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A History of Britain in (some rather surprising) Numbers
Radio 4
A History of Britain in Numbers reveals some surprizing stats about modern life. From rotten teeth to toilet arrangements to women's roles to austerity, here's a taster of some of the numerical insights that the team have unearthed.
Can the world's population really fit on the Isle of Wight? More or Less is back
Ruth Alexander
"And, this week, that train of thought led us to try to squeeze as many Radio 4 presenters and producers into our studio as possible..." A bunch of attention seekers would be one way of describing the More or Less team. With the Financial Times' Undercover Economist Tim Harford at the...
RAJAR listening figures for Q3 2011
Gwyneth Williams
Yesterday on my way out of Broadcasting House to have lunch with Libby Purves, I met George Soros in the lift - he had just been a guest on Stephanie Flanders' new series Stephanomics. Before I left the office I listened back to Umberto Eco (what a voice; what books) interviewed for Front Row wi...
Record listening figures for Radio 4: RAJARs Q2 2011
Gwyneth Williams
I am on holiday in Wales (glorious river noise, mountains and sun) and keep having to go up the drive to use the Blackberry so I had given our audience guru, Alison Winter, the land line to find me instantly with her quarterly much-awaited phone call bearing RAJAR data - RAJAR is the body that c...
Rather fabulous - the Q1 Rajars are in
Gwyneth Williams
"Rather fabulous" - she really did say that a moment ago on the phone. I am referring to our Radio 4 audience guru, Alison Winter. It was a momentary lapse as she is, as you might expect when it comes to figures, well... measured... Thus you will gather that the first quarter RAJAR listening fig...
Are we lonely? The More or Less alternative census
Richard Knight
The census is all well and good. (Unless you think it a gross violation of your privacy, of course, or a colossal waste of public money - as a programme about statistics, however, we on More or Less quite like it). It will tell us how many we are, where we live, with whom, and more. Good, hard ...
A RAJAR primer
Paul Kennedy
Editor's note: Radio 4's listening figures for the final quarter of 2010 are published tomorrow. Paul Kennedy, Research Director at RAJAR, explains how they're gathered - SB. RAJAR, or 'Radio Joint Audience Research', is the official body in charge of radio audience measurement for the UK. RAJA...
RAJAR listening figures for Q3 2010
Gwyneth Williams
I missed the much-discussed phonecall yesterday about the three-monthly Rajar figures so I went looking for Alison Winter, the Radio 4 audiences guru. We found a quiet corner and whispered the headlines to and fro. It's all rather good - actually I think very good. So congratulations to the pro...
Electionwatch: testing the politicians' numbers
Richard Knight
We're nearly there - less than a week to go - but the More or Less election team still needs your help. Our job is to explain the numbers being thrown around by all candidates during the campaign. Our presenter (and the FT's Undercover Economist) Tim Harford is broadcasting our analysis on PM a...
Now Show geography
Mark Damazer
I went to the recording of The Now Show last Thursday night - the last of the current run. It's recorded at the Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House. Free - and a very jolly evening can be had. The News Quiz also records there - as do a lot of other BBC shows. Click here to find out how to get ti...
