| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:151/3A dream home or a jump into the unknown? Rosie Millard on the highs and lows of moving.(R) 00:45Bells from the monastery of the Transfiguration, on the Solovki Islands in Northern Russia(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Charlotte Gordon's biography of the pioneering feminist and her novelist daughter.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Charlotte Gordon explores the writing lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley make tough choices.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Testing times lie ahead when love and loss loom large for both women.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5A new beginning, a tragic end and the enduring legacies of both women.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3Renowned travel writer Victor Cullen, a stickler for detail, starts making his journeys up(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer, with the Rev David Bruce. 05:45UK farming unions meet to discuss falling milk and lamb prices. With Felicity Evans. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Crested Tit.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer, with the Rev David Bruce. 05:45Farmer protests gather pace, but should they just stop complaining? 05:58Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Yellow-Browed Warbler.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer, with the Rev David Bruce. 05:45Milk processors and supermarkets address dairy farmers' concerns over low milk prices. 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the sooty shearwater.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer, with the Rev David Bruce. 05:45With falling dairy prices, Sybil Ruscoe asks about the role of the quango AHDB Dairy. 05:58Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Leach's Storm-Petrel.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer, with the Rev David Bruce. 05:45Could the culling of dairy herds help to solve the UK's over-production of milk? 05:58Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Cattle Egret.(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 the Venerable Peter Eagles. 05:45The programme that starts with its listeners.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells from Westminster Abbey. 05:45Michelle Mone, the government's new start-up tsar, is profiled by Mark Coles.(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. 06:07Jersey doubles in size when the tide goes out. Helen Mark goes paddling.(R) 06:30Sybil Ruscoe explores the ongoing dairy crisis from a farm in Gloucestershire. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Actor Adjoa Andoh explores the importance of seeing our own identity reflected in culture. 06:35HRH the Prince of Wales shares his hopes and fears for the future of farming communities. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Including VJ Day celebrations, Avebury pilgrims, and a book criticising 'lazy' atheism. 07:54Cherie Lunghi presents an appeal on behalf of Women for Women International. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Lichfield Cathedral marks the seventieth anniversary of VJ Day. Terry Waite preaches. 08:48John Gray sees the euro as a misconceived project with Greece's economy as a casualty.(R) 08:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the sooty shearwater.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Mariella Frostrup and guests discuss the pleasures of reading. 09:451/5Charlotte Gordon's biography of the pioneering feminist and her novelist daughter.
| 09:001/4Stephen Fry gets emotional with John Lydon and Stephen Pinker. 09:301/4Alexandra Harris & Chris Stewart scramble past lemon trees in Virginia Woolf's footsteps. 09:452/5Charlotte Gordon explores the writing lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley.
| 09:002/4Reservists: cut-price army or experts ready to respond? Quentin Letts considers. 09:30Helen Thiesen recalls being taken from her family in Greenland and sent to live in Denmark 09:453/5Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley make tough choices.
| 09:00Former rugby player Brian Moore curates the festival of his wildest dreams. 09:301/6Following school administrator Madeleine Broughton on her last day before she retires.(R) 09:454/5Testing times lie ahead when love and loss loom large for both women.
| 09:00Dr Bill Frankland, allergy specialist, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.(R) 09:455/5A new beginning, a tragic end and the enduring legacies of both women.
| 09:00Comedian Richard Herring joins Richard Coles and Kate Silverton.
| 09:00News for Sunday morning including a paper review. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jane Garvey hears the story of Farkhunda, the young woman killed by a mob in Afghanistan. 10:451/5Karen knows her much-loved husband of 19 years is gay. And now it is time to tell the kids
| 10:00The US election and women, and how best to negotiate with grandparents over childcare. 10:452/5Everything is starting to unravel, and the children want answers.
| 10:00Singer-songwriter and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie. Are health tests a good idea? 10:413/5Jack feels an emotion he has not had for a long time in relation to his wife - jealousy. 10:55It can be hard to be considered a malingerer just because your disability is nt obvious.
| 10:00Frances Kelsey and Thalidomide, abortion laws in Morocco, cosplay, and Kitty Whately. 10:454/5Karen is enjoying the attentions of her new lover and decides to invest in her career.
| 10:00Wet nurses; Joy Davidman and CS Lewis; and is it possible to be romantic in a tent? 10:455/5The family are a tribe again, united in adversity. Allegiances shift, in surprising ways.
