Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.

My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds.

As you'd expect, at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality featuring the most knowledgeable

experts and genuinely engaging voices. What you may not know is that the BBC

makes podcasts about all kinds of things like pop stars,

poltergeist, cricket, and conspiracy theories and that's just a few examples.

If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected, find your next podcast over at BBC Sounds.

Hello and welcome to more or less, the program which gives numbers a painful but ultimately invigorating workout.

This week, what is the most dangerous sport in the world?

We reveal the definitive answer.

Are shareholders now getting more of the economic pie than workers as a Labour Party press release has claimed.

But first a statistic questioned by a number of our loyal listeners.

The BBC News claimed that one in five children are carers.

It seems a very large number.

If it were true, then most of us would know of such a case.

All over the news today.

20% of children are carers. That's a very big number that forces me to say, really?

This news story was based on research carried out by BBC News and Nottingham University,

and I've been looking into it along with my producer Ruth Alexander.

Yes it was based on a questionnaire completed by 925 children from two year groups

year seven which are 11 to 12 year olds, and year 10, 14 to 15 year olds, and the children

were at school in a range of rural and urban locations across England.

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