Explores our susceptibility to two opposite & unhelpful reactions: panic & neglect. This book shows how private individuals & public officials might respond to low-probability risks of disaster
- emphasizing the need to know what we will lose from precautions as well as from inaction.
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The Christmas episodes of the BBC comedy series about the hapless Howard (Ben Miller) & the disasters that befall him at an alarmingly frequent rate. It's Christmas, & events at the office party threaten to affect relations with the in-laws, while scuffling with Santa isn't going down very well either. ...

All 14 episodes plus the Christmas specials of the BBC comedy series. The first series follows publisher Howard Steel (Ben Miller) through the week leading up to his wedding, in which he faces a series of disasters & catastrophes during what should be the happiest period of his life. From trying to stop a colleague with whom he had an affair from ruining his big day, to dealing with his pompous in-laws & his drunken best man, Howard faces an uphill struggle to ensure that the day goes as planned. Episodes are: ' Monday'; ' Tuesday'; ' Wednesday'; ' Thursday'; ' Friday'; ' Saturday'; & ' Sunday'. In Series 2, Howard & Mel (Sarah Alexander) are now married with a baby on the way, but unsurprisingly things are going far from smoothly & Howard is only managing to make the Cook family hate him even more than ever. As in Series 1, episodes are: ' Monday'; ' Tuesday'; ' Wednesday'; ' Thursday'; ' Friday'; ' Saturday'; & ' Sunday'. In the Christmas specials, events at the office party threaten to affect relations with the in-laws, while scuffling with Santa isn't going down very well either. ...

Complete first series of the BBC comedy. In the week leading up to his wedding, publisher Howard Steel (Ben Miller) faces a series of disasters & catastrophes during what should be the happiest period of his life. From trying to stop a colleague with whom he had an affair from ruining his big day, to dealing with his pompous in-laws & his drunken best man, Howard faces an uphill struggle to ensure that the day goes as planned. Episodes are: ' Monday'; ' Tuesday'; ' Wednesday'; ' Thursday'; ' Friday'; ' Saturday'; & ' Sunday'. ...

All 14 episodes from Series 1 & 2 of the BBC comedy. The first series follows publisher Howard Steel (Ben Miller) through the week leading up to his wedding, in which he faces a series of disasters & catastrophes during what should be the happiest period of his life. From trying to stop a colleague with whom he had an affair from ruining his big day, to dealing with his pompous in-laws & his drunken best man, Howard faces an uphill struggle to ensure that the day goes as planned. Episodes are: ' Monday'; ' Tuesday'; ' Wednesday'; ' Thursday'; ' Friday'; ' Saturday'; & ' Sunday'. In Series 2, Howard & Mel (Sarah Alexander) are now married with a baby on the way, but unsurprisingly things are going far from smoothly & Howard is only managing to make the Cook family hate him even more than ever. As in Series 1, episodes are: ' Monday'; ' Tuesday'; ' Wednesday'; ' Thursday'; ' Friday'; ' Saturday'; & ' Sunday'. ...

Complete second series of the BBC comedy. Howard (Ben Miller) & Mel (Sarah Alexander) are now married with a baby on the way, but unsurprisingly things are going far from smoothly & Howard is only managing to make the Cook family hate him even more than ever. As in Series 1, episodes are: ' Monday'; ' Tuesday'; ' Wednesday'; ' Thursday'; ' Friday'; ' Saturday'; & ' Sunday'. ...