| 10:30Steve Punt searches for the Cezanne masterpiece, stolen during the millennium celebrations
| 10:00Kenton feels sorry for himself, and Lynda rues the flood.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Stuart Maconie gets to grips with the nature of male friendships in the north of England. 11:306/6Wedding fever, a sleepover and a key make for big changes in Edinburgh's Cafe Culture,
| 11:00Brett Westwood explores the role woolly mammoths have played in our lives. 11:304/4Cerys Matthews visits Barcelona to rummage through Spain's varied songbook.
| 11:002/3Kavita Puri looks at the turbulent years from 1976 to 1981 for South Asians in Britain. 11:302/6Damien Trench is lured into the murky world of TV panel shows.
| 11:00Will Grant takes a ride on Cuba's bumpy roads where change is in the air. 11:302/3Dr Janina Ramirez and guests decode Salvador Dali's 1937 work, Metamorphosis of Narcissus.
| 11:00Peter Snow marks the seventieth anniversary of VJ Day at the end of the Second World War. 11:306/6The Sparrowhawk team hold a leaving do and take the opportunity to reminisce.
| 11:00Should we bring the woolly mammoth back to life, and should ancient languages be revived? 11:30Black magic on the election trail in Tanzania and other reporters' despatches.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor speaks to former detainees and the head of the guard force at Guantanamo Bay
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04David Baddiel seeks to make sense of electricity.(R) 12:15Why the supermarkets think people will be eating lobster this Christmas. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04David Baddiel tries to understand the puzzling phenomenon of cryptic crosswords.(R) 12:15With fees and living costs now estimated at £21,000, is university affordable? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04David Baddiel explores derivatives. What are they and how do they work?(R) 12:15Can home-baking be cheaper than shop-bought? Plus the incentives offered by universities. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04David Baddiel tries to understand the difference between Sunni and Shia Islam.(R) 12:15Green Deal vouchers - without the right guarantee, you may not get your cash back. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:0465/3Daniel Hahn argues that more children's books should be translated into English.(R) 12:15Peter White hears concerns about Gumtree and looks at the hygiene of tattoo parlours. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/5Michael Robinson explores the world of agency workers and umbrella companies. 12:301/5Topical impressions show that offers a satirical take on politics, media and celebrity.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/6Jack Dee, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden are joined by Susan Calman.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon speaks to her food hero, campaigner and writer Susan George. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Labour leadership contender Liz Kendall defends the contest procedures. 13:451/5Piers Plowright returns to the small Welsh village he was evacuated to during World War II
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:452/5Piers Plowright revisits Stowe School, where he fell in love with Shakespeare's language.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:453/5Piers Plowright goes for a drive with his two daughters in a Morris Minor.
| 13:00Labour leadership contender Andy Burnham answers questions from listeners. With Shaun Ley. 13:454/5Piers Plowright goes for a winter swim in the men's pond on Hampstead Heath.
| 13:00Lord Janner to appear in court today to face charges of historical child abuse. 13:455/5Piers examines James Booker's interpretation of True at the 1978 Montreux Jazz Festival.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Ritula Shah presents political debate from the Broadcasting House Radio Theatre, London.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by James Robbins. 13:301/4Cerys Matthews goes in search of the classic popular songs that make the French songbook.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Kenton feels sorry for himself.(R) 14:15By Emma Spurgin Hussey. Orkney, 1944, and George befriends Giorgio, an Italian POW pianist
| 14:00Susan takes an important delivery.(R) 14:15Three generations of Jewish women in a kitchen stir up much more than the soup.(R)
| 14:00Rob knows what he wants.(R) 14:15Speech therapist Alice is trying to help Dan who has aphasia. But the gulls keep her up.
| 14:00Jolene is at the end of her tether.(R) 14:151/3Wargame exercise writer Bradley Shoreham is recruited by a hedge fund baroness.
| 14:00Fallon feels vulnerable.(R) 14:15When her husband leaves, Angela learns the ups and downs of being a middle-aged singleton.(R)
| 14:00Your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30John Hurt stars as the dissolute, plain-speaking wit. With frequent, very strong language.
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire.(R) 14:45Conversations about missed opportunities in love and misapprehensions about health.
