| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Can self-help books help you to become a better you? Presented by Laurie Taylor.(R) 00:45The bells from the church of St Edith in the village of Monks Kirby, near Rugby.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The story of Robert Wyatt, celebrated as a cultish national treasure in the music world.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The story of Robert Wyatt, celebrated as a cultish national treasure in the music world.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The story of Robert Wyatt, celebrated as a cultish national treasure in the music world(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The story of Robert Wyatt, celebrated as a cultish national treasure in the music world.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The story of Robert Wyatt, celebrated as a cultish national treasure in the music world(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3Tony Lidington tells a tale of bravery set in a 19th-century waxwork show.(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 Sharon Grenham-Toze. 05:45Sustainable intensification, treasure hunting and milk prices. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the displaying raggiana bird-of-paradise from Papua New Guinea.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze. 05:45A report for the Oxford Real Farming Conference claims UK farming needs wholesale reform. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the diminutive spoon-billed sandpiper of the high Russian tundra.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze. 05:45Why Ireland is the first EU country to be able to sell its beef to the USA since BSE. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the blue rock thrush, perched high on a Spanish castle.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze. 05:45Anna Hill presents from the Oxford Farming Conference. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents brown skua hunting over an Antarctic landscape.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze. 05:45Anna Hill presents the programme from the second day of the Oxford Farming Conference. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents Montserrat oriole from the Caribbean island of Montserrat.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A reflection and prayer with Richard Hill. 05:45'I feel like I'm in line for execution.' A listener creates an ethical dilemma for doctors
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of All Saints Church, East Pennard, Somerset. 05:45David Baddiel seeks to make sense of electricity.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark meets the people who have found the courage to embrace outdoor life.(R) 06:30Anna Hill looks at sustainable farming. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Inspired by the late guru BKS Iyengar, Mark Tully investigates the benefits of yoga. 06:35Sybil Ruscoe looks at pheasant shoots as a method of conservation. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Thought for the Day and Weather.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Featuring Europe and Islam, the Pope in Sri Lanka, and should churches have wi-fi? 07:55David Hare presents an appeal on behalf of Multiple System Atrophy Trust. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Croydon Seventh Day Adventist Gospel Choir is directed by Ken Burton. 08:48Adam Gopnick reflects on the Charlie Hebdo massacre.(R) 08:58Liz Bonnin presents the blue rock thrush, perched high on a Spanish castle.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:001/4Melvyn Bragg discovers how turmoil in medieval England resulted in Magna Carta in 1215. 09:301/5Discover the science behind some of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories.(R) 09:451/5The story of Robert Wyatt, celebrated as a cultish national treasure in the music world.
| 09:002/4Melvyn Bragg explores the events of 1215 and the dispute between King John and his barons. 09:302/5Discover more of the science behind another of Kipling's Just So Stories.(R) 09:452/5The story of Robert Wyatt, celebrated as a cultish national treasure in the music world.
| 09:003/4Melvyn Bragg discovers what happened to Magna Carta in the aftermath of Runnymede in 1215. 09:303/5Discover more of the science behind another of Kipling's Just So Stories.(R) 09:453/5The story of Robert Wyatt, celebrated as a cultish national treasure in the music world
| 09:004/4Melvyn Bragg examines the 800-year legacy of Magna Carta. 09:305/5Discover more of the science behind the last of Kipling's Just So Stories.(R) 09:454/5The story of Robert Wyatt, celebrated as a cultish national treasure in the music world.
| 09:00Kirsty Young interviews Prof Dame Nancy Rothwell.(R) 09:455/5The story of Robert Wyatt, celebrated as a cultish national treasure in the music world
| 09:00Viv Groskop and Paul Sinton-Hewitt CBE join Aasmah Mir and Suzy Klein.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Dr Teresa Belton on her book Happier People, Healthier Planet. 10:451/15Chip Lambert arrives at La Guardia airport, New York, to meet his parents, Alfred and Enid
| 10:00Equal Pay Transparency Bill. Haydn Gwynne. Four leading women in medicine. Rachel Parsons. 10:452/15Chip reveals the secrets of his lack of success.
| 10:00Dancer Michaela DePrince, women's magazines and new screening tests for babies. 10:403/15Failed academic Chip finds a surprising new employer. 10:55Sisters remember a childhood where praise and displays of affection were in short supply.
| 10:00Should Oldham Athletic sign Ched Evans? What is it like to be an HIV-positive teenager? 10:454/15Enid exerts pressure on the matter of Christmas.
| 10:00Jenni Murray talks to Fifa goal of the year contender Stephanie Roche. 10:455/15Gary Lambert tries to talk some sense into his father Alfred.
| 10:305/7Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel programme from Hastings.
