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Uncharted with Hannah Fry

From exposing fraud to finding true love, mathematician Hannah Fry follows the numbers on thrilling adventures of data and discovery.

Radio 4,22 episodes

Episodes

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20. The Confidence Trick
A finance manager sports a perfect graph. Is it a fluke or something sinister?
09 Sep 2024,17 mins
19. A Different Kind of Justice
How does a small informal survey lead to shocking truths about the US justice system?
09 Sep 2024,14 mins
18. The Night the Earth Shook
After months of mild quakes, a sudden tremor alarms an Italian city. What will follow?
09 Sep 2024,17 mins
17. The Golden Spike
With an angry outburst at a conference, one scientist ignites a multi-decade quest.
09 Sep 2024,15 mins
16. A Drop in the Ocean
How do you find a single man lost at sea?
09 Sep 2024,16 mins
15. Song of the Sea
A strange sound prompts an incredible discovery.
09 Sep 2024,14 mins
14. Whispers from the Cosmos
A few odd squiggles on a graph lead to a Nobel prize-winning discovery.
09 Sep 2024,15 mins
13. The Grain of Truth
In war-starved Netherlands, a doctor discovers a life-saving cure for a common disease.
09 Sep 2024,15 mins
12. Scandal in the Air
With one bar chart, three students help expose a global corporate scandal
09 Sep 2024,15 mins
11. Love Bytes
A mathematician struggles to find love. What could be messing with his odds?
09 Sep 2024,17 mins
Introducing... Uncharted with Hannah Fry Series 2
Hannah Fry shares thrilling tales of data and discovery in Series 2 of Uncharted.
02 Sep 2024,2 mins
10. Devil in the Detail
A PhD student discovers an anomaly which undermines a global movement.
06 Oct 2023,14 mins
9. Access Denied
What happens when a system designed to help people harms them instead?
05 Oct 2023,14 mins
8. In the Habit
What does a room full of nuns reveal about ageing with grace?
04 Oct 2023,14 mins
7. The Gossip Mill
A manufacturing company is in trouble. The new science of networks might know why.
03 Oct 2023,13 mins
6. The Happiness Curve
Do orangutans - and humans - experience a midlife crisis?
02 Oct 2023,13 mins
5. The Choice
John Carter must make a momentous decision. Can a data set guide him to the right choice?
29 Sep 2023,14 mins
4. This Train Has Been Delayed
It’s 2016 and Singapore’s metro system is misbehaving wildly.
28 Sep 2023,13 mins
3. The Doctor Will See You Now
A single piece of paper leads to a horrifying discovery.
27 Sep 2023,14 mins
2. The Hockey Stick
A climate scientist who shocked the world and provoked a scandal.
26 Sep 2023,13 mins
1. The Returning Soldier
Why are more boys born in certain years? One researcher is on a quest to find out why.
25 Sep 2023,14 mins
Introducing... Uncharted with Hannah Fry
Tales of data and discovery with Hannah Fry.
18 Sep 2023,1 min