| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Professor Jo Boaler believes there is a crisis in maths education.(R) 00:45The bells of All Saints Church, Harpole, Northamptonshire.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Twenty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Neil visits the Brandenburg Gate.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Neil MacGregor examines the story of the two Germanys, East and West, created in 1949.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Neil MacGregor visits Kaliningrad, now in Russia but formerly the German city Konigsberg.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Neil MacGregor visits Strasbourg, now in France but also a key city in German history.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Neil MacGregor discovers how coins reveal the range and diversity of the Holy Roman Empire(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3A woman visits the dog track for the first time, and weighs up a matter of life and death.(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 the Rev Dr Karen Smith. 05:45Would the best thing for Dartmoor ponies be put them into the food chain? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the African southern ground hornbill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Karen Smith. 05:45Fruit growers unable to sell their produce, and a new scheme to promote pig welfare. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the wetland-loving African jacana.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Karen Smith. 05:45What can be done to make sure more UK-grown apples and pears are available in shops? 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the New Zealand brown kiwi.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Karen Smith. 05:45Some dairy farmers vow to act over falling milk prices. Plus the latest on meat labelling. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the mysterious shoebill of Uganda.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Karen Smith. 05:45More bad news for dairy farmers: world prices have fallen by 45 per cent since February. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the North American Swainson's hawk.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Imam Monawar Hussain. 05:45'I simply voted No': A listener tells iPM why his was a vote for the status quo.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Stephen's church in Brannel, Cornwall. 05:45Mark Coles profiles White Dee, the controversial star of Channel 4's Benefits Street.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding walks from Grassington to Kettlewell on the third leg of the Dales Way.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith takes a look at animal welfare on the farm. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Samira Ahmed drums her fingers and considers waiting, measuring and keeping time. 06:35How a widowed mother of four continued her husband's farming legacy. With Anna Jones. 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. 07:10Justin Welby on the future of the Lambeth conference. 07:55Will Self presents the Radio 4 Appeal for Shape. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Morning service from the Chapel of Heythrop College, in its 400th anniversary year. 08:48Adam Gopnik thinks there is a simple reason why short men enjoy stable marriages.(R) 08:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the New Zealand brown kiwi.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Karen Armstrong, Justin Marozzi and Christopher Coker. 09:45Twenty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Neil visits the Brandenburg Gate.
| 09:00Jackie Akhavan talks about the ethical issues of working on explosives used in war. 09:30Paddy O'Connell meets Sir Al Aynsley-Green who has forged a career helping children.(R) 09:45Neil MacGregor examines the story of the two Germanys, East and West, created in 1949.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets biographer Selina Hastings and horse whisperer Gary Witheford. 09:45Neil MacGregor visits Kaliningrad, now in Russia but formerly the German city Konigsberg.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and reputation of Julius Caesar. 09:45Neil MacGregor visits Strasbourg, now in France but also a key city in German history.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to conductor Marin Alsop.(R) 09:45Neil MacGregor discovers how coins reveal the range and diversity of the Holy Roman Empire
| 09:00Kanya King, founder of the MOBO Awards, joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles.
| 09:00Paddy O'Connell with guests Lord Palumbo, Heather McGregor and Ben Goldacre.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jessie Ware; women at the Tory conference; supporting SEN children into secondary school. 10:451/5A new mystery set in 10th century Japan for Lady Shonagon and her Lieutenant Yukinari.
| 10:00Julia Gillard on her three years and three days as Australia's first female prime minister 10:452/5A new mystery set in 10th century Japan for Lady Shonagon and her Lieutenant Yukinari.
| 10:00Secretary of state for education Nicky Morgan and a cancer charity for ethnic minorities. 10:413/5A new mystery set in 10th century Japan for Lady Shonagon and her Lieutenant Yukinari. 10:55Two friends prove that having breast cancer does not mean giving up on life.
| 10:00Jenni Murray finds out why modern children are still attracted to boarding school stories. 10:454/5A new mystery set in 10th century Japan for Lady Shonagon and her Lieutenant Yukinari.
