More or Less (radio programme)
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More or Less is a BBC Radio 4
programme focusing on number
s and statistics
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The programme was started by Andrew Dilnot
as a one-off series of six programmes. The positive response to the show led to it becoming a regular programme, first with two series a year and since the winter series of 2008-2009, with three.
Since October 2007 the show has been presented by Tim Harford
.
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
programme focusing on number
Number
A number is a mathematical object used to count and measure. In mathematics, the definition of number has been extended over the years to include such numbers as zero, negative numbers, rational numbers, irrational numbers, and complex numbers....
s and statistics
Statistics
Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
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The programme was started by Andrew Dilnot
Andrew Dilnot
Andrew Dilnot CBE is British economist and broadcaster. He has been Principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford since October 2002. He was for several years the presenter of BBC Radio 4's series on numbers, More or Less and of documentaries for British television. Dilnot was Director of the Institute...
as a one-off series of six programmes. The positive response to the show led to it becoming a regular programme, first with two series a year and since the winter series of 2008-2009, with three.
Since October 2007 the show has been presented by Tim Harford
Tim Harford
Tim Harford is an English economist and journalist, residing in London. He is the author of four economics books, presenter of BBC television series Trust Me, I'm an Economist, and writer of a humorous weekly column called "Dear Economist" for The Financial Times, in which he uses economic theory...
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