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| 15:00 | 15:0010/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the first semi-final of the eclectic music quiz. 15:30Best-selling author Len Deighton talks with Tim Hayward about his incredible food story.(R)
| 15:00Helen Castor and guests discuss medieval theatre and Cromwell's navy. 15:304/4Murray Lachlan Young and actor Diana Quick combine audio and ideas in unexpected ways.
| 15:002/5Michael Robinson looks at the rapid rise in self-employment in recent years.(R) 15:30As Dr Mark Porter's waistline increases, he puts his body mass index, or BMI, to the test.(R)
| 15:00Jersey doubles in size when the tide goes out. Helen Mark goes paddling. 15:27Appeal for the Howard League for Penal Reform, presented by charity beneficiary Danielle.(R) 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to author Petina Gappah about her novel The Book of Memory.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire. 15:452/3A travelling showman's life. Joe recruits an odd-job man and woos his wife at a dance.
| | 15:003/3Originally set during the Third Crusade, this updates the action to a more modern crusade.
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| 16:00 | 16:00The story of Allegra, Byron's illegitimate daughter, who haunted her father's imagination. 16:30Brian Cox, Robin Ince and guests take a forensic look at forensic science.
| 16:002/3Rosie Millard hears the dilemmas and decisions two people face as they decide to move home(R) 16:30Economist Vicky Pryce nominates the Greek film star and politician Melina Mercouri.
| 16:002/3Film critic Mark Kermode examines how films get financed and distributed.(R) 16:30Topical programme about the fast-changing media world, including celebrity injunctions.
| 16:00Greta Gerwig, writer and star of Mistress America, talks about her favourite director. 16:30Scottish GM ban, the Earth's magnetic field, life with OCD, and how galaxies are born.
| 16:00Reeta Chakrabarti on a writer, a scientist, a spy, a fashion designer and a musician. 16:30A 'swarm' of migrants heading for Europe? Are the numbers really up? 16:55Love and marriage does not always turn out quite as expected.
| 16:00Singer, songwriter and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie talks about her new album.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Leila Aboulela. 16:303/4Paul Farley listens for ghosts and feels for flesh with Mark Doty and Andrew McMillan.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30The programme that starts with its listeners.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Tim Whewell investigates the challenges of life post-adoption.(R) 17:40Michelle Mone, the government's new start-up tsar, is profiled by Mark Coles.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:0014-year-old pupil, in racially-motivated attack on teacher, is given an 11-year sentence 18:305/6Jack Dee, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden are joined by Susan Calman.
| 18:00Athens to get 85 billion euros in exchange for spending cuts, tax rises & privatisations 18:30Mitch explores his comedy connections to the story of the Beatles.(R)
| 18:00Record number of EU migrant workers in Britain.Yuan devalued again 18:302/4Isy Suttie present comedy groups, Clever Peter, Hennessey and Friends, and In Cahoots.
| 18:00Yvette Cooper questions the credibility of her Labour leadership rival, Jeremy Corbyn. 18:303/6A family Thanksgiving gathering at the seaside and another instalment from David's diary.
| 18:00Kensington Palace has accused the paparazzi of harassing Prince George. 18:301/5Topical impressions show that offers a satirical take on politics, media and celebrity.
| 18:00Veterans of the fighting against Japan, that ended WW2, attend events across the UK. 18:15Clive Anderson, Arthur Smith and guests are in Edinburgh for a Loose Ends special.
| 18:00Gordon Brown says Labour must choose a leader who can take it back into government. 18:15John Waite chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Susan takes an important delivery. 19:15The acclaimed ballet and contemporary dancer Sylvie Guillem reflects on her long career. 19:451/5Karen knows her much-loved husband of 19 years is gay. And now it is time to tell the kids(R)
| 19:15Architect Amanda Levete discusses her £30 million Victoria and Albert Museum project. 19:452/5Everything is starting to unravel, and the children want answers.(R)
| 19:00Jolene is at the end of her tether. 19:15Arts news with John Wilson, including a review of Cara Delevingne in Paper Towns. 19:453/5Jack feels an emotion he has not had for a long time in relation to his wife - jealousy.(R)
| 19:15Philippa Gregory, review of Jordanian film Theeb, Scottish art, and the street artist Stik 19:454/5Karen is enjoying the attentions of her new lover and decides to invest in her career.(R)
| 19:15David Arnold and Matthew Sweet explore the musical world of Conan Doyle's famous detective 19:455/5The family are a tribe again, united in adversity. Allegiances shift, in surprising ways.(R)
| 19:00Michelle Mone, the government's new start-up tsar, is profiled by Mark Coles. 19:15A Little Life, Trainwreck, John Hurt's Jeffrey Bernard, Scandalous Lady W, Bedwyr Williams
| 19:00Susan springs into action. 19:154/6Michael Rosen, Arthur Smith, Paul Sinha and Natalie Haynes vie for wordy supremacy(R) 19:453/3The mother of an astronaut reflects on her place in the line of women forgotten by history
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| 20:00 | 20:00Star England and Australian cricketers remember travelling by ship to play Ashes Tests.(R) 20:30Celia Hatton explores how China is struggling to contain underground ketamine.(R)
| 20:00Tim Whewell investigates the challenges of life post-adoption. 20:40Peter White speaks to David Poyner about blind archery, and Red Szell talks about risk.
