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Look Around You: Maths

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8.02002-10-10Comedy

Maths can help us in our daily lives - for example, in cooking pasta, in calculating the correct moment for starting a conversation, or (if you can fly) in working out where to land. Queen Elizabeth III and Queen Elizabeth IV are going to a party given by Queen Elizabeth V. QE3 has forty dresses to choose from, QE4 has four thousand, and QE5 has only one dress, but it can take the form of many dresses. Then, during the night, QE3's servant steals the plans for QE4's party dress and, working till dawn, makes four thousand exact copies... So can we reckon what the chance is that all of the Queens will be wearing the same dress at the party?

Episodes

Maths
EP 1

Maths

2002-10-10

Water
EP 2

Water

2002-10-17

Germs
EP 3

Germs

2002-10-24

Ghosts
EP 4

Ghosts

2002-10-31

Sulphur
EP 5

Sulphur

2002-11-07

Music
EP 6

Music

2002-11-21

Iron
EP 7

Iron

2002-12-04

The Brain
EP 8

The Brain

2002-12-11

Voice Cast

Peter Serafinowicz
Peter SerafinowiczPeter PackardVoice Actor
Robert Popper
Robert PopperJack MorganVoice Actor
Olivia Colman
Olivia ColmanPam BachelorVoice Actor
Josie D'Arby
Josie D'ArbyPealy MaghtiVoice Actor