More or Less

Last Edited: 21-Aug-2019 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recordings are good unless otherwise indicated.

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2004

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
08-Jan-2004	1	a surfeit of overdue babies	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:44, 11597, m
15-Jan-2004	2	cancer and clusters	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:29, 11478, m
22-Jan-2004	3	added value of school	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:33, 11514, m
29-Jan-2004	4	speed cameras and regression	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:32, 11500, m
05-Feb-2004	5	a disunited Britain	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:29, 11478, m
12-Feb-2004	6	immigration projections	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:32, 11500, m
17-Jun-2004	1	recycling targets	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:32, 11500, m
24-Jun-2004	2	cancer incidence vs prevalence	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:23, 11433, m
01-Jul-2004	3		Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland
08-Jul-2004	4		Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland
15-Jul-2004	5		Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland
22-Jul-2004	6	measuring poverty	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:26, 11456, m
29-Jul-2004	7		Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland

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2005

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
13-Jan-2005	1	mobile phone risk--paternity	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:36, 23072, S
20-Jan-2005	2	flu vaccines	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:35, 23060, S
27-Jan-2005	3	yob Britain	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:31, 22992, S
03-Feb-2005	4	Measuring Nature and Fraud	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	25:03, 11749, m
10-Feb-2005	5	Analysing a Species	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:38, 23108, S
17-Feb-2005	6	the cost of choice	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:34, 23040, S
26-Apr-2005	special	Election Special	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	28:02, 26290, S
23-Jun-2005	1	the developing world	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:35, 23048, S
30-Jun-2005	2	passive smoking	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:35, 23048, S
07-Jul-2005	3	clinical trials	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:42, 23163, S
14-Jul-2005	4	social facts	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:36, 23065, S
21-Jul-2005	5	government budget	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	20:54, 19595, S partial episode
22-Dec-2005	1	pensions sods law	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:32, 23011, S
29-Dec-2005	2	journalistic innumeracy	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:27, 22923, S

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2006

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
05-Jan-2006	3	counting things--data capture	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:31, 22985, S
12-Jan-2006	4	top of the league tables	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:33, 23018, S
19-Jan-2006	5	Value-added schools	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	25:12, 23627, S
26-Jan-2006	6	social capital	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:26, 22921, S
02-Feb-2006	7	reforming numbers	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:33, 23022, S
22-Jun-2006	1	Hospital waiting lists	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:32, 23005, S
29-Jun-2006	2	education by lottery	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:35, 23058, S
06-Jul-2006	3	politics of baby growth	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:38, 23097, S
13-Jul-2006	4	Searching for patterns	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:52, 23327, S
20-Jul-2006	5	Pigeonholes and postcodes	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:25, 22892, S
27-Jul-2006	6	The truth behind statistics	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	24:33, 23030, S
23-Oct-2006	1	diet and bad behaviour	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	27:50, 26104, S
30-Oct-2006	2	the hospital waiting game	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	27:47, 26052, S
06-Nov-2006	3	testing times for athletes	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	28:00, 26266, S
13-Nov-2006	4	still waiting for treatment	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	27:46, 26046, S
20-Nov-2006	5	the perversity of randomness	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	27:43, 25986, S
27-Nov-2006	6	flying away	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	27:48, 26068, S
04-Dec-2006	7	monitoring patient treatments	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	27:43, 25999, S
11-Dec-2006	8	top of the class	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	27:47, 26063, S
18-Dec-2006	9	health privacy and statistics	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	27:55, 26173, S
25-Dec-2006	10	the buzz of the box	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	19:56, 18697, S partial episode

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2007

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
23-Apr-2007	1	drug trial risks assessed	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	27:31, 25805, S
30-Apr-2007	2	Railways safety and privatisation	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	27:47, 26063, S
07-May-2007	3	The politics of number crunching	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	27:32, 25822, S
14-May-2007	4	The science of giving	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	27:55, 26185, S
21-May-2007	5	Measuring Children's Happiness	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	27:42, 25969, S
28-May-2007	6	health inequalities	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	27:53, 26150, S
04-Jun-2007	7	calculating crime and its perception	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	27:46, 26032, S
11-Jun-2007	8	Treating patients on gut instinct	Andrew Dilnot Producer: Michael Blastland	27:35, 25860, S
29-Oct-2007	1	Drinking Problems	Tim Harford, Inez Bowen	28:05, 26336, S
05-Nov-2007	2	Migrant figures that did not add up	Tim Harford, Inez Bowen	28:01, 26267, S
12-Nov-2007	3	Measuring happiness	Tim Harford, Inez Bowen	27:46, 26042, S
19-Nov-2007	4	Predicting bird flu	Tim Harford, Inez Bowen	27:40, 25953, S
26-Nov-2007	5	Making a fortune through numbers	Tim Harford, Inez Bowen	28:02, 26286, S
03-Dec-2007	6	Are food links to cancer overstated	Tim Harford, Inez Bowen	27:40, 25945, S
10-Dec-2007	7	Overweight and pregnant	Tim Harford, Inez Bowen	27:40, 25951, S
17-Dec-2007	8	Christmas numbers quiz	Tim Harford, Inez Bowen	27:53, 26144, S

