Spreadsheet disasters

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The UK’s Office for National Statistics recently published some dramatically incorrect data - all because of a spreadsheet slip-up. But that’s just the most recent in a long list of times when spreadsheets have gone wrong, often with costly consequences Stand-up mathematician Matt Parker takes us through a short history of spreadsheet mistakes. Presenter:Tim Harford Producer: Nathan Gower Programme Coordinator: Brenda Brown Sound Engineer: John Scott (Financial analyst using spreadsheet software. Credit: Andrey Popov/Getty Images)