WS MoreOrLess: Golden Ticket
More or Less
BBC
4.6 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2014
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
In Roald Dahl’s novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", Charlie Bucket wins a golden ticket to visit Willy Wonka’s factory. But one of our younger More or Less listeners in England wanted to find out what the chances would be of winning one of those Golden Tickets. So we sent maths book author Rob Eastaway to her school in Derby to explain the answer to her class-mates - a must-listen for anyone who struggles to get their head around probability. Also on the programme we look at whether the age of players makes a difference in World Cup football. This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.
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| 0:00.0 | Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know. |
| 0:04.7 | My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds. |
| 0:08.5 | As you'd expect, at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality featuring the most knowledgeable experts and genuinely engaging voices. |
| 0:18.0 | What you may not know is that the BBC makes podcasts about all kinds of things like pop stars, |
| 0:24.6 | poltergeist, cricket, and conspiracy theories and that's just a few examples. |
| 0:29.7 | If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected, find your next podcast over at BBC Sounds. |
| 0:36.0 | This is the short edition of More or Less, first broadcast on the BBC World Service. |
| 0:42.0 | Thank you for downloading from the BBC. |
| 0:45.0 | For details of our complete range of podcasts and our terms of use, |
| 0:49.0 | go to BBCworldservice. com slash podcasts. Hello and welcome to more or less on the BBC World Service. |
| 0:59.0 | I'm Charlotte McDonald. |
| 1:01.0 | This week, does the age of players make a difference to World Cup football |
| 1:04.8 | results but first we're delighted that more or less is attracting audiences of |
| 1:10.0 | all ages my name is Isabel and I'm nine years old and we've been reading |
| 1:16.9 | Charlie in the Chocolate Factory at school. For those who are not familiar with |
| 1:21.2 | Roll Dahl's book we asked a panel of experts to summarize |
| 1:24.9 | the plot for you. |
| 1:25.9 | The main character is Charlie. |
| 1:28.6 | Charlie loves chocolate. |
| 1:31.0 | Who makes chocolate in Charlie's Town? |
| 1:34.0 | His name's Willie Wonka. |
| 1:37.0 | He has a big factory to make chocolate. |
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