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2008

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
07-Apr-2008	1	Understanding Drug Trials	Tim Harford, Inez Bowen	25:01, 23464, S
14-Apr-2008	2	Teaching quality and peer influences, Dungeons and Dragons	Tim Harford, Inez Bowen	24:51, 23309, S
21-Apr-2008	3	What is your real rate of inflation	Tim Harford, Inez Bowen	24:59, 23430, S
28-Apr-2008	4	Has global warming peaked	Tim Harford, Inez Bowen	24:57, 23400, S
05-May-2008	5	Can work cause health problems	Tim Harford, Inez Bowen	24:43, 23186, S
12-May-2008	6	Going to waste	Tim Harford, Inez Bowen	24:58, 23420, S
19-May-2008	7	Do doctors strikes save lives	Tim Harford, Inez Bowen	24:41, 23150, S
26-May-2008	8	How are drugs street value calculated	Tim Harford, Inez Bowen	24:36, 23078, S
05-Dec-2008	1	A question of sexual or statistical abuse	Tim Harford, Inez Bowen	27:46, 26045, S
12-Dec-2008	2	Poisonous Pork?	Tim Harford, Inez Bowen	27:53, 26154, S
19-Dec-2008	3	Strictly voting fiasco	Tim Harford, Inez Bowen	28:01, 26269, S
26-Dec-2008	4	Celebrity Christmas Special	Tim Harford, Konnie Huq, Dave Gorman, Inez Bowen	27:58, 26226, S

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2009

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
02-Jan-2009	5	Forecasting the future	Tim Harford, Inez Bowen	27:51, 26124, S
09-Jan-2009	6	Sex workers	Tim Harford, Inez Bowen	27:59, 26242, S
16-Jan-2009	7	Politics Special	Tim Harford, Daniel Tetlow	27:56, 26205, S
23-Jan-2009	8	The figures on fertility	Tim Harford, Daniel Tetlow	27:48, 26070, S
17-Apr-2009	1	the drug legalisation debate, a former home secretary's maths, why drowning cats can help explain the credit crunch	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:45, 26023, S
24-Apr-2009	2	sustainable energy, 100 per cent effort, explaining the national debt	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:57, 26210, S
01-May-2009	3	Flu-conomics, When I'm 94, Stat-Nav, The Formula of Doom	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:31, 25798, S
08-May-2009	4	Alcohol and cancer risk, Snap decisions, Does More or Less make you mean?, Maths in music	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:32, 25822, S
15-May-2009	5	Domestic Violence, the Kate Bush Conjecture, hardest hit by recession, Deal or No Deal	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:45, 26017, S
22-May-2009	6	Marginally honest, Forecasting football, Punching below our weight?, Keeping track of Tim	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:20, 25637, S
07-Aug-2009	1	Welcome to Eurabia, DNA to stay, Lost in music	Tim Harford, Ruth Alexander	27:43, 25993, S
14-Aug-2009	2	Who governs Britain?, Forecasting football, Fare dos, Words or deeds	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:50, 26095, S
21-Aug-2009	3	Fluconomics 2, Batting for statistics, A Levels examined, Financial WMD	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:58, 26229, S
28-Aug-2009	4	Understanding Rape Statistics, Degrees of Wealth, Trouble Mounting with Double Counting, The Beauty of Data	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:46, 26041, S
04-Sep-2009	5	Junk maths, Calculating copyright infringement, State of the statistical nation, The great loyalty debate, Why does England lose?	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:54, 26160, S
11-Sep-2009	6	Blowing cold, then hot, Flight graph, Beautiful people, Revenge of the nerds, We can work it out	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	28:00, 26251, S
11-Dec-2009	1	A paler shade of light, Race and crime, Winning by a nose, Count von Count	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:42, 25972, S
18-Dec-2009	2	Doing time for no crime, Child drinkers, Scroogenomics, Vole patrol, Who pays for the public sector	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:48, 26069, S
25-Dec-2009	--	No programme

2010

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
01-Jan-2010	3	Freakonomics meets More or Less, Cheating in sport, Now wash your hands, Drill and fill, Has London's congestion charge worked	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:52, 26137, S
08-Jan-2010	4	Catch me if you can, The Exponential Function, Cost of alcohol, 2010: A New Decade?	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:45, 26026, S
15-Jan-2010	5	The public transport problem, Politics by numbers, Election survival guide, The scale of Wales	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:57, 26205, S
22-Jan-2010	6	Unemployment explained, Libel and science, How old is old, The war of numbers	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	28:01, 26275, S
21-May-2010	1	Power maths, Debt redux, Poll post mortem, Statistical bounty hunters	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:37, 25897, S
28-May-2010	2	Mortality statistics, Toasters v sharks, Martin Gardner and the Tuesday Boy problem, Child trust funds	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:36, 25878, S
04-Jun-2010	3	What matters is what works, Bank Tax, 80/20, Ugly criminals	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:59, 26240, S
11-Jun-2010	4	More from less?, Mathletes, Bag of stats, Tuesday Boy	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:38, 25921, S
18-Jun-2010	5	Pay gap trap, Pension tension, Maths busking, The sticker puzzle	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:50, 26109, S
25-Jun-2010	6	Is the budget fair?, Drink drive numbers, Beautiful information, Potty parity	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:35, 25869, S
27-Aug-2010	1	Spirited debate, Life expectancy, Hard (hat) facts, Alex's adventures	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:57, 26206, S
03-Sep-2010	2	How long have we got, Academics bite back, Is cycling safer than driving, The maths of war	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:53, 26147, S
10-Sep-2010	3	Back to school, Disability numbers, Visa squeeze, Lost generation	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	28:02, 26284, S
17-Sep-2010	4	Who earns more: private or public employees, estimates of the number of Catholics who attend mass, Are your trousers flattering you, how age and sex affect sporting ability	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:36, 25880, S
24-Sep-2010	5	the welfare budget, the Prime Minister's salary, cats as bird-killers, Great North Run	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:59, 26236, S
01-Oct-2010	6	Gay Britain, Paying for bankers' mistakes, Needless deaths, The PM 's pay, The micromort, Police numbers	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:35, 25868, S
10-Dec-2010	1	Tuition fees, Traffic lights, Nuclear terrorism threat, Oxbridge ethnic backgrounds, Jack the psychic tamarin	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:56, 26200, S
17-Dec-2010	2	Local government funding, Age-adjusted earnings, Correlation or causation, oracular Jack	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:43, 25987, S
24-Dec-2010	3	A More or Less Christmas Carol	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:30, 25796, S
31-Dec-2010	4	2010 in numbers	Tim Harford, Richard Knight and Wesley Stephenson	27:58, 26235, S

