked? - UK's Pub Capital - Can Hillary Win? - Cereal for a Boy?
Is the planet still getting hotter?
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Inflation Rate - Arts & Maths - Company Valuations - Immigration
Tim Harford examines the different ways of measuring inflation.
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Teaching Quality and Peer Influences - Inflation Figures - Dungeons and Dragons
Tim Harford how Dungeons and Dragons helped promote mental arithmetic.
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Understanding Drug Trials - Lucky Numbers
Tim Harford investigates the effectiveness of anti-depressants.
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Christmas Numbers Quiz - Monopoly - The Economic Value of Gifts
Tim Harford explores how to win at Monopoly using probability theory.
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Overweight and Pregnant - Size Matters - Carer Recognition - League Tables
Tim Harford explores the problems of being an overweight expectant mother.
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Are Food Links to Cancer Overstated? - A Dollar a Day - Reading Scores - Encryption
Tim Harford examines the science on lifestyle links to cancer.
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Quants Fortune - Dating By Numbers - Prize Winner
Tim Harford analyses the financial mathematicians known as "quants" for a second time.
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Predicting Bird Flu - Hospital Waiting Lists - Speed Cameras
Ruth Alexander reports on the methods used to predict the spread of avian flu.
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Measuring Happiness
Tim Harford investigates the economics of happiness.
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Migrant Figures - Surveys - A Kilo Crisis?
Tim Harford investigate the relationship between academic surveys and PR companies.
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Drinking Problems? - Making Millions From Maths - Weather Forecast
Tim Harford investigates how much alcohol is too much.
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Treating Patients on 'Gut Instinct' - Child's play
Is it better for a doctor to act on a hunch or rely on statistics?
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Calculating Crime and Perception - Chill Winds
Andrew Dilnot explores why people doubt crime statistics.
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The Great Health Divide
Andrew Dilnot investigate why lifestyle may not be they only factor to longevity.
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Measuring Children's Happiness - Black Market - Rain
Andrew Dilnot examines the numbers from a Unicef report about child welfare.
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The Science of Giving
Andrew Dilnot looks at how numbers influence how much people give to charity.
