| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:151/3Thabiso Mohare talks to Johannesburg-based writers and poets, including Ivan Vladislavic.(R) 00:45Bells from the church of St Vedast, Foster Lane, London.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5In Tuscaloosa, map-gazing, Paul Theroux meets Lucille - 'You lost, baby?'.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5In Greensboro, the author meets the Rev Eugene Lyles, who gives him a haircut.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5He meets Janet May of the Blue Shadows Bed and Breakfast, aka Miss Cotton Blossom 1949.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The author attends a lavish party in Aiken, then visits a deserted hovel in Allendale.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The author takes to the back roads of Georgia and Alabama, which smell of sun-heated tar.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3By Jess Walter. A troubled father frets about being a good parent.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Anna Drew. 05:45Emma Campbell finds out about the lavender harvest at a farm in the Cotswolds. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the South American hoatzin.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Anna Drew. 05:45There is debate over the badger cull as Sally Challoner hears from both sides. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the Australian magpie.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Anna Drew. 05:45Activists are paying farmers £5,000 to pull out of the badger cull. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the Central Asian bar-headed goose.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Anna Drew. 05:45The Lincolnshire farmer who's broken two world records for high yields, ahead of the rain. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents a seabird with a worldwide distribution, the brown noddy.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Anna Drew. 05:45With the 2015 pilot badger cull confirmed as being underway, what lessons for policing? 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the blue bird of paradise from Papua New Guinea.(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 Claire Campbell Smith. 05:45When adoption doesn't work as you hope.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Bells from the Parish Church of St Lawrence, Alton, Hampshire. 05:45Ed Stourton profiles Michel Houellebecq, the controversial novelist who loves to provoke.(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. 06:07Helen Mark is in the Peak District to meet Mountain Rescue Team, who keep visitors safe.(R) 06:30How is UK agriculture getting a slice of the Chinese market? 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Arguing can have a bad press: Mark Tully discusses the benefits of a good argument. 06:35Ruth Sanderson visits a bee farm in Northamptonshire to see the honey being harvested. 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. 07:10Edward Stourton speaks to the archbishop of Vienna about the migrant crisis in Europe. 07:54Nick Crane presents the Radio 4 Appeal for Sustrans. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Live worship from Cardiff with staff and students of South Wales Baptist College. 08:48John Gray warns about the dangers of science that promises to enhance human abilities.(R) 08:58Sir David Attenborough presents the South American hoatzin.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Eddie Mair and Robert Peston interview Julian Barnes.(R) 09:30Sound recordist Chris Watson captures the sounds of the tidal spectacle on The Wash.(R) 09:451/5In Tuscaloosa, map-gazing, Paul Theroux meets Lucille - 'You lost, baby?'.
| 09:004/4Stephen Fry celebrates bilinguals' life stories and discovers the bonuses of bilingualism. 09:304/4Monk's House and Charleston in the Sussex Downs - Virginia Woolf's familiar and final walk 09:452/5In Greensboro, the author meets the Rev Eugene Lyles, who gives him a haircut.
| 09:001/3Mariella Frostrup and guests ask can you make your child smarter? 09:453/5He meets Janet May of the Blue Shadows Bed and Breakfast, aka Miss Cotton Blossom 1949.
| 09:00Michael Howard, Conservative Party former leader, tells Matthew Parris about Elizabeth I. 09:302/6Following Ollie Monroe as his beloved trampoline club is forced to shut down.(R) 09:454/5The author attends a lavish party in Aiken, then visits a deserted hovel in Allendale.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor looks back at the foot-and-mouth epidemic of 2001.(R) 09:455/5The author takes to the back roads of Georgia and Alabama, which smell of sun-heated tar.
| 09:00Singer Will Young and businesswoman Deborah Meaden join Richard Coles and Suzy Klein.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jane Garvey and Tim Samuels present a special episode on the pressure to look good. 10:451/5An eccentric 'olderpreneur's' adventures in business. Stars Meera Syal.
| 10:00Gender equality goals, women and retirement, gynaecological cancer and Girl on a Plane. 10:452/5An eccentric 'olderpreneur's' adventures in business. Stars Meera Syal.
| 10:00Jane Garvey looks at what can be done to tackle child sexual exploitation. 10:413/5An eccentric 'olderpreneur's' adventures in business. Stars Meera Syal. 10:55One teenager survived anorexia with her friend's help, now both campaign on the issue.(R)
| 10:00Three senior police officers discuss their careers; the work of Mozart's sister Nannerl. 10:454/5An eccentric 'olderpreneur's' adventures in business. Stars Meera Syal.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Kora virtuso Sona Jobarteh performs in the studio. 10:455/5An eccentric 'olderpreneur's' adventures in business. Stars Meera Syal.
