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Tim Harford on a Shelter statistic. Plus wine shortage, maths and magic, and football.

Tim Harford explores a Shelter statistic. Plus the 'global wine shortage' fact-checked, the mathematics of magic card shuffling, and how crucial are the festive football fixtures?

Eighty thousand children will wake up homeless on Christmas Day, according to the housing charity Shelter. Tim Harford explores this statistic.

It's been reported that there's a global wine shortage. But there seems to be plenty of wine available for the More or Less Christmas bash. Tim Harford fact-checks the claim.

Mathemagical mind-reading: Jolyon Jenkins, amateur magician and presenter of BBC Radio 4's Maths and Magic programme, reveals the maths behind a classic long-distance mind-reading card trick.

It's said that the four Christmas football fixtures are crucial to Premier League teams. But do the numbers back this up?

As Economics Editor Stephanie Flanders leaves the BBC, More or Less airs what is perhaps her finest broadcasting moment.

Presenter: Tim Harford
Producer: Ruth Alexander.

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