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World Service,02 Jun 2018,9 mins

Harry Potter: How Many Wizards?

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Aficionados of the Harry Potter book series have long debated - just how many wizards live among us? We follow a trail of clues in J K Rowling's best-selling books and extrapolate the figures to provide the definitive estimate of the wizarding population of the UK and Ireland. (Photo: Universal Studios picture showing an artists impression of a planned theme park dedicated to Harry Potter. Credit: Universal Studios/PA Wire)

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