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29/04/2011
A cornucopia of wedding-related numbers, and AV explained.
08/05/2011
More or Less looks at child poverty, climate refugees and Sir Henry Cooper's left hook.
13/05/2011
Investigating the public sector pay premium, statins and the 'decline effect'.
05/08/2011
Tim Harford and the More or Less team unpick more numbers in the news.
12/08/2011
Riots, debt, disability benefit and when to buy a lotto ticket.
19/08/2011
Salt, 'zero tolerance' policing, and how to predict the adult height of growing children.
26/08/2011
Scottish independence, mobile phones and cancer, and is Tendulkar the greatest sportsman?
02/09/2011
Euro debt odyssey, the placebo effect and 70 years of social surveys.
09/09/2011
This edition features zombie statistics, the Olympics and the maths of spying.
02/12/2011
Tim Harford on public sector pensions, eurozone statistics, and affordable housing.
09/12/2011
The maths of supermarket price wars and odds of cracking six double-yolk eggs in a row.
16/12/2011
Higgs boson statistics; how to corner a market; and Fibonacci's medieval mathematics.
Who are the 1% and who are the 99%?
Tim Harford discusses income inequality and discovers the maths in magic.
30/12/2011
A guide to interesting, informative or just plain idiosyncratic numbers of the year.
Using statistics in court
Tim Harford looks at numbers in the news and in life, including statistics in court.
High Speed 2 and Executive Pay
Tim Harford looks at high speed rail and executive pay.
How many species are going extinct?
The height of North Koreans, the width of police officers and rate of species extinction.
The formula that changed the world
The drought in numbers, the formula that changed the world, and tall Tories.
A grand economic experiment?
Austerity, border queues and bank holidays. With Tim Harford.
Are CEOs worth it?
Executive pay, chess and trouble on the Greek railway.
Are 120,000 families responsible for a disproportionate share of society's ills?
Troubled families, nursing numbers and the mathematical consequences of unneutered cats.
Would firing staff 'at will' boost the economy?
The Beecroft Review, infidelity, Ben Goldacre and the truth about hard-working Greeks.
Who are the Libor losers?
How much damage did messing with Libor actually do to the financial system?
The Tour de France and the statistics of cheating
Can maths prove whether the Tour de France has successfully clamped down on drugs?
Levelling the playing field
Which countries punch above and below their weight at the Olympics? With Tim Harford.
How extraordinary is Ye Shiwen?
Ye Shiwen's statistics, what's happening to homelessness, and TV's murder capital.
How to lose money, fast
High-frequency trading, Trumptonomics and more medalling with the Olympics.
The great playing field sell off?
How many school playing fields have really been sold off? Presented by Tim Harford.
Ash Dieback and Fergie-Time
Tim Harford fells some ash tree related statistics and asks if Fergie-time really exists.
The art of polling, Kevin Pietersen, stacking lego
Tim Harford looks at opinion polling, and how high you can stack Lego bricks.
Royal twins and the Autumn Statement
Tim Harford asks what severe morning sickness tells us about the chances of having twins.