| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Gay life, at home and in the 'city' - a special programme.(R) 00:45The bells of the Parish Church of St Thomas, Norbury in Hazel Grove, Stockport. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Who was the real Mona Lisa? And why did Leonardo paint her? Dianne Hales investigates.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Dianne Hales delves into the history of Mona Lisa's ancestors to understand her character.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Mona Lisa is born into a turbulent era just as an artistic star from Vinci is on the rise.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5As Leonardo delights the court of Milan, Florence is changing beyond all recognition.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Leonardo returns to Florence and Francesco del Giocondo commissions a portrait of his wife(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3A young woman falls in love with her parent's lodger, the charming John George Haigh.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Stephen Shipley. 05:45Could a rise in livestock rustling lead to illegal meat entering the food chain? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the robin.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Stephen Shipley. 05:45After a promising harvest, the latest bad weather is affecting crops in parts of the UK. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the swallow.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Stephen Shipley. 05:45Unison members vote for strike action in slaughterhouses. Could the meat trade suffer? 05:58Brett Westwood presents the Roseate Tern.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Stephen Shipley. 05:45Could genetically modified fruit flies be a healthier alternative to pesticides? 05:58Brett Westwood presents the Greenshank.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Stephen Shipley. 05:45Sybil Ruscoe looks at the effect the Russian trade sanctions are having on UK farmers. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the red grouse.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Canon Edwin Counsell. 05:45'Are you straining tired eyes towards the future and saying, what next?'.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Peter's Church in Ropley, Hampshire. 05:45Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Haider al-Abadi, Iraq's prime minister-designate.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark finds out why Hampshire's chalk streams are so revered by fly fishermen.(R) 06:30From gas to gold, who owns the riches beneath our feet? 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully invites us to accept our own ignorance as a first step towards greater wisdom. 06:35Tim Birkhead looks at the guillemots of Skomer Island that have been studied for 42 years. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Thought for the Day and Weather.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Religious news with William Crawley, including Pope Francis's visit to South Korea. 07:55Juliet Stevenson presents an appeal for Pan Intercultural Arts. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Live from Gloucester Cathedral with the RSCM's Millennium Youth Choir. 08:48Will Self reflects on the power of modern-day consumption and the effect it has on us.(R) 08:58Brett Westwood presents the Roseate Tern.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:002/4Stephen Fry finds the business of capital letters and proper nouns punishingly hard. 09:305/5Agony aunt Irma Kurtz talks to her South African counterpart, Criselda Kananda. 09:451/5Who was the real Mona Lisa? And why did Leonardo paint her? Dianne Hales investigates.
| 09:003/4Helena Kennedy talks to Jeremy Hutchinson, defence lawyer in the Lady Chatterley trial. 09:30Steve Biko led South Africa's Black Consciousness Movement before he was killed in 1977. 09:452/5Dianne Hales delves into the history of Mona Lisa's ancestors to understand her character.
| 09:001/4Former prime minister John Major talks about his journey from Brixton to Downing Street. 09:301/5Robert McCrum explores the life of Kaye Webb, founder of the Puffin Club.(R) 09:453/5Mona Lisa is born into a turbulent era just as an artistic star from Vinci is on the rise.
| 09:001/4Amanda hears the voices of smugglers and the gallant customs officers who fought them. 09:454/5As Leonardo delights the court of Milan, Florence is changing beyond all recognition.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to writer Malcolm Gladwell.(R) 09:455/5Leonardo returns to Florence and Francesco del Giocondo commissions a portrait of his wife
| 09:00Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir meet Laura Mvula, plus Andrew Strauss' Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00What inspired comic Deborah Frances-White's new show? Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:451/5Despite Mr Ramsay's bad weather worry, young James is determined to get to the Lighthouse.
| 10:00The politics of body size; and when should you talk to parents about their future care? 10:452/5Down on the beach, Minta is on the brink of a life-changing moment Stars Olivia Hallinan.
| 10:00Exams not quite gone according to plan? Jenni Murray discusses advice on what to do next. 10:413/5Paul and Minta are not back from the beach and Mr Ramsay is getting impatient. 10:56Fi Glover with two pensioners who still love riding the twists, turns and trick tracks.
| 10:00Jenni Murray and guests discuss the impact of domestic violence on women in the workplace. 10:454/5Ten years pass and the Ramsays' house on the Isle of Skye remains empty and neglected.
| 10:00After a long ban, women in India could soon work as Bollywood make-up artists. 10:455/5After a decade, some of the Ramsay family and guests return to their holiday home on Skye.
| 10:301/7Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel programme from Cowes on the Isle of Wight.
| 10:00There is bad news for Loxfest, and Mike cannot believe what Vicky is saying.
