| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the lives of African-American men caught up in webs of criminality.(R) 00:45The bells of St Lawrence, Towcester.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Crime writer Val McDermid delves into the history and development of forensic science.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Entomology and Pathology. Crime writer Val McDermid reads from her book on forensics.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Val McDermid explores how DNA evidence has transformed modern criminal investigations.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5How anthropology and facial reconstruction aid criminal investigations. Val McDermid reads(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Val McDermid reveals how her fascination with forensic science connects with her fiction.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3The hippie's survival guide to hitching on 'the magic ribbon to a thousand other worlds'.(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, from the Rt Rev Nigel McCulloch. 05:45Farming Today reports from the first meeting of the Scottish Rural Parliament. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Chris Packham presents the vegetarian tree finch on the Galapagos Islands.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, from the Rt Rev Nigel McCulloch. 05:45Could changes to the rules on affordable housing be bad news for England's national parks? 05:58Chris Packham presents the roaring southern cassowary of Australia's Queensland.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, from the Rt Rev Nigel McCulloch. 05:45Anna Hill explores the pros and cons of culling Scotland's ever increasing deer numbers. 05:58Chris Packham presents the Indian cuckoo found across much of South East Asia.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, from the Rt Rev Nigel McCulloch. 05:45A Devon farmer says plans for a coastal recreation park could put him out of business. 05:58Chris Packham presents the Plumbeous antbird in a Bolivian rainforest.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, from the Rt Rev Nigel McCulloch. 05:45Sycamore seeds risk to horses; Beef South West; Deer welfare. 05:58Chris Packham presents the bell miner of eastern Australia.
| 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 Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45If I were a man, would you do that?
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Mary's, Lamberhurst, Kent. 05:45An insight into man of the moment, Benedict Cumberbatch.(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.
| 06:00Morning 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 explores the Lee Valley's hybrid landscape of the natural and industrial.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith explores the growing interest in deer farming. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Samira Ahmed explores Durham Cathedral's enduring historical and spiritual significance. 06:35Spiders love drystone walls, and the Peak District has 100s of miles of limestone walls. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Thought for the Day and Weather.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Looking at women bishops, and will data from the comet 67P bring new theological insights? 07:55Sir Terry Wogan appeals on behalf of Children in Need. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Celebrating 200 years of Baptist partnership between Jamaica and Great Britain. 08:48John Gray explores why human beings crave busy lives.(R) 08:58Chris Packham presents the Indian cuckoo found across much of South East Asia.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr on mortality with Atul Gawande, Diana Athill, Deborah Bowman and Carl Watkins. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili talks to Prof Dave Goulson about his obsession with bees. 09:30Nihal talks to first-time Staffie owner Paul, whose dog Bee Bee has been a revelation. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Rev Christopher Landau.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets ceramicist Roger Law and sopranos Sophie and Mary Bevan. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Janet Wootton.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Isambard Kingdom Brunel. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Rev Sharon Grenham Toze.
| 09:00Former test pilot Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown is interviewed by Kirsty Young. 09:45An act of worship and music, led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Ade Adepitan joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jane Garvey talks to popular science writer Mary Roach about the digestive system. 10:451/5Skye and her baby brother get into trouble with the neighbours.
| 10:00Woman's Hour cooker auction, media and murdered women, Monica McInerney, named guardians. 10:452/5Dexter's cough is worse and all of his clothes are dirty.
| 10:00Investigating the culture of pick-up artists. Jenni Murray presents. 10:413/5Skye has made friends with Evan. But now Dexter's medicine is missing. 10:55Two ten-year-olds who do not let being in a wheelchair get in the way of fun and activity.
| 10:00Sophia Loren on her memoir. Plus Erin Pizzey, founder of the first refuge for women. 10:454/5Skye has learned to play a D. But now her Mum has come home drunk.
| 10:00Cara Dillon; Policewomen 100 years ago; First aid training for nursery staff. 10:455/5Skye has run away after her Mum stole Dexter's medicine.
