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Eighty thousand children will wake up homeless on Christmas Day, according to the housing charity Shelter. Tim Harford explores this statistic.It's been reported that there's a global wine shortage.... But there seems to be plenty of wine available for the More or Less Christmas bash. Tim Harford fact-checks the claim.Mathemagical mind-reading: Jolyon Jenkins, amateur magician and presenter of BBC Radio 4's Maths and Magic programme, reveals the maths behind a classic long-distance mind-reading card trick.It's said that the four Christmas football fixtures are crucial to Premier League teams. But do the numbers back this up?As Economics Editor Stephanie Flanders leaves the BBC, More or Less airs what is perhaps her finest broadcasting moment.
Eighty thousand children will wake up homeless on Christmas Day, according to the housing charity Shelter. Tim Harford explores this statistic.It's been reported that there's a global wine shortage.... But there seems to be plenty of wine available for the More or Less Christmas bash. Tim Harford fact-checks the claim.Mathemagical mind-reading: Jolyon Jenkins, amateur magician and presenter of BBC Radio 4's Maths and Magic programme, reveals the maths behind a classic long-distance mind-reading card trick.It's said that the four Christmas football fixtures are crucial to Premier League teams. But do the numbers back this up?As Economics Editor Stephanie Flanders leaves the BBC, More or Less airs what is perhaps her finest broadcasting moment.
| Series: | More or less |
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| Episode | 1 |
| First transmission date: | 2013-12-22 |
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC Radio 4 |
| Published: | 2013 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OU Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:25:00 |
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| Producer: | Ruth Alexander |
| Presenter: | Tim Harford |
| Contributors: | Tim Harford; Jolyon Jenkins |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Subject terms: | Economics; Mathematics; Statistics |
| Production number: | AUDA769B |
| Available to public: | no |