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2011

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
07-Jan-2011	5	Contraception deception, Death yodel, VAT spat, Proofiness, Game over, Jack	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:53, 26145, S
14-Jan-2011	6	Street grooming, Loxleygate, Bank tax, Debt or deficit, Five guys named Mohammed	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:55, 26173, S
21-Jan-2011	7	Health check, George Osborne's credit card, The unemployment riddle, Words and numbers, Blue Monday	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:56, 26193, S
01-Apr-2011	1	"Embarrassingly small" cuts, The Other Census, The cost of intervention, Strawberry Fields... forever?	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:36, 25878, S
08-Apr-2011	2	Youth unemployment, Trumptonshire's deficit, Social immobility	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:51, 26115, S
15-Apr-2011	3	the tuition fee system, uses and abuses of statistical significance testing, progressivity, CPI and RPI	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:49, 26087, S
22-Apr-2011	4	GDP, school standards and the results of 'The Other Census'	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:49, 26081, S
29-Apr-2011	5	a cornucopia of wedding-related numbers, the alternative vote electoral system (Friday broadcast truncated by Royal Wedding)	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	Friday 13:36, 12756, S Sunday and podcast 27:44, 26008, S
08-May-2011 no Friday broadcast	6	accusations of a climate change conspiracy, Henry Cooper, progress in reducing child poverty in the UK has stalled, a surprising statistical overview of Britain	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	Sunday and podcast 27:46, 26045, S
13-May-2011	7	the public sector pay premium, statins and the 'decline effect'	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:46, 26043, S
05-Aug-2011	1	A very big number, NHS spending, Decades of austerity?, The "27 Club"	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:40, 25900, S
12-Aug-2011	2	Riots, debt, disability benefit and when to buy a lotto ticket	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:52, 26079, S
19-Aug-2011	3	Salt, 'zero tolerance' policing, and how to predict the adult height of growing children	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:49, 26039, S
26-Aug-2011	4	Scottish independence, mobile phones and cancer, and is Tendulkar the greatest sportsman?	Tim Harford, Phil Kemp	27:54, 26119, S
02-Sep-2011	5	Euro debt odyssey, the placebo effect and 70 years of social surveys	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:47, 26002, S
09-Sep-2011	6	zombie statistics, the Olympics and the maths of spying	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:33, 25790, S
02-Dec-2011	1	Public sector strike, Eurostats, Cheap homes, World on an island	Tim Harford, Ruth Alexander	27:44, 25962, S
09-Dec-2011	2	Children's Books, Supermarket price wars, Eurostats II, Amazing?	Tim Harford, Ruth Alexander	27:37, 25848, S
16-Dec-2011	3	Higgs Boson, Medieval mathematics, How (not) to corner a market	Tim Harford, Ruth Alexander	27:42, 25924, S
23-Dec-2011	4	99 v 1%, Laughing in the face of risk, The magic of maths	Tim Harford, Ruth Alexander	27:38, 25865, S
30-Dec-2011	5	numbers of the year	Tim Harford, Wesley Stephenson	27:45, 25966, S

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2012
World Service podcasts are included only when the Radio Four program is not being broadcast.

