| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:153/3Will Self asks some of Britain's key opinion-makers about the nature of our existence.(R) 00:45St Mary the Virgin, Ilminster.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Exploring the lives of young Chinese, the 'one-child' offspring of the 1980s.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Exploring the lives of young Chinese, the 'one-child' offspring of the 1980s.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5China's 'one-child' generation of the 1980s are now turning 30. We follow four of them.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Exploring the lives of a group of young Chinese, the 'one-child' generation of the '80s.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Exploring the lives of young Chinese, the 'one-child' offspring of the 1980s.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3Sophie's life is assaulted by emotional challenges and an unforgiving environment.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Shaunaka Rishi Das. 05:45A look at the 2016 harvest, seaweed pollution and shrinking numbers of rural pubs. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the bluethroat.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Shaunaka Rishi Das. 05:45Five new areas of England will cull badgers next week to try to control TB in cattle. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the aquatic warbler.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Shaunaka Rishi Das. 05:45Scientists are working on a new test for cattle to improve the diagnosis of bovine TB. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the thrush nightingale.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Shaunaka Rishi Das. 05:45The latest on possible alternatives to the badger cull. 05:58Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Ortolan Bunting.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Shaunaka Rishi Das. 05:45Wave energy, plum harvesting and a traditional harvest supper. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the melodious warbler.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with The Rev John McLuckie. 05:45"I wanted to explode." Women with binge eating disorder share their secret stories.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from Manchester Cathedral. 05:45Adam Fleming profiles Jeremy Corbyn's spin doctor Seumas Milne.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Baxendale visits Belper in Derbyshire to explore the traces of its industrial past.(R) 06:30Caz Graham reports on the progress of harvest 2016. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Poet Imtiaz Dharker examines the phenomenon of divine intoxication. 06:35Lionel Kelleway is on a nocturnal owl prowl in Somerset. Presented by Chris Packham. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton asks if cultural destruction should be classed as a war crime. 07:54Louise Tubman makes an appeal on behalf of Children's Liver Disease Foundation. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Live from Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, marking the Festival, with the Rev Richard Frazer. 08:48Tom Shakespeare reflects on how dogs can teach us a capacity for contentment.(R) 08:58Brett Westwood presents the bluethroat.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:003/3Composer laureate Brian Irvine and Rachael Boyd, on fiddle, play the skyline of Belfast. 09:304/5The BBC's man in Havana, Will Grant, goes on the trail of Greene's Our Man in Havana. 09:451/5Exploring the lives of young Chinese, the 'one-child' offspring of the 1980s.
| 09:004/4Former cabinet minister Kenneth Baker discusses his background and career. 09:452/5Exploring the lives of young Chinese, the 'one-child' offspring of the 1980s.
| 09:003/4Iconic museum piece or solution to London's transport problem? Quentin Letts considers. 09:303/5David Cannadine explores the changing significance of Anthony Eden's Homburg hat. 09:453/5China's 'one-child' generation of the 1980s are now turning 30. We follow four of them.
| 09:00Fi Glover and friends consider Welsh conversations in the booth by Swansea Central Library 09:302/10Richard Sabin explains why comparative anatomist Edward Tyson is his Natural History Hero.(R) 09:454/5Exploring the lives of a group of young Chinese, the 'one-child' generation of the '80s.
| 09:00Former detectives remember the five-year hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper.(R) 09:455/5Exploring the lives of young Chinese, the 'one-child' offspring of the 1980s.
| 09:00Ralf Little joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles. With Inheritance Tracks from Ade Edmondson
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jenna Coleman plays young Queen Victoria, and Olympics triumph for women in sport. 10:451/10Gangsters, gambling and an innocent abroad in 1890s Whitechapel.
| 10:00Rossy De Palma and Almodovar's women. The gender pay gap. Gabriela Montero. 10:452/10Now in Whitechapel, Megan is getting suspicious.
| 10:00Jenny Matthews, watercolour artist. Plus, campaigning for a woman as UN Secretary-General. 10:413/10Unpleasant discoveries are in store for Megan about the family business 10:55An artist facing a worsening neurological condition shares his potter's wheel with his son(R)
| 10:00Finding humour in the messiness of motherhood. And new research on HRT and breast cancer. 10:454/10Megan needs to try and save the family business.
| 10:00France 'burkini ban', Jean Rhys, return to education, creativity and illness. 10:455/10To save both her brother and the family business, Megan must risk everything.
| 10:30Jane Garvey reflects on women and cars with presenter Suzi Perry and driver Susie Wolff.