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| 11:00 | 11:002/2Charlotte Smith continues her exploration of what farming life is like today. 11:301/4Ardal O'Hanlon plays an idiot angel who's sent to earth to fix his mistakes.
| 11:00Coral reefs are renowned for their beauty and diversity, but what is their future? 11:30Sasha Tsaliuk fights for his Moscow A Capella Jewish choir in a rapidly changing Russia.
| 11:00Rebecca Lloyd-Evans visits Beirut's house of memory. 11:302/4Inspector Lestrade introduces Sherlock Holmes's rival - detective and gardener Paul Beck.
| 11:00Why are cartoons depicting children in explicit sexual situations still legal in Japan? 11:30Christopher Eccleston looks at the life and works of the Socialist playwright Jim Allen.
| 11:00Shelina Janmohamed explores what it means to be young, female and Muslim today. 11:302/6The history, local dialect and the new bridge.(R)
| 11:00Sue Cameron of the Daily Telegraph looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Reporters' stories from Paris, Dresden, Istanbul, Mexico and Antarctica.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to businesswoman Jo Malone.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The women of Folkestone struggle to help returning soldiers suffering from frostbite. 12:15Wholesale gas prices, supermarket price wars and running a small business. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04A couple of visitors descend on the Wilsons, one more welcome than the other. 12:15Winifred Robinson hears from listeners who have found love online. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04At Folkestone's Pleasure Gardens Theatre, someone is in for a surprise. 12:15The mobile phone contracts that cost the equivalent of 48 per cent APR loan. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The Folkestone community mourns the loss of one of its missing. 12:15The latest on Tesco, working hours for the self-employed and house prices in 2015.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The Graham household is a hive of activity as they await a special delivery. 12:15Peter White on solar farm subsidy cuts and mortgage problems on former council flats. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Paul Lewis asks if it is likely that people with annuities can sell them on. 12:301/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a comic take on the week's news.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/6David Mitchell hosts the comedy panel game.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon and 2015's judging team open nominations for the BBC Food and Farming Awards 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:451/5Will Self embarks on a 50km walking tour of the Large Hadron Collider at Cern near Geneva.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:452/5Will Self continues his 50km walking tour of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN near Geneva
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:453/5Will is still baffled and decides to issue an ultimatum to his Cern hosts.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:454/5After an ultimatum to his hosts, Will receives a crash course in particle physics.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:455/5Visiting Voltaire's chateau and an abandoned Cern experiment puts Will in a pensive mood.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Victoria Ayling, Jillian Creasy, Maajid Nawaz, Sir Keir Starmer, Tom Tugendhat.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30How a Buddhist meditation technique became a cure-all for the ills of modern life.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Phoebe is embarrassed, and Rob puts the pressure on.(R) 14:153/4Another fantasy adventure featuring the immortal wanderer William Palmer, known as Pilgrim
| 14:00There is a problem at Hadley Haugh.(R) 14:15An ex-miner and a senior philosophy lecturer form an unlikely but intriguing partnership.
| 14:00Emma soothes Ed's fears.(R) 14:15An ex-miner and a senior philosophy lecturer form an unlikely but intriguing partnership.
| 14:15Set in Dubai, a Filipino maid goes missing in this modern-day exploration of slavery.
