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Hannah Fry follows the numbers on thrilling journeys of data and discovery. Along the way we meet the remarkable people who dug into the data and unearthed something extraordinary.

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    20. The Confidence Trick

    Mon 9 Sep 2024

    A finance manager sports a perfect graph. Is it a fluke or something sinister?

  • 19. A Different Kind of Justice

    Mon 9 Sep 2024

    How does a small informal survey lead to shocking truths about the US justice system?

  • 18. The Night the Earth Shook

    Mon 9 Sep 2024

    After months of mild quakes, a sudden tremor alarms an Italian city. What will follow?

  • 17. The Golden Spike

    Mon 9 Sep 2024

    With an angry outburst at a conference, one scientist ignites a multi-decade quest

  • 16. A Drop in the Ocean

    Mon 9 Sep 2024

    How do you find a single man lost at sea?

  • 15. Song of the Sea

    Mon 9 Sep 2024

    A strange sound prompts an incredible discovery.

  • 14. Whispers from the Cosmos

    Mon 9 Sep 2024

    A few odd squiggles on a graph lead to a Nobel prize-winning discovery.

  • 13. The Grain of Truth

    Mon 9 Sep 2024

    In war-starved Netherlands, a doctor discovers a life-saving cure for a common disease

  • 12. Scandal in the Air

    Mon 9 Sep 2024

    With one bar chart, three students help expose a global corporate scandal

  • 11. Love Bytes

    Mon 9 Sep 2024

    A mathematician struggles to find love. What could be messing with his odds?

  • Introducing... Uncharted with Hannah Fry Series 2

    Mon 2 Sep 2024

    Hannah Fry shares thrilling tales of data and discovery in Series 2 of Uncharted.

  • 10. Devil in the Detail

    Fri 6 Oct 2023

    A PhD student discovers an anomaly which undermines a global movement.

  • 9. Access Denied

    Thu 5 Oct 2023

    What happens when a system designed to help people harms them instead?

  • 8. In the Habit

    Wed 4 Oct 2023

    What does a room full of nuns reveal about ageing with grace?

  • 7. The Gossip Mill

    Tue 3 Oct 2023

    A manufacturing company is in trouble. The new science of networks might know why.

  • 6. The Happiness Curve

    Mon 2 Oct 2023

    Do orangutans - and humans - experience a midlife crisis?

  • 5. The Choice

    Fri 29 Sep 2023

    John Carter must make a momentous decision. Can a data set guide him to the right choice?

  • 4. This Train Has Been Delayed

    Thu 28 Sep 2023

    It’s 2016 and Singapore’s metro system is misbehaving wildly.

  • 3. The Doctor Will See You Now

    Wed 27 Sep 2023

    A single piece of paper leads to a horrifying discovery.

  • 2. The Hockey Stick

    Tue 26 Sep 2023

    A climate scientist who shocked the world and provoked a scandal.

  • 1. The Returning Soldier

    Mon 25 Sep 2023

    Why are more boys born in certain years? One researcher is on a quest to find out why.

  • Introducing... Uncharted with Hannah Fry

    Mon 18 Sep 2023

    Tales of data and discovery with Hannah Fry.

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