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April 16, 2012

Series 1

01. The Mathematics of Positioning

Comedian and mathematical physics graduate Dara O'Briain takes a humorous look at how maths underpins everything around us, solving problems using only numbers and equations. This week's guest is David O'Doherty.

45min
April 16, 2012

02. Location Location Maths

Dara O'Briain continues on his journey into the realms of pure logic. Once again he's helped by Oxford University maths professor Marcus du Sautoy and is joined by comedy guest Alex Horne.

45min
April 23, 2012

03. How Maths Can Stop You Getting Screwed

Dara O'Briain takes a witty look at how maths underpins everything around us. Dara takes on comic Jason Byrne in a problem-solving challenge.

45min
April 30, 2012

04. You Can't Argue With Logic

Brains and brawn go head to head once again as Dara O'Briain presents the light-hearted science show. Taking up Dara's problem-solving challenge here is Andi Osho.

45min
May 7, 2012

05. The Maths of Italian Restaurants

Dara's back, proving again that mathematics can save the day in almost any circumstance. This week the Mock The Week host tackles problems that you might come across in an Italian restaurant.

Comedian David O'Doherty is on hand to help with the puzzles, all set by the fiendishly logical, Oxford university professor, Marcus du Sautoy.

The first conundrum comes from counting dough balls. When the menu offers a choice of 6, 9 or 20 dough balls, Marcus wants to know the largest amount of dough balls that cannot be ordered.

45min
May 14, 2012

06. How Maths Saves Lives

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45min
May 21, 2012

07. Finding Your Way with Maths

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45min
May 28, 2012

08. The Maths of Sport

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45min
June 4, 2012