| 14:15Drama recreating the world's longest bombing raid, on Port Stanley runway in the Falklands(R)
| 14:00With Anita Anand. Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30Lili arrives in London penniless, set on a permanent arrangement with her rich boyfriend.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from West Yorkshire.(R) 14:45Two sisters reflect on the impact their childhood has had on them and who they are now.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies. 15:30Sheila Dillon is joined by Harold McGee to answer listeners' food queries.(R)
| 15:004/7Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel programme from St Albans.(R) 15:30Marc Riley, Damon Albarn and Ceri Levy travel to Mull to swim with seals and sharks.(R)
| 15:00Getting ready for self-assessment? Paul Lewis and guests answer questions about tax. 15:30Should fruit juice be dropped from 5-a-day? A&E in winter; Mark visits a busy pain clinic.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark meets the people who have found the courage to embrace outdoor life. 15:27Dan Snow presents an appeal on behalf of Magic Bus UK.(R) 15:30Marina Lewycka discusses her comic novel A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from West Yorkshire. 15:451/3Writer Nick Laird explores the Irish and American love affair.
| 15:30Sasha Tsaliuk fights for his Moscow A Capella Jewish choir in a rapidly changing Russia.(R)
| 15:001/2The Greeks are laying siege to Troy to win back their abducted queen Helen.
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| 16:00 | 16:00300 years of a Stradivarius through the hands of geniuses, dictators, refugees and thieves 16:30Why does the story of Moses still hold such a broad appeal?
| 16:00Michael Rosen looks ahead, with the help of linguists Bas Aarts and Laura Wright. 16:30Matthew Parris talks to Philippa Langley about the life of Richard III.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores the way war and violence invades our lives. Also, riding the subway 16:30Prince Andrew coverage, postponing of royal doc, Peter Greste retrial and 10 years of FOI.
| 16:00Into the Woods stars James Corden and Emily Blunt on what it was like to sing on screen. 16:30Mission to return to our planetary neighbour Venus and astronomy highlights in 2015.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on two cartoonists, an actress, a senator and a session guitarist. 16:30Including NHS target data, bad luck and cancer, and statistics that are true and unfair. 16:55Two sisters whose paths diverged geographically but whose ties remained strong.
| 16:00Michaela DePrince. The gender pay gap. Will women's magazines survive the digital age?
| 16:00American novelist Ben Lerner talks about his new book 10:04. 16:30Phill Jupitus, John Cooper Clarke and Johnny Green at the first day of the Tour de France.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair presents interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30'I feel like I'm in line for execution.' A listener creates an ethical dilemma for doctors(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Psychoanalyst Mary Bradbury investigates mental health in the pressured financial sector.(R) 17:404/8Playwright DC Jackson's searing drama about twitter storms and trolls.(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. 18:302/6David Mitchell hosts the comedy panel game.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Marcus Brigstocke persuades comedian Roy Walker to see his first ever Shakespeare play.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6'Exciting' trips. Stephen K Amos's teenage years in 1980s south London.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/4Bridget asks who has the best sexism in the world and deconstructs a yoghurt advert.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a comic take on the week's news.
| 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. 18:15Ian McMillan chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00There is a problem at Hadley Haugh. 19:15John Wilson talks to David Tennant about the second series of Broadchurch. 19:451/15Chip Lambert arrives at La Guardia airport, New York, to meet his parents, Alfred and Enid(R)
| 19:15John Wilson talks to Richard Linklater, who directed the film Boyhood over 12 years. 19:452/15Chip reveals the secrets of his lack of success.(R)
| 19:15Steve Carell, Ian McMillan on Elvis's 80th, sound recordist Chris Watson, The Fever. 19:453/15Failed academic Chip finds a surprising new employer.(R)
| 19:15Michael Pennington, minimalist music, The Last of the Unjust and art that evokes January. 19:454/15Enid exerts pressure on the matter of Christmas.(R)
| 19:00Pat has got plenty to celebrate. 19:15Into the Woods, BBC Sound of 2015 winners, crime writer Eva Dolan, a film evoking January. 19:455/15Gary Lambert tries to talk some sense into his father Alfred.(R)
| 19:004/8Playwright DC Jackson's searing drama about twitter storms and trolls. 19:15A review of the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00Rob has a lot on his mind. 19:155/6Frank Skinner and guests David Mitchell and Steve Hall ponder history's funniest moments. 19:451/3By Jami Attenberg. A woman makes her lover walk with her to the New York subway.