| 10:00Jenni Murray presents the programme that offers a female perspective on the world. 10:455/5A new mystery set in 10th century Japan for Lady Shonagon and her Lieutenant Yukinari.
| 10:30Peter White meets some of the youngsters who played a key role in the 2012 Olympics.
| 10:00Charlie is charming, and Ruth makes a suggestion.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Zarghuna Kargar hears the stories of British and Afghan women widowed by the 13-year war.(R) 11:301/6Death, potty training and mouse termination make for very unwelcome bedfellows.
| 11:00Is plastic litter making the ocean a perilous place for fulmars and other seabirds? 11:30Classical soprano and broadcaster Catherine Bott explores the world of the backing singer
| 11:00Alan Dein speaks to people who, through choice or circumstance, are going it alone. 11:305/6Gyles Brandreth welcomes Lloyd Langford, Holly Walsh, Paul Sinha and Natalie Haynes.
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces a report that takes a close look at the Egypt of President al-Sisi. 11:301903 Sheffield's on location 'Daring Daylight Burglary' inspired every action movie since.(R)
| 11:00Dancers, designers, police and parade-goers experience the Leeds West Indian Carnival. 11:305/6The discovery of a poet on the colony sets off a bomb, a monster, a sword fight and a poem
| 11:00Transforming biosciences with particles just a few billionths of a metre across. 11:30The BBC's China editor on the important questions arising from the protests in Hong Kong.
| 11:15Sally Wainwright, TV screenwriter, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Councillor Graham develops a taste for tobacco and potatoes, and wishes for a New World. 12:15Winifred Robinson looks at the latest on compensation for delayed airline passengers. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Alice is released from prison, but really does not want to go home. 12:15Consumer phone-in. How easy is it for you to see your GP? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Dorothea and Sylvia start to act entirely out of character. 12:15Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Adam finally tells the whole truth, as all Reverend Winwood's chickens come home to roost. 12:15Winifred Robinson hears how thousands of Wonga customers are having their debt written off 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In the last Season 1 episode, the Wilson family wave Victor off to war. Another lost boy. 12:15Access to Work delays and a warning about vets overprescribing antibiotics for pets. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The single-tier pension, goodbye to the tax disc, and Child Maintenance Services. 12:304/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by special guest John Finnemore.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:048/8The panellists are Sheila Hancock, Russell Kane, Holly Walsh and Paul Merton.(R) 12:32Dan Saladino explores why we should all be demanding to eat older meat. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:451/5It is the beginning of the fish and chip shop course - meet the eight students.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:452/5Alison Clarkson takes listeners to the 2014 National Fish and Chip Awards.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:453/5It is day two of the course, and the students discover the intricacies of mushy peas.
| 13:00Payday lender Wonga to wipe debts of 330,000 customers. Presented by Mark Mardell. 13:454/5The course ends for chip shop students in Leeds, and the public experience their efforts.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:455/5Alison follows up on the progress of the students in the six months following the course.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Surbiton in Surrey.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30How a government whip told the Queen what really went on in the House of Commons.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Phoebe is looking after Hayley.(R) 14:15Charlotte Bogard Macleod’s tale of modern day parenthood - love, surrogacy and statistics.
| 14:15Police are searching Glasgow's disused underground tunnels for a killer.(R)
| 14:00Henry has a restless night.(R) 14:15Wives in 1960s colonial Singapore are partying, unaware of disturbing domestic problems.(R)
| 14:00Phoebe loses her temper.(R) 14:15Oona Chaplin stars as a tongue-tied fantasy fiction geek in Lou Ramsden's quirky rom-com.
| 14:00Bert is on hand to help.(R) 14:15May 1749. Grainger's travelling fair showcases an electric new act. By Julie Mayhew.
| 14:00A chance for Radio 4 listeners to have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30Rollercoaster drama about the surprise Reagan-Gorbachev summit in 1986.