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
06-Jan-2011	6	the use of statistics in court, the average rise in rail fares, infinity and another marital dispute about probability	Tim Harford, Wesley Stephenson	27:39, 25873, S
13-Jan-2011	7	high speed rail and executive pay	Tim Harford, Wesley Stephenson	27:51, 26067, S
BBC WS 14-Jan-2012	podcast	Chavez' cancer claims	Tim Harford, Ruth Alexander	9:15, 8677, S
BBC WS 20-Jan-2012	podcast	Climate bet, Africa Cup of Nations	Tim Harford, Ruth Alexander	9:24, 8808, S
BBC WS 27-Jan-2012	podcast	Sizing up cities	Tim Harford, Ruth Alexander	9:31, 8920, S
BBC WS 03-Feb-2012	podcast	More alive than dead?	Tim Harford, Wesley Stephenson	9:22, 8778, S
BBC WS 10-Feb-2012	podcast	Measuring famine	Tim Harford, Ruth Alexander	9:25, 8827, S
BBC WS 17-Feb-2012	podcast	Cybermetrics and Groundhog Day	Tim Harford, Ruth Alexander	9:25, 8817, S
BBC WS 24-Feb-2012	podcast	Syria poll and Europe’s work hours	Tim Harford, Ruth Alexander	9:24, 8804, S
BBC WS 02-Mar-2012	podcast	Less than a dollar a day	Tim Harford, Ruth Alexander	9:26, 8838, S
BBC WS 09-Mar-2012	podcast	Is Apple worth more than Poland?	Tim Harford, Ruth Alexander	9:24, 8807, S
BBC WS 16-Mar-2012	podcast	Red meat death risk?	Tim Harford, Ruth Alexander	9:25, 8822, S
BBC WS 23-Mar-2012	podcast	What is the world average salary?	Tim Harford, Ruth Alexander	9:20, 8739, S
BBC WS 30-Mar-2012	podcast	Do big football clubs win more penalties?	Tim Harford, Ruth Alexander	9:20, 8754, S
BBC WS 06-Apr-2012	podcast	Stamp prices and the first maths book	Tim Harford, Ruth Alexander	9:21, 8758, S
BBC WS 13-Apr-2012	podcast	Eurostats - True or False?	Ruth Alexander, Wesley Stephenson	9:17, 8703, S
BBC WS 20-Apr-2012	podcast	Is the rate of species extinction exaggerated	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	9:20, 8770, S
20-Apr-2012	2012-1	the height of North Koreans, the width of police officers and rate of species extinction	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:46, 39073, S
27-Apr-2012	2012-2	The Long Rain, The Midas Formula, Tall Tories	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	23:48, 22285, S
04-May-2012	2012-3	a Grand Economic Experiment, Border brouhaha, Bank holidays, Choral coincidence	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	23:54, 22372, S
11-May-2012	2012-4	Are CEOs worth it?, Greek rail, Chess puzzle, Dilnot returns	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:53, 26098, S
18-May-2012	2012-5	Troubled families, Nursing numbers, The mathematical consequences of unneutered cats, Greek taxis -- Again	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	23:39, 22141, S
25-May-2012	2012-6	Fire "at will"?, Hard-working Greeks, The maths of infidelity, Publication bias	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	23:54, 22368, S
BBC WS 01-Jun-2012	podcast	Counting images of the Queen, share value of Facebook	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	9:23, 8788, S
BBC WS 08-Jun-2012	podcast	Interview with Daniel Kahneman	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	9:19, 8731, S
BBC WS 15-Jun-2012	podcast	Chance encounters	Angela Saini, Ruth Alexander	9:12, 8639, S