| 10:303/6A look back at radio comedy in the late 1980s, with Hugh Dennis and Jim Eldridge.
| 10:00Contemporary drama in a rural setting.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Laura Barton shares her fascination with the cultural phenomenon of tomboys.(R) 11:301/8A looming wedding pushes everyone to the limit.
| 11:00The traditional two-minute silence to mark Armistice Day. 11:02Blue whales are increasingly being hit by ships with fatal consequences. What can be done? 11:30Exploring the emotional impact of George Butterworth's rhapsody inspired by the Great War.
| 11:003/3Rosie Millard hears the hopes of two people moving hundreds of miles across the UK. 11:305/6Lucy must either pass her A-levels or leave the resistance.
| 11:00What really happened after police in Mexico abducted a group of student teachers? 11:30Mary Anne Hobbs explores the fusion of fine art and tattoos.(R)
| 11:00The moving stories of the women who have relationships with gang members. 11:30Inspired by Somerset Maugham's pay packet, the Lad becomes a writer.
| 11:00Steve Richards of the Independent looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30A generation of Syrian schoolchildren is missing out on schooling because of the war.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to poet and playwright John Agard.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of ideas about freedom. 12:15NHS Highland advertises in England for GPs to fill Scottish vacancies. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Angie Hobbs on Isaiah Berlin's distinction between positive and negative freedom. 12:15Call You and Yours asks listeners if they would ever consider having weight loss surgery. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Barrister Harry Potter on John Stuart Mill's ideas about individual freedom and the state. 12:15Welsh watchdog orders more kindness in care homes. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Theologian Giles Fraser believes true freedom comes from accepting constraints in life. 12:15As Tesco closes its kitchen business, what now for the hundreds of customers affected? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Paul Broks brings neuroscience to the philosophical question of whether we have free will. 12:15Warnings to those looking for love online and winemakers who fear cheap supermarket deals. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Flight compensation claims; mortgage affordability tests; booking.com; investment charges. 12:304/9A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:046/6John Lloyd and Phill Jupitus with Neil Innes, Dr Bradley Garrett and Isabel Berncke.(R) 12:32Terra Madre: Bringing the world together through food. Presented by Dan Saladino. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:451/5Agony aunt Irma Kurtz talks to her USA counterpart Cheryl Strayed about agony in America.(R)
| 13:00Review finds no evidence of Home Office cover-up of child abuse. With Martha Kearney. 13:452/5Agony aunt Irma Kurtz talks to her Indian counterpart Bachi Kakaria about Indian agony.(R)
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:453/5Agony aunt Irma Kurtz talks to Australian counterpart Kate de Brito about Australian agony(R)
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:454/5Agony aunt Irma Kurtz talks to her Egyptian counterpart Youssra el-Sharkawy about agony.(R)
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:455/5Agony aunt Irma Kurtz talks to her South African counterpart, Criselda Kananda.(R)
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Glenn Campbell presents political debate and discussion from Dundee.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Hardeep Singh Kohli enters the marvellous and mystifying world of the circus.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Remembrance Day brings thoughtful reflection.(R) 14:15By Margaret Evison. A mother's story about the death of her son in Afghanistan.
| 14:00Johnny gets a visitor.(R) 14:15Mickey finds himself at Ypres with the exhausted British Expeditionary Force.
| 14:00Brian makes a surprising offer.(R) 14:15A young mother tries to make sense of her father's abuse of her in the past.(R)
| 14:00Things are moving quickly at Brookfield.(R) 14:15A comedy about neighbours, architecture, tradition versus modernism - and James Bond.
| 14:00Peggy is off to Bridge Farm.(R) 14:15Sarah Cartwright's comedy about a kidnapping that does not quite go to plan.(R)
| 14:00A chance for Radio 4 listeners to have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:301/4Leonardo Padura's award-winning Cuban detective series featuring Lieutenant Mario Conde
| 14:00Eric Robson is in the potting shed for this edition of the horticultural panel programme.(R) 14:45Conversations about the loss of a parent, through death or inadequacy, and wheelchair fun.