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| 11:00 | 11:001/3Gerald Scarfe introduces the radio, recycled. The subject is Hell. 11:301/4Geoff attempts to start a career as a comedian in the tiny Swedish village of Yxsjo.
| 11:002/3Four professional listeners reveal how they use sounds as indicators of health and quality 11:30Composer Matthew Herbert takes a critical look at looping and sampling in modern music.(R)
| 11:00Dr Laura Ashe reveals how our ideas of romantic love were born in 12th-century literature. 11:304/6Lucy is in despair about the planet's future and Tom's best friend runs away from home.(R)
| 11:00Carrie Gracie goes in search of the cult of the Almighty God and its terrified victims. 11:30Dominic Sandbrook explores how the first generation of radio listeners learned to listen.
| 11:00The stories of three women in a touching exploration of what it means to be childless. 11:304/6The writer revisits her gap year when she worked on a kibbutz with her brother.(R)
| 11:00When being alone is a blessing, and when it is a blight. 11:30Cuba, Iraq, Gaza, Panama and Somalia - correspondents tell their stories.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor reunites British military personnel involved in the historic Berlin Airlift.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The search for the missing boys continues, stretching the local police's resources. 12:15Winifred Robinson asks why the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund closed so suddenly. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04As Britain and France declare war on Austria-Hungary, two cousins cannot wait to join in. 12:15Would warnings on wine and beer bottles help you to give up drinking before it harms you? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The First Royal Flying Corps leaves for France, and a local newspaper starts a rumour. 12:15Have tuition fees made university the preserve of the rich? With Winifred Robinson.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04An unlikely pair are brought together to promote the town's flagging tourism. 12:15Why cavity wall insulation may be making your home damp. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04At Folkestone harbour, the Grahams bid a fond farewell to Freddie. 12:15Consumer news with Chris Warburton. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/4Michael Robinson finds out why the UK rental market has been booming. 12:303/6Marcus Brigstocke has 'broken bad' and become a drug dealer.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:041/8Paul Merton, Alun Cochrane, Jonathan Ross and Liza Tarbuck take the 60-second challenge.(R) 12:32How to revolutionize your cooking, 1940s style. With Sheila Dillon. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00James Robbins presents national and international news. 13:45Uncovering the elusive ways plants move and respond to their surroundings.
| 13:00James Robbins presents national and international news. 13:45Kathy Willis describes the tools that are proving essential to map the world's flora.
| 13:00James Robbins presents national and international news. 13:45Kathy Willis explores the arboreal benefits that emerged from the great storm of 1987.
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:45Kathy Willis uncovers the role seedbanking plays in conserving worldwide plant diversity.
| 13:00James Robbins presents national and international news. 13:45Kathy Willis explores the legacy behind the mapping of the first plant genome.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Shaun Ley presents political debate from Broadcasting House Radio Theatre in London.(R)
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:30A range of people explain what the hauntingly beautiful Welsh song 'Myfanwy' means to them(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Rob is put on the spot.(R) 14:15Award-winning drama about growing up in the army, by EV Crowe.
| 14:00Carol is concerned about Peggy.(R) 14:15Psychic detective Thomas Soutar suffers a crisis of confidence on a new investigation.(R)
| 14:00Mike is in a quandary.(R) 14:15By Fin Kennedy. GCHQ agents track three young British Muslims as they head for Syria.
| 14:00There's bad news for Loxfest.(R) 14:15Anna is haunted by the secrets she has held onto all her life.
| 14:00Mike cannot believe what Vicky is saying.(R) 14:151/6Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly
| 14:00A chance for Radio 4 listeners to have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30Adrian Bean's play dramatises events leading up to the infamous Highland massacre in 1692.