| 20:00Will biotechnology transform how we understand and control life itself? 20:45David Russell asks whether backing big charities is the best way of improving the world.
| 20:00How has Jeremy Corbyn MP garnered so much support in Labour's leadership contest? 20:30Peter Day looks at the business of opera. How does this expensive art form survive?
| 20:00Ritula Shah presents political debate from the Broadcasting House Radio Theatre, London. 20:50John Gray sees the euro as a misconceived project with Greece's economy as a casualty.
| 20:0050 years after the Beatles played Shea Stadium, Kate Mossman plots a history of Arena rock
| 20:00A 'swarm' of migrants heading for Europe? Are the numbers really up?(R) 20:30Reeta Chakrabarti on a writer, a scientist, a spy, a fashion designer and a musician.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood explores how fragments from other worlds have influenced our lives.(R) 21:30Mariella Frostrup and guests discuss the pleasures of reading.(R)
| 21:00As Dr Mark Porter's waistline increases, he puts his body mass index, or BMI, to the test. 21:301/4Stephen Fry gets emotional with John Lydon and Stephen Pinker.(R)
| 21:00Carol Dweck showed how changing people's beliefs can affect their levels of achievement.(R) 21:302/4Reservists: cut-price army or experts ready to respond? Quentin Letts considers.(R)
| 21:00Scottish GM ban, the Earth's magnetic field, life with OCD, and how galaxies are born.(R) 21:30Former rugby player Brian Moore curates the festival of his wildest dreams.(R)
| 21:0011/12Marina Warner looks at the world of contemporary storytelling.
| 21:002/3Richard Wilson stars as The Antiquary - a man who hordes secrets as well as treasures.(R)
| 21:003/5Michael Robinson explores the world of agency workers and umbrella companies.(R) 21:26Cherie Lunghi presents an appeal on behalf of Women for Women International.(R) 21:30Peter Day looks at the business of opera. How does this expensive art form survive?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Court throws out extradition proceedings against General Karenzi Karake 22:451/10Jean Louise Finch is heading south to Maycomb to visit her father.
| 22:00Dutch investigator vows to find out who fired weapon that brought the plane down. 22:452/10Back with her family in Maycomb, Jean Louise is both delighted and infuriated.
| 22:00Croatian government hasn't been able to verify story -- but says it fears the worst 22:453/10Hank surprises Jean Louise with his future plans as the young couple get Maycomb talking.
| 22:00Tsipras promises harsh spending cuts and tax rises in return for new loans 22:454/10After two blissful days at home, Jean Louise's world is about to be shattered.
| 22:00How hard is it to take legal action against photographers ? 22:455/10Reeling from her discoveries, Jean Louise seeks comfort.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Will biotechnology transform how we understand and control life itself?(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Julia Hartley Brewer analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:004/6Josie Long hears stories of intimate conversations - including the 'dual form'.(R) 23:301/3Paul Jackson remembers popular current affairs show Nationwide.(R)
| 23:00Brian Cox, Robin Ince and guests take a forensic look at forensic science.(R) 23:303/4Paul Jackson on the classic TV comedy that became indelibly associated with 'lad culture'.(R)
| 23:003/4Cornflakes, Dave, sausages and a gravedigger. What could possibly go wrong? 23:153/6Nathan finds out how his loved ones would react if he were rich. But, sadly, he isn't.(R) 23:303/3Paul Jackson explores the origins and legacies of TV Classics: BBC 1's Casualty(R)
| 23:00Lauren Laverne discusses women and fandom, fan fiction, science fiction and cosplay.
| 23:00Lauren Laverne and guests discuss lies, secrets and whether the truth is overrated. 23:55Friends in their 60s believe that younger men today would make better partners.
| 23:0010/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the first semi-final of the eclectic music quiz.(R) 23:302/4Paul Farley travels through the poetry heart of England with Liz Berry and Helen Mort.(R)
| 23:00Greta Gerwig, writer and star of Mistress America, talks about her favourite director.(R) 23:30Actor Adjoa Andoh explores the importance of seeing our own identity reflected in culture.(R)
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