''More or Less'' is an investigative

BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...

programme about the accuracy of numbers and statistics in the public domain. The programme often addresses statistical issues which pertain to topics in the news. The programme was created in 2001 by Michael Blastland as a one-off series of six programmes presented by

Andrew Dilnot Sir Andrew William Dilnot, (born 19 June 1960) is a Welsh economist and broadcaster. He was formerly the Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies from 1991 to 2002, and was Principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford between 2002 and 2012. As o ...

. The positive response to the show led to its becoming a regular programme, first with two series a year and since the winter series of 2008–2009, with three. As well as the 30-minute Radio 4 programme, there is also a nine-minute BBC World Service edition that runs throughout the year. Both versions appear in the programme's podcast stream. The World Service edition either repeats an item from Radio 4 or has original material (usually when the Radio 4 show is off air). The programme is normally broadcast (as at September 2020) 9:02 to 9:30am on Wednesday. In 2007, Blastland and Dilnot published a related book, '' The Tiger That Isn't: Seeing Through a World of Numbers'' about misuse of statistics. Guests of the show have included

Angus Deaton Sir Angus Stewart Deaton (born 19 October 1945) is a British economist and academic. Deaton is currently a Senior Scholar and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs Emeritus at the Princeton School of Public ...

, Mark Lynas, Hannah Ritchie, and

Richard Blundell Sir Richard William Blundell CBE FBA (born 1 May 1952, Shoreham-by-Sea) is a British economist and econometrician. Blundell is the David Ricardo Professor of Political Economy at the Department of Economics of University College London and ...

. Since October 2007 the show has been presented by

Tim Harford Timothy Douglas Harford (born 27 September 1973) is an English economic journalist who lives in Oxford. Harford is the author of four economics books and writes his long-running ''Financial Times'' column, " The Undercover Economist", syndi ...

Awards

Royal Statistical Society The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) is an established statistical society. It has three main roles: a British learned society for statistics, a professional body for statisticians and a charity which promotes statistics for the public good. ...

's 2010 award for statistical excellence in broadcast journalism * Mensa's award for promoting intelligence in public lifeMore or Less Honoured
Accessed 5 June 2010

References

External links

The show's website
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