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More or Less: Behind the Stats Episodes

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    Covid deaths, outdoor swimming and care homes

    The global death toll has reached a grim milestone. Plus the UK鈥檚 low ranking waters.

  2. Covid deaths, North Sea gas and Chloe Kelly's World Cup penalty

    Covid related deaths are rising in England and Wales - we investigate the figures

  3. Covid curve queried, false positives, and the Queen鈥檚 head

    How fast are coronavirus cases doubling? Plus testing confusion and a royal face-off.

  4. Covid climb, childcare costs and why can鈥檛 the French count properly?

    How accurately are official figures picking up the new covid wave?

  5. Covid cases rising, a guide to life鈥檚 risks, and racing jelly-fish

    How worrying is the UK鈥檚 jump in cases? Plus balancing risks and the speed of jelly-fish.

  6. Covid 19 death count: which countries are faring worst?

    Tim Harford finds out if we can trust international comparisons with the available data.

  7. Counting Terror Deaths

    Is 2016 an unusually deadly year for terrorism?

  8. Counting Rough Sleepers

    How do you count the number of people sleeping rough?

  9. Counting images of The Queen. (WS)

    How many images of Queen Elizabeth II have ever been created? And is Facebook really...

  10. Counting Hunger in India

    Is it true that hunger has worsened in India?

  11. Counting Covid鈥檚 impact on GDP

    Does GDP tell us whose economies have suffered most during Covid?

  12. Counting climate migrants

    Is it true that environmental problems will create 200 million migrants? Some and warn...

  13. Counting Catholics

    This week Tim Harford asks how the figure of 1. 2 billion Catholics world-wide is...

  14. Council tax weirdness: Hartlepool vs Westminster

    Council tax comparisons, migration calculations and the carbon footprint of home-grown veg

  15. Council of despair

    Local government budgets are being cut. More or Less looks at how the pie is sliced on...

  16. Could you be hit by a falling satellite?

    Investigating if 100,000 satellites could be orbiting earth in five years鈥� time

  17. Could the winter fuel cut cost more than it saves?

    Plus, ONS transgender stats, early-onset cancer, and puzzles you鈥檙e meant to get wrong

  18. Could a 2% wealth tax raise 拢24bn?

    Plus did trillions disappear from UK pensions? Why does the UK have a lot of old housing?

  19. Coronavirus, jam, AI and tomatoes

    Covid-19 stats, spreading jam far and wide, cooking with AI, and James Wong on vegetables

  20. Coronavirus, emotions and guns.

    Fact checking claims about coronavirus and whether more guns equal fewer homicides.

  21. Coronavirus Special

    The risks of Covid-19 for different age groups and what restrictions mean for the economy

  22. Coronavirus deaths, face masks and a potential baby boom

    Is the coronavirus death count misleading because of delays in reporting?

  23. Comparing death counts, Lock Down drinking and Long Covid

    Is the UK鈥檚 Covid 19 death count among the worst in the world? Plus are we drinking more?

  24. Comparing countries' coronavirus performance

    Is it helpful to ask which countries are faring better in tackling the coronavirus?

  25. Comparing countries, the risk to NHS staff, and birdsong

    We compare Covid-19 rates around the world. When is the UK going to be past the worst?

  26. Communicating Risk

    It鈥檚 the fourth anniversary of the earthquake which devastated the city of in Italy...

  27. Coffee with the Chancellor, inflation measures, GP numbers and toilet paper

    We fact check Jeremy Hunt鈥檚 pledge to halve inflation

  28. Clot risks: The Pill versus the vaccine

    AstraZeneca鈥檚 clot controversy turns attention on the contraceptive pill.

  29. Climate Refugees

    More or Less looks at child poverty, climate refugees and Sir Henry Cooper's greatest...

  30. Climate deaths, austerity and pet food

    Challenging the idea of six billion deaths due to climate change; plus what pets eat.

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