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel with an audience of 150 young gardeners.(R) 14:45Conversations about adoption, culinary memories of grandad, and dealing with breast cancer
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| 15:00 | 15:002/13Wide-ranging music quiz hosted by Russell Davies. 15:30As bee populations fall, Sheila Dillon asks if salvation may be found in city streets.
| 15:007/7Jay Rayner and his panel take questions on eating and drinking from an audience in Maldon.(R) 15:30Tom Heap visits communities living with the shale gas industry, from Texas to Lancashire.
| 15:00Financial phone-in on wills and inheritance tax. 15:30Dr Mark Porter looks at the evidence for winter flu jabs and reviews sleep apps.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding walks from Grassington to Kettlewell on the third leg of the Dales Way. 15:27Carey Mulligan presents an appeal on behalf of War Child.(R) 15:30Mariella Frostrup discusses Robert Merle's The Brethren, and Steven Pinker on Style.
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel with an audience of 150 young gardeners. 15:45Jessica Raine reads Sean O'Brien's gothic tale set in 1930s Europe.
| 15:30Classical soprano and broadcaster Catherine Bott explores the world of the backing singer(R)
| 15:002/2Rebus suspects other cases are linked to his, but crime boss Cafferty has different ideas.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Ben Schott examines the graphic and gastronomic tricks of the menu. 16:30Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about the belief in karma.
| 16:001/3Jolyon Jenkins investigates 'pickup artists', men who know the secrets of seduction.(R) 16:30Matthew Parris invites Professor Edith Hall to nominate her idol.
| 16:00How Sal Khan plans to give the world a free first-class education. 16:30Steve Hewlett explores the Sunday Mirror sexting story and the political interview.
| 16:00David Fincher on adapting bestselling thriller Gone Girl for the big screen. 16:30Adam Rutherford asks the Royal Society about the decline in awards to female scientists.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a conductor, an Israeli general, a broadcaster and a mathematician. 16:30The Today editor on reporting tough foreign news, and debate tips from Matthew Taylor. 16:55A father and daughter talk about the recipes a much-loved grandfather left as his legacy.
| 16:00Highlights include former Australian PM Julia Gillard, contraceptives for men, and Ebola.
| 16:00Australian writer Tim Winton discusses his novel Dirt Music with James Naughtie. 16:30Roger McGough with a special programme on Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Bosses explain why they took back control of companies they had once founded.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00With concern over illegal immigrants and returning extremists, how secure are UK borders?(R) 17:40Mark Coles profiles White Dee, the controversial star of Channel 4's Benefits Street.(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. 18:308/8The panellists are Sheila Hancock, Russell Kane, Holly Walsh and Paul Merton.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4Behind-the-scenes sketch show looking at the life and work of impressionist Lewis Macleod.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4Jeremy Hardy attempts to understand citizenship, examine the State and spell surveillance.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4Nathan tries to be a good role model for his younger brother Tyree.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by special guest John Finnemore.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Mary Anne Hobbs chooses her highlights from the previous seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Kristin Scott Thomas talks about a new stage production of Electra with music by PJ Harvey 19:45Twenty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Neil visits the Brandenburg Gate.(R)
| 19:00Henry has a restless night. 19:15John Wilson and Hilary Mantel reveal the winner of the BBC National Short Story Award 2014 19:45Neil MacGregor examines the story of the two Germanys, East and West, created in 1949.(R)
| 19:15Kirsty Lang talks to Stephen Fry about his memoir, More Fool Me. 19:45Neil MacGregor visits Kaliningrad, now in Russia but formerly the German city Konigsberg.(R)
| 19:15Kirsty Lang talks to actress Rosamund Pike about her part in crime thriller Gone Girl. 19:45Neil MacGregor visits Strasbourg, now in France but also a key city in German history.(R)
| 19:15John Wilson presents an interview with Genesis and a review of Mamet's Speed-the-Plow. 19:45Neil MacGregor discovers how coins reveal the range and diversity of the Holy Roman Empire(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles White Dee, the controversial star of Channel 4's Benefits Street. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe chairs sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events.
| 19:00David and Ruth are out of their comfort zone. 19:151/6James Walton tests his guests on their literary knowledge. 19:452/3By Tat Usher. Quirky tale about a downtrodden baker living on a Scottish island.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Tim Mansel on Sierra Leone's 5.8m asked to stay home for 72 hours in a bid to stem Ebola. 20:30What should we eat? An interview with author Michael Pollan about what food is and is not.
