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Spreadsheet disasters
What happens when spreadsheets go wrong?
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)
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