| 10:00Rob has got some news for Henry, and Kaz is feeling powerless.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Grace Dent updates stories from previous episodes including the fate of Bristol's DJ Derek 11:301/6Frank Skinner explores funny moments in history. With Dave Gorman and Sara Pascoe.(R)
| 11:00Brett Westwood follows the camel on its route through human history and culture. 11:30Laura Barton tells the story of Karen Dalton, the folk world's answer to Billie Holliday.
| 11:00The story of the late Marianne Ihlen, Leonard Cohen's Norwegian muse.(R) 11:301/6Sitcom in which Josh Howie comes to terms with the impending birth of his first child.
| 11:00Sarah Rainsford looks at how Russia is dealing with dissent in the run-up to elections. 11:30Viv Groskop explores Gustave Courbet's notorious and explicit painting.
| 11:00Christopher Matthew and Martin Jarvis recall the days of Fleet St, Dr Who and Just William 11:305/6Money woes for Barney and Cathy, Evan and Fiona argue and David causes a stir...
| 11:00Bridget Kendall and guests explore the unexpected in art, science and everyday life. 11:30Kate Adie introduces reports from the Philippines, Punjab, the Maldives and Romania.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor reunites key players from the early days of the Glastonbury Festival.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Juliet finds it hard to reconcile her delight and her fears. 12:15Winifred Robinson looks at modern farming with caged hens, plus the rise of Tiger stores. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The Reverend Alec Poole has a complicated day. 12:15Consumer phone-in. Listeners' experience of recycling - love it or loathe it. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Following zeppelin raids on the south east coast, Hilary Pearce is all set to go to war. 12:15Retirement home fees, Opodo, urban living, chatbots, future of tea. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Kitty finds that anyone communicating in secret code runs the risk of being called a spy. 12:15The woman paid to predict baking trends by watching The Great British Bake Off. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. 12:15Just how widespread is cheating at the Paralympics?
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Simon Read explores the psychological impact on people who fall victim to fraudsters. 12:305/6John Lloyd and Noel Fielding with Jenny Colgan, Dr Janina Ramirez and Dr Peter Frankopan.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/8Nicholas Parsons hosts a special edition from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.(R) 12:32Why whisky is moving from its traditional roots and has a few surprises in store. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00As Team GB prepares to leave Rio we hear from the British Olympic Association. 13:451/5David Temple has an imagined conversation with his late brother-in-law Derek Jarman.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:452/5Film-maker Tony Garnett has an imagined conversation with the late Mary Whitehouse.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:453/5Colin Johnson has an imagined conversation with his late grandmother, Maya Angelou.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with Edward Stourton. 13:454/5Robbie Stamp in imagined conversation with late business partner and friend Douglas Adams.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:455/5Rodnell Collins has an imagined conversation with his late uncle, Malcolm X.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Ed Stourton presents political debate and discussion from Salford.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Mishal Husain presents the latest dispatches by writers and reporters from around the UK.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Rob has got some news for Henry.(R) 14:15190,000 visitors pass through Heathrow every day. No wonder some of them are ghosts.(R)
| 14:00Toby has some explaining to do.(R) 14:153/9Third in a nine-part conspiracy thriller by Matthew Broughton. Starring Romola Garai.
| 14:00Eddie is teaching George a Grundy tradition.(R) 14:15An autobiographical drama by Paul Dodgson about living the musical dream.
| 14:00Will has a culprit in his sights.(R) 14:152/6Quirky tales about the registering of life's big moments.(R)
| 14:00Richard lends his support at Lower Loxley.(R) 14:15Amidst blocked plumbing, could romance be on the cards at a northern caravan park?
| 14:00Listeners have their say on burkinis, GCSEs and the Northern Powerhouse. 14:30Robert Rigby's dramatisation of Alan Sillitoe's short story about an angry young man.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel are in Nottinghamshire.(R) 14:45Conversations between parents and their young sons.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:0010/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the first semi-final of the general knowledge music quiz. 15:30Aperitif - A curiosity of our Mediterranean holidays? Or are they having a British moment?(R)
| 15:00Tom Holland considers jazz in the trenches and the women behind the Notting Hill Carnival. 15:303/4Radio 4's alternative take on the archive goes to the country. Presented by Gerald Scarfe.(R)
| 15:00Louise Cooper examines the financial dilemmas faced by retirees today.(R) 15:30Naomi Alderman tells how Florence Nightingale saved lives with statistics.(R)
| 15:00Helen Baxendale visits Belper in Derbyshire to explore the traces of its industrial past. 15:27Sir Mark Tully presents The Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Bhopal Medical Appeal.(R) 15:30Politics and fiction: a special edition of Open Book from the Edinburgh Book Festival.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel are in Nottinghamshire. 15:453/3A woman volunteers at a school in Kenya and is made to confront an impossible dream.(R)
| 15:30Laura Barton tells the story of Karen Dalton, the folk world's answer to Billie Holliday.(R)
| 15:001/2Meet the real Ed Reardon
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| 16:00 | 16:00Singer-songwriter Kathryn Williams describes how Sylvia Plath inspired an entire album. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests explore the role of sharia councils in the UK.
