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Middletown
5/5 Ian Sansom on the most 'average' place in the UK and what is 'Middle England'.
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Mr Average
4/5 Novelist and critic Ian Sansom goes in search of the 'average' man or woman.
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Working 9 to 5
3/5 The changing concept of the average working week in an age of zero hours contracts.
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Small, Medium and Large
2/5 Ian Sansom discusses the scientific measurement of the average man and woman's dimensions.
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On the Average
1/5 Novelist and critic Ian Sansom focuses on why 'average' has become a byword for mediocrity