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  • Morning Live STEM Insert

    Job Scams

    Broadcast
    2024 (8 mins)

    With budgets tight so for many, the promise of extra cash every month for simple jobs you can do from your sofa might sound attractive. But presenter Gordon Smart, with The Open University, find out how it...

  • Morning Live STEM Insert

    Romance Raid

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    2024 (8 mins)

    Scam Interceptors’ Nick Stapleton and The Open University investigate. Dr Dhouha Kbaier explains common tactics used by romance scammers.

  • Morning Live STEM Insert

    Scam Technology

    Broadcast
    2024 (7 mins)

    The UK has the highest rate of phone fraud in Europe and it’s leaving many scared to use their landline. Presenter Riyadh Khalaf, with help from The Open University, finds out more about the new technology...

  • Scam Interceptors

    Episode Eighteen - No More Scam Calls... Ever

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    2024 (29 mins)

    A telesales firm in Kolkata, India, is calling UK landlines, selling a telephone system that it claims can end the menace of scam calls forever. Except... it can’t. The team starts to unravel what...

  • Morning Live STEM Insert

    Purchase Scams

    Broadcast
    2024 (8 mins)

    Consumer Champ Matt Allwright sees how scammers operate by creating his own fake goods! Dr Dhouha Kbaier informs us about the trick scammers play behind false advertisements

  • Scam Interceptors

    Episode Nineteen - I’d Wrap My Stick around His Neck

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    2024 (29 mins)

    Scammers in eastern India have convinced a woman in the Lake District that her bank account has been compromised by criminals. They won’t take no for an answer, so it’s up to the ground interceptors to...

  • Scam Interceptors

    Episode Twenty - Why Are You Crying?

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    2024 (29 mins)

    A scammer claiming to be a senior manager at a high street bank mercilessly targets a traumatised victim. The Ground Interceptors are called into action to reach the woman before it’s too late. The team...

  • The Secret Genius of Modern Life - Series 2

    Smartphone

    Broadcast
    2023 (59 mins)

    With over six billion of them across the planet, smartphones have changed the modern world. With rare access to electronics giant Samsung, Hannah uncovers the technological game changers that have made the...

  • The Royal Institution Xmas Lectures 2023

    Episode 1 - How to Build an Intelligent Machine

    Broadcast
    2023 (59 mins)

    Professor Mike Wooldridge asks: what is artificial intelligence? He compares how AI works and learns with how the human brain functions. Exploring the roots of AI, Mike reveals how Alan Turing devised the...

  • The Royal Institution Xmas Lectures 2023

    Episode 2 - My AI Life

    Broadcast
    2023 (59 mins)

    Professor Mike Wooldridge reveals the huge role AI already plays in our daily lives - sometimes without us even realising its role. Mike investigates how games like chess and Go have become a training ground...