BBC WS 22-Jun-2012	podcast	Weight of the world	Angela Saini, Ruth Alexander	9:21, 8759, S
BBC WS 29-Jun-2012	podcast	Hit movies and killer birthdays	Angela Saini, Ruth Alexander	9:21, 8755, S
BBC WS 06-Jul-2012	podcast	Drinks and drug capital of the world?	Angela Saini, Richard Knight	8:59, 8423, S
13-Jul-2012	1	Who are the Libor losers?	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:33, 25791, S
20-Jul-2012	2	The Tour de France and the statistics of cheating	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:37, 25846, S
27-Jul-2012	3	Levelling the playing field	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:46, 25994, S
03-Aug-2012	4	How extraordinary is Ye Shiwen?, Homelessness, How many songs could ever be written?, The crime capital of television	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:35, 25867, S
10-Aug-2012	5	High frequency trading, Medalling with the Olympics, Trumptonomics, The geeks are coming	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:32, 25832, S
17-Aug-2012	6	The great playing field sell off?	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	27:32, 25761, S
BBC WS 18-Aug-2012	podcast	Levelling the playing field	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	9:18, 8720, S
BBC WS 25-Aug-2012	podcast	Are African leaders more likely to die in office?	Ruth Alexander, Richard Knight	9:01, 8456, S
BBC WS 03-Sep-2012	podcast	How to explain infinity to a four-year-old	Ruth Alexander, Richard Vardon	9:04, 8499, S
BBC WS 10-Sep-2012	podcast	Where are all the US Paralympics gold medals?	Ruth Alexander, Richard Vardon	9:05, 8514, S
BBC WS 17-Sep-2012	podcast	Investigating crime statistics	Ruth Alexander, Richard Vardon	9:05, 8505, S
BBC WS 24-Sep-2012	podcast	Factchecking America	Yan Wong, Richard Knight	9:03, 8486, S
BBC WS 01-Oct-2012	podcast	Plenty more fish in the sea?	Yan Wong, Richard Knight	9:05, 8507, S
BBC WS 08-Oct-2012	podcast	Predicting the Presidency	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	8:59, 8420, S
BBC WS 15-Oct-2012	podcast	Predicting the global population	Yan Wong, Richard Knight	8:58, 8407, S
BBC WS 22-Oct-2012	podcast	Life-saving Economics	Tim Harford, Richard Knight	8:59, 8419. S
BBC WS 29-Oct-2012	podcast	Predicting L'Aquila Earthquake: is it right to blame the scientists?	Yan Wong, Richard Knight	8:58, 8408, S
BBC WS 05-Nov-2012	podcast	US Convictions	Ruth Alexander, Richard Knight	8:57, 8393, S
BBC WS 12-Nov-2012	podcast	Polling voodoo? Predicting the US election	Ruth Alexander, Richard Knight	9:00, 8427, S
BBC WS 19-Nov-2012	podcast	Brain food and bacteria	Ruth Alexander, Richard Knight	9:00, 8428, S
23-Nov-2012	1	Ash Dieback and Fergie-Time	Tim Harford, Wesley Stephenson	23:58, 22434, S
30-Nov-2012	2	The art of polling, Kevin Pietersen, stacking lego	Tim Harford, Wesley Stephenson	23:39, 22143, S
07-Dec-2012	3	the chances of having twins, the Chancellor's Autumn Statement, African GDP statistics, Lego	Tim Harford, Wesley Stephenson	23:54, 22370, S
14-Dec-2012	4	The Census, and what is 'rare'?	Tim Harford, Wesley Stephenson	23:39, 22134, S
21-Dec-2012	5	Fact-checking US gun crime statistics	Tim Harford, Ruth Alexander	23:46, 22251, S
28-Dec-2012	6	Numbers of 2012	Tim Harford, Charlotte Pritchard	23:50, 22306, S