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from the Sandringham Estate.(R) 14:45Fi Glover with conversations about sharing loss, friendship, and the thrill of big dippers
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| 15:00 | 15:00Nigel Rees hosts with Chris Addison, Jim Al-Khalili, Katy Brand and John Campbell. 15:30Sheila Dillon visits a salad business that employs ex-addicts.(R)
| 15:00Helen Castor chairs Historians' Question Time at the Chalke Valley History Festival. 15:302/3Robin Ince looks at the early modern and 19-century self-helpers.
| 15:002/4Michael Robinson asks why London's homes are so expensive.(R) 15:30Are hidden conflicts of interest in medicine out of control or an over-hyped concern?(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark finds out why Hampshire's chalk streams are so revered by fly fishermen. 15:27Bill Oddie presents an appeal for Bipolar UK.(R) 15:30A tour of the foggy streets, smoke-filled bars and genteel hotel tea rooms of 1950s Dublin(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from the Sandringham Estate. 15:452/3A mother waits nervously for news that could save her son's life.
| 15:30Frances Fyfield is back in Washington DC to celebrate the National march of the USA.(R)
| 15:00Mike Walker's epic chronicle of the Stuarts considers Charles II after the Restoration.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Lauren Laverne profiles three women who have inspired creative genius.(R) 16:30Brian Cox, Robin Ince and their guests ask, 'Is irrationality genetic?'.
| 16:00Are we different online than in real life? Gemma Cairney asks Nick Grimshaw and friends. 16:30Soul II Soul's Jazzie B chooses the life of musician and singer James Brown.
| 16:00Sarah Montague asks Sir Ken Robinson why he thinks schools are a barrier to creativity. 16:30Some newspapers have been criticised over their coverage of the death of Robin Williams.
| 16:00Robin Wright on playing Robin Wright in The Congress. Presented by Francine Stock. 16:30Will quantum physics bring us any closer to understanding how anaesthetics work?
| 16:00Andrea Catherwood on a Hollywood legend, a comic genius, a composer and an economist. 16:30Tim Harford examines why the cost of the government's new student loan system is rising. 16:55Fi Glover introduces two mothers who have both lost a son and who share tears and laughter
| 16:00Women and body size, Baroness Ruth Rendell, and do the perfect jeans really exist?
| 16:00A ramble through northern moorland and the works inspired by it, from Bronte to Raisin. 16:30Writer Ian Sansom attempts to adapt for radio William Langland's medieval dream poem.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair presents coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30'Are you straining tired eyes towards the future and saying, what next?'.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Robin Aitken examines the relationship between the Conservative Party and the police.(R) 17:40Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Haider al-Abadi, Iraq's prime minister-designate.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/8Paul Merton, Alun Cochrane, Jonathan Ross and Liza Tarbuck take the 60-second challenge.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6David expounds on the guilt he feels as a result of writing stories about his family.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6The impressions show that tugs on the beard of news.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4Thom Tuck with up-and-coming comedy circuit sketch groups at the Edinburgh Fringe.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Marcus Brigstocke has 'broken bad' and become a drug dealer.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Nikki Bedi, Danny Wallace and guests - an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Antonia Quirke chooses her highlights from the previous seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Carol is concerned about Peggy. 19:15Kirsty Lang reviews a series of Edinburgh Festival plays about the Scottish Referendum. 19:451/5Despite Mr Ramsay's bad weather worry, young James is determined to get to the Lighthouse.(R)
| 19:15Game of Thrones creator George RR Martin, plus Robin Williams remembered. With Kirsty Lang 19:452/5Down on the beach, Minta is on the brink of a life-changing moment Stars Olivia Hallinan.(R)
| 19:00There's bad news for Loxfest. 19:15John Wilson talks to comedian Phill Jupitus about his love of art and drawing. 19:453/5Paul and Minta are not back from the beach and Mr Ramsay is getting impatient.(R)
| 19:00Mike cannot believe what Vicky is saying. 19:15John Wilson chats to Sofie Gråbøl, Al Murray and Anne Archer in the Edinburgh blue tent. 19:454/5Ten years pass and the Ramsays' house on the Isle of Skye remains empty and neglected.(R)
| 19:00Jennifer celebrates the kitchen. 19:15Damian Barr with a review of the new Doctor Who and actor Simon Pegg on his new film. 19:455/5After a decade, some of the Ramsay family and guests return to their holiday home on Skye.(R)
| 19:00Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Haider al-Abadi, Iraq's prime minister-designate. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe chairs sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events.