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| 15:00 | 15:008/13Russell Davies with another heat of the general knowledge music quiz. 15:30Dan Saladino discovers a mysterious, surprising and delicious world of edible mushrooms.(R)
| 15:006/6Josie Long hears stories of dopplegangers. 15:302/12Rufus Wainwright responds to audience questions about his 2003 album, 'Want One'
| 15:00Ruth Alexander and guests answer queries about employment rights, pay and conditions. 15:30Claudia Hammond asks if the 1:4 mental health statistic reduces or increases stigma.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark explores the Lee Valley's hybrid landscape of the natural and industrial. 15:27Martin Kemp presents an appeal for Epilepsy Research UK.(R) 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Jane Smiley about her new novel Some Luck.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson is in the potting shed for this edition of the horticultural panel programme. 15:453/3A man returns to his former marital home and discovers subtle changes in every room.
| 15:30Exploring the emotional impact of George Butterworth's rhapsody inspired by the Great War.(R)
| 15:002/6Wart's remarkable education at the hands of the wizard Merlyn draws to a close.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Simon Armitage explores deadly dolls' houses, the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death.(R) 16:30Aleks Krotoski examines what digital mapping has meant for our understanding of the world.
| 16:001/4In the year Richard III of England dies in battle, Ivan the Great seizes the city of Tver. 16:30Historians Roy Foster and Andrew Roberts discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor examines the rise, meaning and reality of meritocracy as a concept. 16:30BBC One Controller; sports journalism; Serial podcast.
| 16:00Francine Stock talks to Tommy Lee Jones and the set designer of The Imitation Game. 16:30Adam Rutherford discovers what is happening now that Rosetta's lander has touched down.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an orchestra founder, a zoologist, an actor, a sculptor and a spy. 16:30Should BBC Radio be visualised? Plus how Radio 1's Newsbeat breached editorial guidelines. 16:55A father and his ten-year-old daughter remember her mum, who died six years ago.
| 16:00Including Sophia Loren, and Erin Pizzey on the first women's refuge.
| 16:00Pulitzer prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson on her new novel Lila. 16:30Daljit Nagra goes in search of the Dorset poet William Barnes.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair presents interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30The entrepreneurs who leave the family business to set up a rival brand of their own.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00What is being done to tackle the UK's £1 billion black market in illegal waste dumping?(R) 17:40An insight into man of the moment, Benedict Cumberbatch.(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. 18:306/6John Lloyd and Phill Jupitus with Neil Innes, Dr Bradley Garrett and Isabel Berncke.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6A flood at Tom's family home makes him reflect on what's important to keep and what isn't.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6It's Damien to the rescue when an author gets knocked out at a gathering.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Featuring the only detectives who have not had their own TV show yet.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/9A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.
| 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. 18:15Naga Munchetty chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Bryan Ferry, The Fall reviewed, revolutionary theatre, Peder Balke at the National Gallery 19:451/5Skye and her baby brother get into trouble with the neighbours.(R)
| 19:00Brian makes a surprising offer. 19:15Chadwick Boseman on playing James Brown in biopic Get On Up. Plus sculptor Allen Jones. 19:452/5Dexter's cough is worse and all of his clothes are dirty.(R)
| 19:00Things are moving quickly at Brookfield. 19:15Aaron Sorkin, Leighton House, Goldsmiths Prize, Dreda Say Mitchell. 19:453/5Skye has made friends with Evan. But now Dexter's medicine is missing.(R)
| 19:00Peggy is off to Bridge Farm. 19:15Richard Ford, William Orbit, Kate Hewitt and Dylan Thomas's notebook. 19:454/5Skye has learned to play a D. But now her Mum has come home drunk.(R)
| 19:00Peggy leaves her party early. 19:15The Drop, Jan Garbarek, Quentin Blake, Assaf Gavron. 19:455/5Skye has run away after her Mum stole Dexter's medicine.(R)
| 19:00An insight into man of the moment, Benedict Cumberbatch. 19:15Rose Tremain; The Imitation Game; Wildefire; Allen Jones; Remember Me on BBC1.