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2013
World Service podcasts are included only when the Radio Four program is not being broadcast.

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
04-Jan-2013	7	The Parable of the Ox, ENIGMA, greatest racehorse	Tim Harford, Wesley Stephenson	27:52, 26088, S
BBC WS 11-Jan-2013	podcast	The Parable of the Ox	Tim Harford	8:57, 8407, S
BBC WS 14-Jan-2013	podcast	Food waste and Scrabble	Ruth Alexander	8:59, 8416, S
BBC WS 19-Jan-2013	podcast	Indian Farmer Suicides	Ruth Alexander	8:58, 8407, S
BBC WS 26-Jan-2013	podcast	Fat or Fiction	Ruth Alexander	8:59, 8419, S
BBC WS 02-Feb-2013	podcast	A case of statistical significance in Greece	Ruth Alexander	9:00, 8419, S
BBC WS 09-Feb-2013	podcast	The end of the penny	Ruth Alexander	8:58, 8409, S
BBC WS 16-Feb-2013	podcast	Many people support Manchester United?	Ruth Alexander	9:00, 8430, S
BBC WS 23-Feb-2013	podcast	Counting Catholics	Tim Harford	8:59, 8419, S
BBC WS 02-Mar-2013	podcast	Kenyan elections	Ruth Alexander	8:59, 8419, S
BBC WS 09-Mar-2013	podcast	HIV in numbers	Ruth Alexander	8:59, 8412, S
BBC WS 16-Mar-2013	podcast	Are there more black men in college or prison in the US	Ruth Alexander	8:59, 8457, S
BBC WS 23-Mar-2013	podcast	Can big data save lives	Ruth Alexander	8:59, 8470, S
BBC WS 30-Mar-2013	podcast	That's not much gold	Wesley Stephenson, Charlotte Macdonald	9:00, 8477, S
BBC WS 06-Apr-2013	podcast	Communicating Risk	Ruth Alexander	9:00, 8500, S
BBC WS 13-Apr-2013	podcast	Margaret Thatcher in numbers	Ruth Alexander	8:18, 7874, S end missing
BBC WS 20-Apr-2013	podcast	Austerity A Spreadsheet Error	Tim Harford	9:00, 10587, S
BBC WS 27-Apr-2013	podcast	Are Man Utd a one-man team	Ruth Alexander	8:59, 8484, S
03-May-2013	1	Austerity, Thatcher, Mozart and dead birds	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	27:50, 26114, S
10-May-2013	2	The true age of your dog, and how much does the EU cost?	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	27:35, 25885, S
17-May-2013	3	cancer risk probabilities, a Romanian crime wave, teenagers' ignorance of key historical events, jobs are being created by the private sector	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	23:44, 22239, S
24-May-2013	4	Economics of Scottish independence; Ryanair punctuality	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	23:55, 22456, S
31-May-2013	5	The maths of spies and terrorists	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	23:27, 22330, S
07-Jun-2013	6	A&E, and the chances of having twins	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Charlotte Macdonald	27:55, 26195, S
BBC WS 15-Jun-2013	podcast	Is a child dying of hunger every 15 seconds	Ruth Alexander	9:17, 8765, S
BBC WS 22-Jun-2013	podcast	Will 40% of the world's workforce really be in Africa by 2050	Ruth Alexander	9:00, 8495, S
BBC WS 29-Jun-2013	podcast	How long will you live	Ruth Alexander	9:05, 8584, S
BBC WS 06-Jul-2013	podcast	Sex and the world wide web	Ruth Alexander	9:05, 8571, S
BBC WS 13-Jul-2013	podcast	Egypt Biggest protest in history	Ruth Alexander	8:58, 8470, S
20-Jul-2013				no podcast
BBC WS 27-Jul-2013	podcast	Chris Froome's Tour de France victory	Ruth Alexander	8:59, 8482, S
BBC WS 03-Aug-2013	podcast	What is the most visited country in the world	Ruth Alexander	8:59, 8484, S
BBC WS 10-Aug-2013	podcast	Where could we fit the entire world’s population	Ruth Alexander	8:58, 8479, S
BBC WS 17-Aug-2013	podcast	The magic of maths	Tim Harford	8:59, 8483, S
BBC WS 24-Aug-2013	podcast	Is coffee bad for you	Ruth Alexander	8:59. 8483, S
30-Aug-2013	1	What price the life of a badger?	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	27:50, 26042, S
06-Sep-2013	2	The Death Toll in Syria	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	27:49, 26032, S
13-Sep-2013	3	How long can you wait to have a baby?	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	27:54, 26110, S
20-Sep-2013	4	Do free school meals work?	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	27:51, 26064, S
27-Sep-2013	5	Are patients 45% more likely to die in NHS hospitals than US ones?	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	27:50, 26042, S
04-Oct-2013	6	An army of drunk children?	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	24:05, 22545, S
BBC WS 12-Oct-2013	podcast	The Hawthorne Effect	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	8:59, 8493, S
BBC WS 19-Oct-2013	podcast	Nobel Prize puzzle	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	8:58, 8467, S
BBC WS 26-Oct-2013	podcast	Fertility - when is too late	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	8:58, 8472, S
BBC WS 02-Nov-2013	podcast	100,000 Christian martyrs	Ruth Alexander and Wesley Stephenson	8:59, 8479, S
BBC WS 09-Nov-2013	podcast	Does politics make us get our sums wrong	Ruth Alexander and Ben Carter	8:57, 8459, S
BBC WS 16-Nov-2013	podcast	Sachin Tendulkar - best batsman of all time	Ruth Alexander and Ben Carter	8:58, 8468, S
BBC WS 23-Nov-2013	podcast	Could statistics cure cancer	Ruth Alexander and Ben Carter	8:58, 8464, S
BBC WS 30-Nov-2013	podcast	Football Ranking Mysteries Explained	Ruth Alexander and Ben Carter	8:58, 8476, S
BBC WS 07-Dec-2013	podcast	Testing the PISA test	Ruth Alexander	8:59, 8483, S
BBC WS 14-Dec-2013	podcast	Genocide in South Africa	Ruth Alexander	8:59, 8485, S
20-Dec-2013	1	Britain's 80,000 homeless children	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	23:55, 22389, S
27-Dec-2013	2	Numbers of the year	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ben Carter	23:53, 22358, S