| 10:302/6Jay Rayner and the culinary panel are in Rochester.
| 10:00Susan pulls no punches, and there is an important decision to be made.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Alan Dein takes a pilgrim bus to Glastonbury with African and Afro-Caribbean Catholics. 11:303/4Tom is annoyed his parents don't trust him - with his own car or sister.(R)
| 11:00Brett Westwood explores the role birds' eggs have played in religion, art and literature. 11:30A spoken word concept album linking space and music.
| 11:00Gerald Scarfe explores the Walt Disney Studio's activity during the Second World War. 11:305/6Damien and Anthony go on a stag night ahead of their wedding.
| 11:00A young man disappears on a night out in Antwerp. Where did he go and how can he vanish? 11:30Vishva Samani explores author JD Salinger's enduring relationship with Hindu philosophy.(R)
| 11:002/2Young patients and their therapists talk frankly about childhood mental health conditions. 11:303/4Fiona encourages Susan to make new friends and Blake gets a new girlfriend.
| 11:00What shells can tell us about our past, present and future. 11:30Europe's migration crisis from Prague and Vienna, and Azerbaijan locking up critics.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor gathers key players from Alan Bennett's groundbreaking TV monologue series.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why does the naked human form provoke such strong reactions? 12:15A look at the airlines cramming more seats into economy cabins. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04What does collecting of inanimate objects bring to our lives? 12:15Listeners discuss negative consequences of responding to cold calls. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why do different cultures mark the advent of adulthood at different ages? 12:15Virgin Trains withdraw a discount for railcard holders, plus Green Deal scheme analysis. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why do we care so much about the hair on our heads? Join Mike Williams to find out why. 12:15How many wine bottles on promotion in supermarkets are in reality a good deal? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why do we do the things we do? This week, Mike Williams asks why we wear neckties. 12:15If someone has been sent on a speed course, should their insurance premiums suffer? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Nargess Sadjady was conned out of her savings, but she has recorded the scammers' calls. 12:304/5Topical 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. 12:042/6David Mitchell is joined by Arthur Smith, Jon Richardson, Susan Calman and David O'Doherty(R) 12:32Dan Saladino learns how farms confiscated from Sicily's mafia are providing food and wine. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Edward Stourton. 13:45Francine Stock explores Sarah Bernhardt and the beginnings of celebrity.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Edward Stourton. 13:45Francine Stock explores charismatic leaders, from Kellogg and Ford to Jobs and Restone.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Edward Stourton. 13:45The historical ideas that influenced the Third Reich and Hitler's 'dark charisma'.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Edward Stourton. 13:45The charisma of humility and service in Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:45The contemporary paradox of charisma in banking, Christianity and beyond.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Dorchester in Dorset.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:304/4Cerys Matthews visits Barcelona to rummage through Spain's varied songbook.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Kenton is dumbfounded.(R) 14:15An ex-student turned rock-star disrupts life for two retired teachers.(R)
| 14:15A seriously funny comedy about prejudice, vintage cars and taxidermy. By Colin Hough.
| 14:00Susan pulls no punches.(R) 14:151/3The detectives interview Tom, the son of a wealthy scrap metal merchant
| 14:00Adam spells out his plans.(R) 14:15A semi-autobiographical childhood adventure-comedy, written and directed by Johnny Vegas.
| 14:00Brian has the perfect solution.(R) 14:153/6Frank's mate Mickey's wife is implicated in a crime that might blow their marriage apart.
| 14:00Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30Ray Bradbury's iconic book featuring a man with prophetic tattoos, adapted by Brian Sibley(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Liverpool.(R) 14:45Fi Glover with conversations about anorexia, second chances and dealing with loss.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:0013/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the 2015 final of the wide-ranging music quiz. 15:30Sicilian food expert Mary Taylor Simeti reveals the island's food secrets to Dan Saladino.(R)
| 15:001/6Jay Rayner and the culinary panel are in Ely.(R) 15:30Science writer Stuart Clark explores the relationship between scientists and computers.