| 20:00With concern over illegal immigrants and returning extremists, how secure are UK borders? 20:40NHS England drafts a standard for accessible information, advice on starting university.
| 20:00Writer Michael Smith explores the uncertain future of masculinity. 20:4566/3Sunil Shaunak argues that pharmaceuticals could, and should, build social capital.
| 20:00Is Francis the 'revolutionary' Pope that his admirers hope for and his critics fear? 20:30Bosses explain why they took back control of companies they had once founded.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Surbiton in Surrey. 20:50Adam Gopnik thinks there is a simple reason why short men enjoy stable marriages.
| 20:00Martin McNamara presents Paul Hill's letters from jail, read by Jonjo O'Neill.
| 20:00The Today editor on reporting tough foreign news, and debate tips from Matthew Taylor.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a conductor, an Israeli general, a broadcaster and a mathematician.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Are we aware we are sharing the planet with less wildlife? Are we getting used to less?(R) 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Karen Armstrong, Justin Marozzi and Christopher Coker.(R)
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter looks at the evidence for winter flu jabs and reviews sleep apps. 21:30Jackie Akhavan talks about the ethical issues of working on explosives used in war.(R)
| 21:00Tom Heap visits communities living with the shale gas industry, from Texas to Lancashire.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets biographer Selina Hastings and horse whisperer Gary Witheford.(R)
| 21:00Adam Rutherford asks the Royal Society about the decline in awards to female scientists.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and reputation of Julius Caesar.(R)
| 21:00The end of the beginning, perhaps, but a long long way from the end.
| 21:001/2Rebus follows a trail of dead bodies found at a construction site.(R)
| 21:00The single-tier pension, goodbye to the tax disc, and Child Maintenance Services.(R) 21:26Will Self presents the Radio 4 Appeal for Shape.(R) 21:30What should we eat? An interview with author Michael Pollan about what food is and is not.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Osborne pledges benefits freeze. News round-up with Caroline Wyatt. 22:456/15Foreign correspondent Ed Brubeck struggles with the gaps between home-life and work-life.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:457/15Ed Brubeck's life shifts on its axis when his six-year-old daughter goes missing.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:458/15Crispin Hershey spins a brilliant strategy to exact revenge on a literary critic.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:459/15Crispin Hershey is now living with the disastrous consequences of his plan.
| 22:00A special programme from California. Ritula Shah asks if soft power is effective. 22:4510/15Alone in Iceland, Crispin Hershey has a disturbing encounter with Hugo Lamb.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Writer Michael Smith explores the uncertain future of masculinity.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Hugh Muir of the Guardian analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:004/4The power of repetition. The power of repetition.(R) 23:30Writer Nik Cohn invites us to "re-imagine" New Orleans, a city he's loved all his life.(R)
| 23:003/4Have you ever been abducted by an alien or had an idea for a novelty tea towel? 23:302/3Lavinia Greenlaw offers a personal vision of London, a city she's loved all her life.(R)
| 23:002/6Nigel is charged with creating relaxing music for a pregnant ladies music group.(R) 23:154/4Mordrin decides he has to do something if he has any chance of ever dating Heather.(R) 23:303/3Amit Chaudhuri offers a different vision of Calcutta, a city he's loved all his life.(R)
| 23:003/4What to donate to the harvest festival and interesting things to put on a bonfire. 23:303/4Writer Elif Shafak invites us to reimagine Istanbul, a city she has loved all her life.(R)
| 23:00Matthew Parris invites Professor Edith Hall to nominate her idol.(R) 23:271/3Soweto Kinch offers a different vision of a city he's loved all his life - Birmingham(R) 23:55A mother reveals the challenges she faces from her adoptive daughter to her friend.
| 23:002/13Wide-ranging music quiz hosted by Russell Davies.(R) 23:30Roger McGough with poetry requests on the theme of Remember.(R)
| 23:00David Fincher on adapting bestselling thriller Gone Girl for the big screen.(R) 23:30Samira Ahmed drums her fingers and considers waiting, measuring and keeping time.(R)
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