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Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life
More or Less - 01/01/2010
Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 01/05/2009
Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 01/10/2010
Tim Harford and the More or Less team examine the micromort measure of risk and official statistics on sexual identity.
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More or Less - 02/01/2009
Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 03/09/2010
Tim Harford presents the magazine which explains the numbers behind the news.
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More or Less - 03/12/2007
6/8. Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 04/06/2010
Tim Harford presents the magazine which explains the numbers behind the news.
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More or Less - 04/09/2009
Tim Harford and the team investigate widely-reported estimates of the number of people who illegally share files on the internet, and examine the abuse of maths by the PR industry.
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More or Less - 05/05/2008
Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 05/11/2007
2/8. Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 05/12/2008
Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere and explores the pseudoscience behind some of the world's best-selling business success books.
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More or Less - 07/01/2011
More or Less examines this week's claims and counter-claims about VAT, exposes some seriously sloppy reporting and measures Nigel Pargeter's 'death yodel' in The Archers.
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More or Less - 07/04/2008
Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 07/08/2009
Tim Harford investigates statistics which some claim reveal the 'Islamification' of Europe and checks whether the Home Office's claims about the DNA Database really add up.
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More or Less - 08/01/2010
Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 08/05/2009
Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 09/01/2009
Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 10/09/2010
Tim Harford and the team investigate more numbers stories, including how maths is taught in primary schools.
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More or Less - 10/12/2007
7/8. Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 10/12/2010
Tim Harford and the team return for a new series, exploring the numbers in the news. This week: higher education funding, traffic lights and Jack the psychic monkey.
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More or Less - 11/06/2010
Tim Harford presents the magazine which explains the numbers behind the news.
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More or Less - 11/09/2009
Tim Harford and the team examine reports that the world will cool over the next two decades, before global warming resumes, and use maths to decode a Beatles musical mystery.
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More or Less - 11/12/2009
Tim Harford and the team ask if claims made about energy efficient lightbulbs are true and if economies can grow forever. They also meet Sesame Street's Count von Count.
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More or Less - 12/05/2008
Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 12/11/2007
3/8. Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 12/12/2008
Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 14/01/2011
Tim Harford and the team look behind the numbers in the news. Featuring street grooming, bank taxes, Loxleygate and how many guys are there named Mo(hammed)?
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More or Less - 14/04/2008
Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 14/08/2009
Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 15/01/2010
Tim Harford and the team ask if the electoral system is biased in favour of Labour, as some Conservatives claim, and why Wales is so frequently used as a unit of measurement.
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More or Less - 15/05/2009
Tim Harford takes apart a rogue statistic on domestic violence which has been circulating since the 1990s, and reveals a new mathematical riddle: the Kate Bush conjecture.
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More or Less - 16/01/2009
Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 17/04/2009
Tim Harford investigates the numbers behind the drug legalisation debate, tests a former home secretary's maths and finds out why drowning cats can help explain the credit crunch.
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More or Less - 17/09/2010
Tim Harford and the team investigate the numbers around us. Who earns more: private or public employees? How many Catholics go to mass? And are your trousers flattering you?
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More or Less - 17/12/2007
8/8. Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 18/06/2010
Tim Harford presents the magazine which explains the numbers behind the news.
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More or Less - 18/12/2009
Tim Harford and the More or Less team find out who really pays most tax and why Christmas shopping is, to one economist, an orgy of 'value destruction'.
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More or Less - 19/05/2008
Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 19/11/2007
4/8. Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 19/12/2008
Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 21/01/2011
Is Britain's healthcare falling behind that of our European neighbours, as the Government suggests?
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More or Less - 21/04/2008
Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 21/05/2010
Tim Harford presents the magazine which explains the numbers behind the news.
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More or Less - 21/08/2009
Tim Harford tests the reliability of swine flu data and speak to one of the creators of the 'financial weapons of mass destruction' which, two years ago, led to the credit crisis.
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More or Less - 22/01/2010
Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 22/05/2009
Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 23/01/2009
Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 24/04/2009
Tim Harford examines how the arithmetic behind sustainable energy adds up and declares a dictatorship in an attempt to explain the national debt.
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More or Less - 24/09/2010
Tim Harford and the More or Less team examine more numbers in the news. This week: welfare numbers, pay revisited and how many birds do cats kill?
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More or Less - 25/06/2010
Tim Harford and the More or Less team tackle the budget, drink-driving statistics and the maths of public toilet equality.
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More or Less - 26/05/2008
Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 26/11/2007
5/8. Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 26/12/2008
Tim Harford is joined by two guests who share his love of numbers, former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq and comedian Dave Gorman.
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More or Less - 27/08/2010
Tim Harford presents the magazine which explains the numbers behind the news. The 'Spirit Level' row is decoded; and is it really safer to wear a helmet when cycling?
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More or Less - 28/04/2008
Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
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More or Less - 28/05/2010
Tim Harford and the team explain numbers in the news, look out for misused statistics and use maths to explore the world around us.
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More or Less - 28/08/2009
Tim Harford and the More or Less team examine more numbers in the news, including whether Britain's record on prosecuting rape is as bad as headlines suggest.
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More or Less - 29/10/2007
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