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Behind every line on a graph, there lies an extraordinary human story. Mathematician Hannah Fry is here to tell us ten of them.

Behind every line on a graph, there lies an extraordinary human story. Mathematician Hannah Fry is here to tell us ten of them. 
 
Uncharted with Hannah Fry will lead us through ten captivating mysteries to reveal the power of numbers behind each one. Along the way we discover the remarkable people who followed the data and unearthed something extraordinary.

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Uncharted with Hannah Fry: 7. The Gossip Mill

7. The Gossip Mill

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

A Hungarian tile manufacturing company is plagued by false gossip and poor morale. Can the emerging science of networks come to the rescue?

2008, Hungary: a researcher stands on a factory floor quizzing a bemused employee. The tile manufacturing company is in trouble, and the researcher is there to help. But his questions seem silly: Who do you go to for advice? Who do you chat to? 

What use is the science of networks to a company producing floor tiles? 

Hannah Fry tells a tale about the precarious power of networks.

Episode Producer: Ilan Goodman
Sound Design: Jon Nicholls
Story Editor: John Yorke

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