| 19:152/4Charles has been the victim of an attempted stabbing. But whodunnit? Stars Bill Nighy.(R) 19:45Romesh Ranganathan reads his comic story in front of an audience at the Edinburgh Fringe.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Heather Jones explores a lost intelligence report warning of Germany's invasion of Poland. 20:30Lucy Ash meets the Russian holidaymakers who are reclaiming their bit of paradise.(R)
| 20:00Robin Aitken examines the relationship between the Conservative Party and the police. 20:40Peter White is joined by Denise Leigh and Cindy Godfrey-Mckay to tackle weight control.
| 20:00James Naughtie hosts discussion about Scotland's future, from the Edinburgh Festival. 20:4559/3Mara Oliva argues that we need to think differently about Americans and foreign policy.
| 20:00Giving power to the people was the big idea of the coalition, but what has become of it? 20:30Peter Day travels to Silicon Valley to ask whether its enormous success can go on and on.
| 20:00Shaun Ley presents political debate from Broadcasting House Radio Theatre in London. 20:50Will Self reflects on the power of modern-day consumption and the effect it has on us.
| 20:00The extraordinary history and science of the use of hypnosis in medicine.
| 20:00Tim Harford examines why the cost of the government's new student loan system is rising.(R) 20:30Andrea Catherwood on a Hollywood legend, a comic genius, a composer and an economist.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:001/3Four individuals discuss the part languages and words play in their working lives.(R) 21:302/4Stephen Fry finds the business of capital letters and proper nouns punishingly hard.(R)
| 21:00Are hidden conflicts of interest in medicine out of control or an over-hyped concern? 21:303/4Helena Kennedy talks to Jeremy Hutchinson, defence lawyer in the Lady Chatterley trial.(R)
| 21:002/3Robin Ince looks at the early modern and 19-century self-helpers.(R) 21:301/4Former prime minister John Major talks about his journey from Brixton to Downing Street.(R)
| 21:00Will quantum physics bring us any closer to understanding how anaesthetics work?(R) 21:301/4Amanda hears the voices of smugglers and the gallant customs officers who fought them.(R)
| 21:00As Britain declares war on Austria-Hungary, Folkestone tries to rally flagging tourism.
| 21:00Mike Walker's epic chronicle considers the young Charles II. With Jamie Parker.(R)
| 21:003/4Michael Robinson finds out why the UK rental market has been booming.(R) 21:26Juliet Stevenson presents an appeal for Pan Intercultural Arts.(R) 21:30Peter Day travels to Silicon Valley to ask whether its enormous success can go on and on.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Iraq's political and humanitarian crisis deepens. News round-up with Carolyn Quinn. 22:451/10It's Jacob's birthday and all he wants is for his family to have breakfast together.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:452/10Claire is trying to keep control of Jacob's birthday party and Issy says she feels unwell.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:453/10Issy's been rushed to hospital suffering from meningitis.
| 22:00The latest on the fleeing Yazidi refugees in Iraq. News round-up with Rob Broomby. 22:454/10Jacob is hatching a plan to make everything better.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:455/10Claire has tried to carry on, putting a brave face on things. But she can't do it anymore.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15James Naughtie hosts discussion about Scotland's future, from the Edinburgh Festival.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Dennis Sewell of the Spectator analyses the newspapers.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Chris Ledgard explores the impact of the telephone.(R) 23:301/4Five people who have seen a ghost share their experience with Fi Glover.(R)
| 23:00Brian Cox, Robin Ince and their guests ask, 'Is irrationality genetic?'.(R) 23:302/4People who have saved a life talk about the experience and how it affects them afterwards.(R)
| 23:003/4BBC boffins explore the possibilities of radio and nano technology. 23:153/6A grandmother visits a supermarket to buy her grandchildren a meal they won't forget. 23:303/4Fi Glover brings together the pest controllers who have a passion for bugs and rats.(R)
| 23:001/4Sketch show written entirely by the public. 23:304/4Fi Glover talks to four women who have left their children.(R)
| 23:004/6Are we secretly reassured by the shame and failure of others? With Jane Garvey. 23:55Fi Glover introduces a mother and her son's civil partner, who have formed a close bond.
| 23:00Nigel Rees hosts with Chris Addison, Jim Al-Khalili, Katy Brand and John Campbell.(R) 23:30Ed Docx discovers that John Donne can be a poet for life.(R)
| 23:00Robin Wright on playing Robin Wright in The Congress. Presented by Francine Stock.(R) 23:30Mark Tully invites us to accept our own ignorance as a first step towards greater wisdom.(R)
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