<description>&lt;p&gt;An ambitious portfolio manager stumbles upon a perfect graph. It outlines eye watering profits. But something doesn't quite add up - could this graph be accurate? Or does it hide a far more sinister truth? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Producer Lauren Armstrong Carter 
Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls 
Story Editor: John Yorke&lt;/p&gt;</description>

A finance manager sports a perfect graph. Is it a fluke or something sinister?

An ambitious portfolio manager stumbles upon a perfect graph. It outlines eye watering profits. But something doesn't quite add up - could this graph be accurate? Or does it hide a far more sinister truth? Producer Lauren Armstrong Carter 
Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls 
Story Editor: John Yorke

20.  The Confidence Trick

<description>&lt;p&gt;How does a small informal survey lead to shocking truths about the US justice system thirty years later? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Producer Lauren Armstrong Carter 
Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls 
Story Editor: John Yorke&lt;/p&gt;</description>

How does a small informal survey lead to shocking truths about the US justice system?

How does a small informal survey lead to shocking truths about the US justice system thirty years later? Producer Lauren Armstrong Carter 
Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls 
Story Editor: John Yorke

19.  A Different Kind of Justice

<description>&lt;p&gt;In a small Italian city nestled in the Apennine mountains, a series of low level tremors are setting nerves on edge. Is this just a passing phase, or a prelude to something far more devastating? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Producer: Ilan Goodman 
Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls 
Story Editor: John Yorke&lt;/p&gt;</description>

After months of mild quakes, a sudden tremor alarms an Italian city. What will follow?

In a small Italian city nestled in the Apennine mountains, a series of low level tremors are setting nerves on edge. Is this just a passing phase, or a prelude to something far more devastating? Producer: Ilan Goodman 
Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls 
Story Editor: John Yorke

18.  The Night the Earth Shook

<description>&lt;p&gt;At a conference in Mexico, one scientist’s outburst launches a global quest. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hannah Fry follows a group of researchers on the hunt for a ‘golden spike’: the boundary, marking a shift into a dramatic new geological period dominated, not by volcanoes and asteroids, but the influence of humans. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;From plastics and concrete to nuclear fallout, the data they uncover reveals a planet profoundly changed. But can these scientists persuade their colleagues - and the world? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Producer: Ilan Goodman 
Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls 
Story Editor: John Yorke&lt;/p&gt;</description>

With an angry outburst at a conference, one scientist ignites a multi-decade quest

At a conference in Mexico, one scientist’s outburst launches a global quest. Hannah Fry follows a group of researchers on the hunt for a ‘golden spike’: the boundary, marking a shift into a dramatic new geological period dominated, not by volcanoes and asteroids, but the influence of humans. From plastics and concrete to nuclear fallout, the data they uncover reveals a planet profoundly changed. But can these scientists persuade their colleagues - and the world? Producer: Ilan Goodman 
Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls 
Story Editor: John Yorke

17.  The Golden Spike

<description>&lt;p&gt;A fisherman is stranded in the ocean late at night. Completely alone, the clock is ticking. How do you find one man lost in the open ocean? Can he be rescued in time? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Producer: Lauren Armstrong Carter 
Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls 
Story Editor: John Yorke&lt;/p&gt;</description>

How do you find a single man lost at sea?

A fisherman is stranded in the ocean late at night. Completely alone, the clock is ticking. How do you find one man lost in the open ocean? Can he be rescued in time? Producer: Lauren Armstrong Carter 
Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls 
Story Editor: John Yorke

16.  A Drop in the Ocean

Hannah Fry follows the numbers on thrilling journeys of data and discovery. Along the way we meet the remarkable people who dug into the data and unearthed something extraordinary.

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