| 16:00Psychotherapist Philippa Perry investigates when and why children lie. 16:30Matthew Parris on the life and death of Dag Hammarskjold
| 16:00A meditation on loss, with real and imagined stories bound by sound and silence.(R) 16:30Olympics v Brexit coverage, diversity monitoring, Gawker closes, new series Gangland.
| 16:00Antonia Quirke meets two groups who are trying to save their local cinemas. 16:30Proxima b exoplanet, The Hunt for Vulcan, east Antarctic lakes, deep sea shark hunting.
| 16:00Julian Worricker on a writer, an epidemiologist, an aristocrat, a nurse, an entertainer. 16:30Making sense of the difference between men's and women's pay. 16:55Luke is the champion and best friend of his disabled twin.(R)
| 16:00Jenna Coleman as young Queen Victoria, and how to support youngsters coming out.
| 16:00A special edition of Open Book from Edinburgh, devoted to crime writing. 16:30Roger McGough presents a selection of poems by Jack Clemo (1916-1994).
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| 17:00 | 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Carolyn Quinn with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Carolyn Quinn with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Carolyn Wyatt speaks to a family who drove under a bridge as it collapsed onto the M20. 17:30"I wanted to explode." Women with binge eating disorder share their secret stories.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Remainers and Brexiteers reveal the thinking that shaped their EU referendum campaigns.(R) 17:40Adam Fleming profiles Jeremy Corbyn's spin doctor Seumas Milne.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Islamist militant admits destroying cultural sites. 18:303/8Nicholas Parsons hosts a special edition from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
| 18:00Virgin Trains disputes Labour leader's claim, accusing him of walking past empty seats 18:301/6Mark Watson attempts to make sense of life, assisted by Sam Simmons and Will Adamsdale.
| 18:00Rescuers search for survivors after massive earthquake in central Italy kills at least 70 18:303/4Sheila buys a crystal ball and attempts to tell the fortune of a neighbour with piles.
| 18:00Powerful aftershocks hit central Italy as rescuers search rubble for quake survivors 18:301/4Tom enlists the help of his dad to take delivery of an important package.
| 18:00Civilians and defeated rebels leave a Damascus suburb after a four year siege ends. 18:305/6John Lloyd and Noel Fielding with Jenny Colgan, Dr Janina Ramirez and Dr Peter Frankopan.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Nikki Bedi with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Germany's economy minister says trade talks between the EU & United States have failed. 18:15Benjamin Zephaniah chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Toby has some explaining to do. 19:15John Wilson talks to music legend Quincy Jones ahead of his BBC Prom. 19:451/10Gangsters, gambling and an innocent abroad in 1890s Whitechapel.(R)
| 19:00Eddie is teaching George a Grundy tradition. 19:15Clive James' passion for box sets, boxer Joe Joyce on painting, and conductor Marin Alsop. 19:452/10Now in Whitechapel, Megan is getting suspicious.(R)
| 19:00Will has a culprit in his sights. 19:15John Wilson talks to Daisy Goodwin, writer of ITV's new drama series Victoria. 19:453/10Unpleasant discoveries are in store for Megan about the family business(R)
| 19:00Richard lends his support at Lower Loxley. 19:15Casualty at 30, Madeleine Thien, Bad Moms, Thomas Ostermeier. 19:454/10Megan needs to try and save the family business.(R)
| 19:00Helen hopes she can help. 19:15Antony Sher and Gregory Doran on King Lear. Plus gaming from a writer's point of view. 19:455/10To save both her brother and the family business, Megan must risk everything.(R)
| 19:00Adam Fleming profiles Jeremy Corbyn's spin doctor Seumas Milne. 19:15Groundhog Day play, Almodovar, HBO's The Night Of..., Peter Ho Davies, Oxford Modern Art.
| 19:00It is a busy day at the cricket. 19:151/4Thom Tuck presents his pick of comedy sketch groups performing on the UK circuit.(R) 19:45What happens when scientists around the world suddenly go on strike? By Tania Hershman.
