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A History of Britain in NumbersEpisodes

  1. Education

    Andrew Dilnot looks into education data, finding a story of a sudden spread of privilege.

  2. Homes

    Andrew Dilnot charts a personal history of Britain through numbers.

  3. Stuff

    Andrew Dilnot charts a personal history of Britain through numbers.

  4. Health

    Andrew Dilnot explores the history of Britain's health numbers.

  5. Prosperity

    Andrew Dilnot charts a personal history of Britain through numbers.

  6. Population

    Andrew Dilnot charts a personal history of Britain through numbers.

  8. Living

    If the economic struggle for survival is over, do we now need to work out how to live?

  9. Women

    How do the repeated patterns of change in the data explain the way women's lives changed?

  10. Old Age

    Andrew reveals the changing shape of our lives by compressing a whole life into 20 seconds

  11. Work

    Andrew Dilnot asks how our long-working-hours culture compares with the past.