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| 20:00 | 20:00How a Buddhist meditation technique became a cure-all for the ills of modern life. 20:30Linda Pressly reports on plans to excavate for human remains at a huge dump in Medellin.(R)
| 20:00Psychoanalyst Mary Bradbury investigates mental health in the pressured financial sector. 20:40An update on Access to Work with Liz Sayce and Gary O'Donoghue's new post in Washington.
| 20:00Clive Anderson asks how the law will act when artificially intelligent robots go wrong. 20:45David Baddiel seeks to make sense of electricity.
| 20:00Former jihadi Aimen Dean explains how Islamic State came to power and how it survives. 20:30Peter Day meets the vloggers who start making home videos and end up courted by big brands
| 20:00Victoria Ayling, Jillian Creasy, Maajid Nawaz, Sir Keir Starmer, Tom Tugendhat. 20:50Adam Gopnick reflects on the Charlie Hebdo massacre.
| 20:00Satirist Joe Queenan charts the rise and fall of the 'nudge nudge wink wink' epidemic.(R)
| 20:00Including NHS target data, bad luck and cancer, and statistics that are true and unfair.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on two cartoonists, an actress, a senator and a session guitarist.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00The lemurs of Madagascar are the most endangered mammals on earth - how can we help them? 21:301/4Melvyn Bragg discovers how turmoil in medieval England resulted in Magna Carta in 1215.(R)
| 21:00Should fruit juice be dropped from 5-a-day? A&E in winter; Mark visits a busy pain clinic. 21:302/4Melvyn Bragg explores the events of 1215 and the dispute between King John and his barons.(R)
| 21:00Radio 4 explores just what is involved in dismantling a nuclear power plant. 21:303/4Melvyn Bragg discovers what happened to Magna Carta in the aftermath of Runnymede in 1215.(R)
| 21:00Mission to return to our planetary neighbour Venus and astronomy highlights in 2015.(R) 21:304/4Melvyn Bragg examines the 800-year legacy of Magna Carta.(R)
| 21:00Folkestone mourns one of its missing, and the Grahams await a special delivery.
| 21:002/10Pierre inherits a fortune after the death of his father. John Hurt stars.(R)
| 21:00Paul Lewis asks if it is likely that people with annuities can sell them on.(R) 21:26David Hare presents an appeal on behalf of Multiple System Atrophy Trust.(R) 21:30Peter Day meets the vloggers who start making home videos and end up courted by big brands(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Conservatives accuse Opposition of making £20 billion worth of unfunded spending pledges 22:45Hilary Mantel short story: the consequences of an illicit affair in a solicitor's office.
| 22:00News prompts political row - nursing and health unions warn system is in "crisis". 22:452/5Isolated in a claustrophobic flat in Jeddah, life is set to change when the doorbell rings
| 22:00Twelve people were killed and four others were critically wounded. 22:453/5In a flat in Jeddah, feelings of unease and cultural disconnect come to a head.
| 22:00The search is concentrated on woodland around the village of Longpont. 22:454/5Two little girls spend a long hot summer dying to discover a neighbour's secret.
| 22:00French security forces kill 2 brothers at centre of massive police manhunt. 22:455/5A knock at the door announces an unexpected visitor.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Clive Anderson asks how the law will act when artificially intelligent robots go wrong.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Zoe Williams of the Guardian analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen finds out why we laugh and why we cry, with neuroscientist Sophie Scott.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:001/2As Martin decides whether to take his new job, is this the end for MJN Air?(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:001/4Fandom, fatherhood and 17th-century France. Quirky sketches and poems. 23:151/6An ex-banker worries she has more in common with the group than she'd like to admit. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:001/4Wannabe Hollywood screenwriter Andy Parker and forgotten silver screen star Anna Mann. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Matthew Parris talks to Philippa Langley about the life of Richard III.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55Two sisters come to terms with who they are and the importance of their family connection.
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies.(R) 23:30Angry young Calcutta poets whose anti-establishment antics impressed the Beat Generation.(R)
| 23:00Into the Woods stars James Corden and Emily Blunt on what it was like to sing on screen.(R) 23:30Inspired by the late guru BKS Iyengar, Mark Tully investigates the benefits of yoga.(R)
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