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Sep 2024
17m 35s

11. Love Bytes

Bbc Radio 4
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At thirty-one, mathematician Chris McKinlay is looking for love. But if it’s all a numbers game, his are not adding up. Could he be the problem? Or is something else getting in the way?

Producer: Lauren Armstrong Carter Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls Story Editor: John Yorke

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