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| 20:00 | 20:001/2Jacqui Smith on the history of prison reform from the 18th century to the end of WWII. 20:30The people displaced by war in Colombia who fear they will never be able to return home.(R)
| 20:00Remainers and Brexiteers reveal the thinking that shaped their EU referendum campaigns. 20:40Advice on using e-passports and tips from boxer Janice Wheeler.
| 20:00Stephen Sackur chairs a debate in Nottingham about the role of prison in the 21st century. 20:45Laurence Anholt describes how his dying father revealed his traumatic past experiences.
| 20:00David Aaronovitch speaks to Milo Yiannopoulos about Donald Trump's new political base 20:30Who is your partner? - the crucial career choice.
| 20:00Ed Stourton presents political debate and discussion from Salford. 20:50Tom Shakespeare reflects on how dogs can teach us a capacity for contentment.
| 20:00Jarvis Cocker remembers the long-running BBC radio programme, "Singing Together."(R)
| 20:00Making sense of the difference between men's and women's pay.(R) 20:30Julian Worricker on a writer, an epidemiologist, an aristocrat, a nurse, an entertainer.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood traces the story of the great auk, driven to extinction in 1844. From 2016(R) 21:303/3Composer laureate Brian Irvine and Rachael Boyd, on fiddle, play the skyline of Belfast.(R)
| 21:002/3Why are junior doctors so disillusioned? Dr Kevin Fong investigates. 21:304/4Former cabinet minister Kenneth Baker discusses his background and career.(R)
| 21:00Can your immune system make you psychotic or depressed? 21:303/4Iconic museum piece or solution to London's transport problem? Quentin Letts considers.(R)
| 21:00Proxima b exoplanet, The Hunt for Vulcan, east Antarctic lakes, deep sea shark hunting.(R) 21:30Fi Glover and friends consider Welsh conversations in the booth by Swansea Central Library(R)
| 21:00Folkestone seems brimful of secrets and lies.
| 21:002/2A serial killer is targeting Athens’ wealthiest citizens. But why?(R)
| 21:00Simon Read explores the psychological impact on people who fall victim to fraudsters.(R) 21:26Louise Tubman makes an appeal on behalf of Children's Liver Disease Foundation.(R) 21:30Who is your partner? - the crucial career choice.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Germans to be told they should store food and water for ten days in case of attack. 22:456/10Hilary Mantel's revisits her third novel nearly 30 years after its original publication.
| 22:00Russia criticises a ban on its athletes competing at the Paralympics. 22:457/10Hilary Mantel's revisits her third novel nearly 30 years after its original publication.
| 22:00When will scientists be able to predict earthquakes more accurately? 22:458/10Hilary Mantel revisits her third novel nearly 30 years after its original publication.
| 22:00Can Colombia administer justice for those who have suffered in its long civil war? 22:459/10Hilary Mantel's revisits her third novel nearly 30 years after original publication.
| 22:00A special focus on one of the biggest foreign policy problems for the British government. 22:4510/10Hilary Mantel's revisits her third novel nearly thirty years after original publication.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Stephen Sackur chairs a debate in Nottingham about the role of prison in the 21st century.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Seventy years ago, an article about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima rocked the world. 23:306/6Josie Long presents stories of how our hearts entwine with the landscape.(R)
| 23:001/4Character comedy in which Julia Davis and Marc Wootton play couples in therapy. 23:30Financial guru Alvin Hall returns to his Florida hometown.
| 23:003/4Super-sharp everywoman Angela Barnes muses on love, life and what might come afterwards. 23:15Comedian Tez Ilyas' show for everyone interested in British Muslims- or in becoming one. 23:30Fi Glover hears how the partners of people with various forms of addiction cope.(R)
| 23:003/6Victoria Coren Mitchell is joined by Mark Steel, Bridget Christie and Matthew Norman.(R) 23:30Fi Glover asks when do you know you have been born the wrong gender.(R)
| 23:00Lauren Laverne and guests discuss women in sport. 23:30Matthew Parris on the life and death of Dag Hammarskjold(R) 23:55A father and his four year old son share a passion for the tiny coloured bricks…(R)
| 23:0010/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the first semi-final of the general knowledge music quiz.(R) 23:30Roger McGough presents a selection of poems from Mexico, Brazil and Argentina.(R)
| 23:0012/13Meg Bowles introduces stories about grief, opportunity, motherhood and love under strain. 23:50Tom Shakespeare reflects on how dogs can teach us a capacity for contentment.(R)
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