| 15:005/5Michael Robinson concludes his series with a discussion on work in the future.(R) 15:30The latest advice on statins, menopause and depression, and the meningitis B vaccine.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark is in the Peak District to meet Mountain Rescue Team, who keep visitors safe. 15:27Alexander McCall Smith presents the Radio 4 Appeal for SOS Children's Villages.(R) 15:30Novelist Pat Barker dicusses writing about men, women and the deep damage of war.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Liverpool. 15:452/3By AM Bakalar. While having her hair done, Angelika wonders about her self-image.
| 15:30A spoken word concept album linking space and music.(R)
| 15:001/3Hilary Mantel's epic account of the French Revolution, dramatised by Melissa Murray.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Ira Lightman asks if Ezra Pound and other poets may shed light on the financial crisis. 16:30A discussion on the different ways of understanding the world around us.
| 16:002/3Thabiso Mohare looks at the literary and spoken word scenes in South Africa.(R) 16:30The author Monica Ali champions the life of the explorer Richard Francis Burton.
| 16:00Nick Baker explores how humans like to consume culture, away from the PR.(R) 16:30A discussion on Rebekah Brooks's return to News Corp.
| 16:00Liv Ullmann discusses Miss Julie, Ingmar Bergman and Sex and the City with Francine Stock. 16:30Tracey Logan investigates the El Nino warnings and the search for the Higgs boson.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister talks about a peer, a singer, a neurologist and a fashion promoter. 16:30Are people dying after being declared 'fit for work' by the government? With Tim Harford. 16:55An accident ended Fiona's career as a dancer, but her father helped her to become a singer(R)
| 16:00Sona Jobarteh plays the kora, and three senior police officers reflect on their careers.
| 16:00David Nicholls talks to James Naughtie about his enormously successful novel One Day. 16:30Roger McGough is back with a Poetry Please celebrating the humble bee.
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| 17:00 | 17:00News 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. 17:30When adoption doesn't work as you hope.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00If trophy hunting is banned in Africa, would lions be more or less at risk?(R) 17:40Ed Stourton profiles Michel Houellebecq, the controversial novelist who loves to provoke.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00SNP accuse George Osborne of "arrogance" over new funding for Faslane naval base. 18:302/6David Mitchell is joined by Arthur Smith, Jon Richardson, Susan Calman and David O'Doherty
| 18:00Hundreds of refugees wanting to reach Germany and Austria are stranded in Hungary. 18:302/3Musical satirist Mitch Benn explores his comedy connections to the story of David Bowie.
| 18:00The solution to EU's migrant crisis is to bring peace to Syria, says the Prime Minister. 18:301/5Thomas Hardy's exciting idea to make his books even sadder.(R)
| 18:00Angry migrants refuse to leave a train in Hungary that took them to a refugee camp. 18:306/6Including a tale about how turtles have featured in the writer's life since childhood.
| 18:00Britain will take in thousands of people from UN camps bordering Syria. 18:304/5Topical impressions show that offers a satirical take on politics, media and celebrity.
| 18:00Thousands of migrants cross into Austria. Many have already travelled to Germany. 18:15Sara Cox and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00A convoy of cars has crossed from Austria into Hungary to help transport migrants. 18:15Liz Barclay chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Concert pianist James Rhodes talks to John Wilson. 19:451/5An eccentric 'olderpreneur's' adventures in business. Stars Meera Syal.(R)
| 19:15Kirsty Lang discusses the elusive literary phenomenon Elena Ferrante. 19:452/5An eccentric 'olderpreneur's' adventures in business. Stars Meera Syal.(R)
| 19:00Adam spells out his plans. 19:15Playwright David Hare, Meryl Streep's new film Ricki and the Flash, Max Richter. 19:453/5An eccentric 'olderpreneur's' adventures in business. Stars Meera Syal.(R)
| 19:00Brian has the perfect solution. 19:15Jed Mercurio talks to Samira Ahmed about his adaptation of Lady Chatterley's Lover. 19:454/5An eccentric 'olderpreneur's' adventures in business. Stars Meera Syal.(R)
| 19:00There is an important decision to be made, and Fallon is ready for change. 19:15Tom Hardy talks to Kirsty Lang about playing both Kray Twins in the new film Legend. 19:455/5An eccentric 'olderpreneur's' adventures in business. Stars Meera Syal.(R)
| 19:00Ed Stourton profiles Michel Houellebecq, the controversial novelist who loves to provoke. 19:15Jonathan Franzen's Purity and People, Places and Things at the National Theatre.
