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Waiting Games
A selection of clips and programmes exploring time, waiting and procrastination
The Waiting
Raymond Tallis describes how the act of waiting pervades so much of our daily lives.
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Helping Hamlet: Can Science Cure Procrastination?
Rowan Pelling searches for a cure for the problem which blights her life, procrastination.
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Procrastination: the 'fear, guilt and horror'
Journalist Rowan Pelling is a chronic procrastinator. Can a psychoanalyst help her?
The Measurement of Time—In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the measurement of time.
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The all-night essay crisis and memories of Charlie Brown
Samira Ahmed recounts how university essay crises brought a Peanuts character to mind.
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The Physics of Time—In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the physics of time.
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