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2014

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
03-Jan-2014	3	The Power of Pension Fees	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	27:50, 26042, S
10-Jan-2014	4	The Week That Kills	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	27:50, 26050, S
17-Jan-2014	5	Fact-checking obesity crisis claims	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	27:55, 26131, S
24-Jan-2014	6	Counting the contribution of immigrants	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	27:26, 25668, S
31-Jan-2014	7	The 50p tax rate	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	27:51, 26121, S
BBC WS 10-Feb-2014	podcast	Rising drug overdose deaths	Ruth Alexander	8:58, 8466, S
BBC WS 15-Feb-2014	podcast	Love by numbers	Tim Harford and Charlotte Macdonald	8:58, 8462, S
BBC WS 22-Feb-2014	podcast	Neknomination Outbreak	Charlotte Macdonald and Ben Carter	8:58, 8478, S
BBC WS 01-Mar-2014	podcast	The 10,000 hours rule	Ben Carter	8:58, 8471, S
BBC WS 08-Mar-2014	podcast	Modern Slavery	Charlotte Macdonald	8:58, 8465, S
BBC WS 15-Mar-2014	podcast	Mailbox edition	Ruth Alexander	8:58, 8468, S
BBC WS 22-Mar-2014	podcast	Missing planes	Charlotte Macdonald	8:57, 8456, S
BBC WS 29-Mar-2014	podcast	Is London France’s sixth largest city	Wesley Stephenson, Charlotte Macdonald	8:59, 8482, S
BBC WS 05-Apr-2014	podcast	Freedom in Numbers	Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	8:59, 8483, S
BBC WS 12-Apr-2014	podcast	Nigeria - rich or poor	Ruth Alexander, Charlotte Macdonald	8:58, 8469, S
BBC WS 19-Apr-2014	podcast	Magic Numbers	Ruth Alexander	8:57, 8459, S
BBC WS 26-Apr-2014	podcast	Killed for being female	Ruth Alexander, Charlotte Macdonald	8:59, 8480, S
02-May-2014	1 podcast	British Law: Made in Brussels?	Presenter: Tim Harford, Charlotte Macdonald Producer: James Fletcher	27:57, 26229, S
09-May-2014	2 podcast	Food Bank Britain	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: James Fletcher, Charlotte Macdonald	27:49, 26103, S
16-May-2014	3 podcast	Tax Dodgers and Benefits Cheats	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Charlotte Macdonald	27:59, 26257, S
23-May-2014	4 podcast	Romanian Crime	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: James Fletcher, Charlotte Macdonald	28:05, 26347, S
30-May-2014	5 podcast	The Piketty Affair	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: James Fletcher, Charlotte Macdonald	27:39, 25939, S
06-Jun-2014	6 podcast	What is Scottish independence worth?	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: James Fletcher, Charlotte Macdonald	27:48, 26087, S
13-Jun-2014	7 podcast	Faith and Charity?	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: James Fletcher, Charlotte Macdonald	27:58, 26246, S
BBC WS 21-Jun-2014	podcast	Money for nothing	Ruth Alexander	8:59, 8483, S
BBC WS 28-Jun-2014	podcast	Is this the greatest world cup ever	Ruth Alexander, Wesley Stephenson	8:59, 8483, S
BBC WS 05-Jul-2014	podcast	Will we die before our parents	Ruth Alexander	8:59, 8484, S
BBC WS 12-Jul-2014	podcast	Golden Ticket	Charlotte Macdonald	8:59, 8485, S
BBC WS 19-Jul-2014	podcast	The Tour de France	Wesley Stephenson	9:00, 8493, S
BBC WS 26-Jul-2014	podcast	The prevalence of paedophilia	Wesley Stephenson	8:50, 8347, S
BBC WS 02-Aug-2014	podcast	Fear of Flying	Wesley Stephenson	8:59, 8491, S
BBC WS 09-Aug-2014	podcast	Ebola	Ruth Alexander	9:12, 8680, S
15-Aug-2014	1 podcast	Student Loans	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: James Fletcher	27:55, 26199, S
22-Aug-2014	2 podcast	Troubled families?	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	27:47, 26065, S
29-Aug-2014	3 podcast	How Deadly Is Ebola?	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	27:48, 26086, S
05-Sep-2014	4 podcast	To ice bucket or not to ice bucket?	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: James Fletcher	27:57, 26230, S
12-Sep-2014	5 podcast	Understanding the Scottish referendum polls	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	27:45, 25980, S
19-Sep-2014	6 podcast	Kidney donation: the chance of finding a match	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	27:54, 26181, S
26-Sep-2014	7 podcast	the Barnett Formula	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	27:49, 26097, S
BBC WS 06-Oct-2014	podcast	Will Berlin see a sub-two-hour marathon	Wesley Stephenson	8:58, 8465, S
BBC WS 11-Oct-2014	podcast	Species in Decline	Wesley Stephenson	8:58, 8475, S
BBC WS 18-Oct-2014	podcast	Big Data	Tim Harford	8:59, 8487, S
BBC WS 25-Oct-2014	podcast	Screening for Ebola	Ruth Alexander	8:59, 8482, S
BBC WS 01-Nov-2014	podcast	Kidney Donation	Ruth Alexander	8:59, 8480, S
BBC WS 08-Nov-2014	podcast	Tracking and Tackling Ebola	Tim Harford	8:59, 8492, S
BBC WS 15-Nov-2014	podcast	Pregnancy and Homicide	Ruth Alexander	8:59, 8488, S
BBC WS 22-Nov-2014	podcast	Caps off to Rooney	Wesley Stephenson	8:59, 8487, S
BBC WS 29-Nov-2014	podcast	Teenage Pregnancy	Ruth Alexander, Charlotte Macdonald	8:59, 8486, S
BBC WS 06-Dec-2014	podcast	Zimbabwe's Economy	Ben Carter	8:59, 8484, S
BBC WS 13-Dec-2014	podcast	Soviet World War Deaths	Ruth Alexander	8:58, 8469, S
BBC WS 20-Dec-2014 27-Dec-2014	podcast	Numbers of the Year parts 1 and 2	Tim Harford	8:58, 8462, S 8:58, 8471, S