| 19:151/4Stoneybridge, the Little Girl, Calum and Frank Hovis feature in the popular sketch show. 19:45Robert Florence's comic short story reveals the dark doings of the Scottish Illuminati.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Journalist Chris Page travels to Africa and meets members of the Ghanaian Orange Order. 20:30James Fletcher travels to the disappearing coastal wetlands of Louisiana.(R)
| 20:00If trophy hunting is banned in Africa, would lions be more or less at risk? 20:40Ed Eyad, Rebecca Cooke and Jessica Luke discuss their visual impairment and university.
| 20:00How technology - and two billion extra mouths to feed - will change our food in future. 20:45Shane McCorristine thinks that people are losing out by not talking about their dreams.
| 20:00Mairia Cahill tells her story of sexual abuse at the hands of a senior IRA operative. 20:30Colombia is known for its machismo culture, what does that mean for women at work?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Dorchester in Dorset. 20:50John Gray warns about the dangers of science that promises to enhance human abilities.
| 20:00What happens when a major past crisis slips from public memory? With David Aaronovitch.
| 20:00Are people dying after being declared 'fit for work' by the government? With Tim Harford.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister talks about a peer, a singer, a neurologist and a fashion promoter.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood explores the role daffodils play in art, medicine, literature and belief.(R) 21:30Eddie Mair and Robert Peston interview Julian Barnes.(R)
| 21:00The latest advice on statins, menopause and depression, and the meningitis B vaccine. 21:304/4Stephen Fry celebrates bilinguals' life stories and discovers the bonuses of bilingualism.(R)
| 21:00Science writer Stuart Clark explores the relationship between scientists and computers.(R) 21:301/3Mariella Frostrup and guests ask can you make your child smarter?(R)
| 21:00Tracey Logan investigates the El Nino warnings and the search for the Higgs boson.(R) 21:30Michael Howard, Conservative Party former leader, tells Matthew Parris about Elizabeth I.(R)
| 21:002/2Francine Stock's history of the alluring yet elusive quality that is charisma.
| 21:002/2Jeremy Irons stars as Charles Arrowby in Iris Murdoch’s Booker prize-winning masterpiece.(R)
| 21:00Nargess Sadjady was conned out of her savings, but she has recorded the scammers' calls.(R) 21:26Nick Crane presents the Radio 4 Appeal for Sustrans.(R) 21:30Colombia is known for its machismo culture, what does that mean for women at work?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Queues up to thirty miles long form on the border between Hungary and Austria 22:456/10Marian runs into an old friend in Paris. Her personal life is getting complicated.
| 22:00We hear from one of the most effective fighting forces - the Kurds 22:457/10Marian and Absolon get closer – but who is using who? And who else knows about them?
| 22:00Body of Syrian child washed up on Turkish beach - could photo change public attitudes? 22:458/10Marian feels vulnerable without Absolon. Then she receives some unexpected news.
| 22:00PM comes under pressure to accept more refugees. 22:459/10Marian encounters a man from her past with disastrous consequences.
| 22:00Cameron signals shift in the government's approach to the migrant crisis 22:4510/10Sam, now a young man, helps Marian put her final plan into action.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15How technology - and two billion extra mouths to feed - will change our food in future.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Tom Newton Dunn of The Sun analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:001/3Nazis and Hollywood, Dunkirk and roses - Paul Gambaccini on 1942 classic film Mrs Miniver.(R) 23:301/3Misha Glenny begins his history with the French invasion of 1494.(R)
| 23:002/3The Water Boatman and Great Diving Beetle reveal the truth about life between the ripples.(R) 23:302/3Misha explores unification, beginning with Napoleon's call to the peoples of Italy.(R)
| 23:002/4Comic poet Elvis McGonagall's wellbeing is threatened by an outbreak of panda flu. 23:156/6Nathan's dad celebrates his 50th birthday and is made to feel middle-aged by his son.(R) 23:303/3Misha Glenny explores the ambitious targets of Italian warmongers in the First World War.(R)
| 23:00What does it mean to be gay? Jane Garvey presents.
| 23:00Exploring our unthinkable thoughts, sexual fantasies, our inner lives. With Jane Garvey. 23:55Roddy, who died just before he turned 17, remembered by his father and sister.(R)
| 23:0013/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the 2015 final of the wide-ranging music quiz.(R) 23:30News presenter Mike Embley hears poems from Syrian writers responding to the conflict.(R)
| 23:00Liv Ullmann discusses Miss Julie, Ingmar Bergman and Sex and the City with Francine Stock.(R) 23:30Arguing can have a bad press: Mark Tully discusses the benefits of a good argument.(R)
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