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2015

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
02-Jan-2015	1 podcast	Numbers of the Year 2014	Tim Harford	27:27, 25763, S
09-Jan-2015	2 podcast	A&E Waiting Times	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	27:42, 25984, S
16-Jan-2015	3 podcast	How big are the Conservatives' planned cuts?	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	27:35, 25887, S
23-Jan-2015	4 podcast	Is Anti-Semitism Widespread in the UK?	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	27:38, 25926, S
20-Jan-2015	5 podcast	Cameron's 1000 Jobs	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	27:24, 25713, S
06-Feb-2015	6 podcast	Is Strenuous Jogging Bad for You?	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	27:30, 25808, S
BBC WS 14-Feb-2015	podcast	The mathematical secrets to relationships	Ruth Alexander	8:59, 8481, S
BBC WS 21-Feb-2015	podcast	Sleeping the 8-hour myth	Ruth Alexander	8:58, 8462, S
BBC WS 28-Feb-2015	podcast	Black prisoners in the US	Ruth Alexander	8:59, 8487, S
BBC WS 07-Mar-2015	podcast	The future of food	Ruth Alexander	8:58, 8476, S
BBC WS 14-Mar-2015	podcast	Measuring World Health	Hannah More	8:57, 8448, S
BBC WS 21-Mar-2015	podcast	Is Breast Best for Brains	Ruth Alexander and Hannah More	8:56, 8442, S
BBC WS 28-Mar-2015	podcast	How safe is flying	Ruth Alexander and Hannah More	8:58, 8469, S
BBC WS 04-Apr-2015	podcast	Maths and Chess	Tim Harford	8:58, 8466, S
BBC WS 11-Apr-2015	podcast	The Ignorance Test	Ruth Alexander	8:58, 8473, S
13-Apr-2015	podcast	UK election podcast 1	Charlotte Macdonald, Ruth Alexander, Tim Harford	33:00, 30995, S
17-Apr-2015	podcast	UK election podcast 2	Charlotte Macdonald, Ruth Alexander, Tim Harford	27:31, 25822, S
BBC WS 18-Apr-2015	podcast	Liver Transplant	Ruth Alexander and Hannah More	9:00, 8498, S
24-Apr-2015	podcast	UK election podcast 3	Charlotte Macdonald, Ruth Alexander, Tim Harford	16:08, 15179, S
BBC WS 25-Apr-2015	podcast	Xenophobia in South Africa	Charlotte Macdonald, Hannah More	8:57, 8449, S
01-May-2015	1 podcast	Polls, Nuns, Life Partners	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	23:34, 22127, S
06-May-2015	podcast	UK election podcast 4	Charlotte Macdonald, Ruth Alexander, Tim Harford	16:48, 15802, S
08-May-2015	2 podcast	Election and Adultery Special	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander	22:56, 21525, S
BBC WS 11-May-2015	podcast	Princess Charlotte	Charlotte Macdonald, Tim Harford	8:56, 8444, S
15-May-2015	3 podcast	Strokes, Teachers, Confused Computers	Charlotte Macdonald, Tim Harford	23:31, 22078, S
22-May-2015	4 podcast	Women Drink Driving	Charlotte Macdonald, Tim Harford	27:39, 25941, S
29-May-2015	5 podcast	Seven-day NHS	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Wesley Stephenson	27:31, 26294, S
05-Jun-2015	6 podcast	World Cup Migrant Deaths	Tim Harford, Wesley Stephenson	27:44, 26489, S
12-Jun-2015	7 podcast	Obesity Projections, Global Footprint, Street Value of Drugs	Tim Harford, Wesley Stephenson, Charlotte Macdonald, Hannah More	23:36, 22620, S
BBC WS 19-Jun-2015	podcast	Horoscope Health	Ruth Alexander, Hannah More, Wesley Stephenson	8:58, 8468, S
BBC WS 26-Jun-2015	podcast	Biggest Movies	Ruth Alexander, Wesley Stephenson	8:59, 8472, S
BBC WS 06-Jul-2015	podcast	Millennium Development Goals	Ruth Alexander, Wesley Stephenson,	26:24, 24763, S
10-Jul-2015	podcast	Greece Special	Tim Harford, Charlotte Macdonald produced by Joe Kent	30:05, 28207, S
BBC WS 17-Jul-2015	podcast	Live 8, The G8 and Making Poverty History	Wesley Stephenson, Ruth Alexander	9:05, 8573, S
BBC WS 24-Jul-2015	podcast	Life Expectancy	Ruth Alexander, Ben Carter,	9:00, 12648, S
BBC WS 31-Jul-2015	podcast	Counting Foreign Fighters	Wesley Stephenson,	8:59, 8469, S
BBC WS 08-Aug-2015	podcast	Wrestlers - dying too young	Charlotte Macdonald	8:59, 8470, S
14-Aug-2015	1 podcast	Migrant Crisis, Worm wars, Football, Generations	Tim Harford, Wesley Stephenson,	23:37, 22215, S
21-Aug-2015	2 podcast	Soaring diabetes - is there some good news?	Tim Harford, Wesley Stephenson	23:25, 21976, S
28-Aug-2015	3 podcast	China Stock Market Crash	Tim Harford, Charlotte Macdonald	27:29, 25775, S
04-Sep-2015	4 podcast	Fit for Work or at Death's Door?	Tim Harford, Wesley Stephenson, Hannah More	27:16, 25573, S
11-Sep-2011	5 podcast	Is it worth targeting non-voters?	Tim Harford	27:43, 26000, S
18-Sep-2015	6 podcast	Striking Numbers?	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Wesley Stephenson	29:09, 27337, S
25-Sep-2015	7 podcast	Alzheimers, Psychology science, John Conway, Red cards, Decimate	Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Wesley Stephenson	28:01, 26277, S
BBC WS 08-Oct-2015	podcast	Are Tall People More Likely to Get Cancer	Ruth Alexander	8:59, 8468, S
BBC WS 15-Oct-2015	podcast	Foreign Aid More Harm Than Good	Tim Harford	8:59, 8465, S
BBC WS 22-Oct-2015	podcast	Oil	Ruth Alexander	8:59, 8463, S
BBC WS 31-Oct-2015	podcast	Processed Meat and Cancer	Ruth Alexander	8:58, 8457, S
BBC WS 07-Nov-2015	podcast	China's One Child Policy	Ruth Alexander	8:58, 8458, S
BBC WS 14-Nov-2015	podcast	Creativity and Mental Illness	Wesley Stephenson	8:58, 8457, S
BBC WS 21-Nov-2015	podcast	Has Islamic State been Losing Territory?	Ruth Alexander	8:59, 8470, S
BBC WS 28-Nov-2015	podcast	Sympathy for jihadis	Ruth Alexander	8:59, 8467, S
BBC WS 05-Dec-2015	podcast	Climate Change	Ruth Alexander	8:59, 8407, S
BBC WS 12-Dec-2015	podcast	100 Year Floods	Wesley Stephenson, Ruth Alexander	8:59, 8471, S
BBC WS 19-Dec-2015	podcast	How Many Stormtroopers are there	Ruth Alexander, Rich Knight	11:57, 11238, S