| 19:00Peggy is courageous, and Rob is the man in a crisis. 19:151/4Hal has planned a getaway, but has to act as a stand-in speaker at his daughter's school. 19:452/3A tale from Northumberland exploring our link with the land beneath our feet.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Shaun Ley tells the inside story of one extraordinary day in the House of Commons. 20:30David Goodhart on liberal Britain's relationship with socially conservative Muslims.
| 20:00What is being done to tackle the UK's £1 billion black market in illegal waste dumping? 20:40The first UK trials of self-drive cars, and the trial of navigation system Cities Unlocked
| 20:00Debate programme that examines the ethical issues behind topical news stories. 20:4572/3Mountaineer Andy Kirkpatrick considers the importance of managed risk for our children.
| 20:00Why is Tesco under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office? Simon Cox reports. 20:30The entrepreneurs who leave the family business to set up a rival brand of their own.
| 20:00Glenn Campbell presents political debate and discussion from Dundee. 20:50John Gray explores why human beings crave busy lives.
| 20:00Ruby Tandoh shows how young women are finding a powerful new voice via the internet.
| 20:00Should BBC Radio be visualised? Plus how Radio 1's Newsbeat breached editorial guidelines.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on an orchestra founder, a zoologist, an actor, a sculptor and a spy.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Beavers are busy saving us money on flood defences, but is this a good way to view nature?(R) 21:30Andrew Marr on mortality with Atul Gawande, Diana Athill, Deborah Bowman and Carl Watkins.(R)
| 21:02Claudia Hammond asks if the 1:4 mental health statistic reduces or increases stigma. 21:30Jim Al-Khalili talks to Prof Dave Goulson about his obsession with bees.(R)
| 21:00Billed as 'the sexiest space mission ever', did Rosetta's probe land safely on its comet?(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets ceramicist Roger Law and sopranos Sophie and Mary Bevan.(R)
| 21:00Adam Rutherford discovers what is happening now that Rosetta's lander has touched down.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Isambard Kingdom Brunel.(R)
| 21:00Melvin Bragg and guests discuss the work of key philosophers and their theories.
| 21:001/6Merlyn and Arthur meet to discuss what has brought England to its current perilous state.(R)
| 21:00Flight compensation claims; mortgage affordability tests; booking.com; investment charges.(R) 21:26Sir Terry Wogan appeals on behalf of Children in Need.(R) 21:30David Goodhart on liberal Britain's relationship with socially conservative Muslims.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:451/10A cipher message warns Sherlock that someone in Birlstone is in imminent danger.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:452/10On hearing the facts surrounding the death, Holmes is intrigued by this very peculiar case
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:453/10The local chief detective speculates on the case, but Holmes has other ideas.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:454/10Watson is perturbed by an encounter with the victim's wife.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:455/10Holmes makes a shocking revelation to uncover the truth behind the murder.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Debate programme that examines the ethical issues behind topical news stories.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Iain Martin of the Telegraph analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:001/12Rufus Wainwright talks to John Wilson about 'Want One', his breakthrough album from 2003. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:001/4Kirsty Wark presents a documentary from the future. What if the bees were to be no more? 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/4Comedian James Acaster presents the results of his in-depth research into fruit. 23:152/6Tim attempts to get to the bottom of 'death' via his poem, The Boy Who Faked His Own Death(R) 23:301/3Will Gompertz investigates the art-works in our homes, and the stories they tell about us.(R)
| 23:001/6Move over Brian Cox, Milton Jones is now a world-famous astronomer and Sagittarian.(R) 23:302/3Will Gompertz investigates the art-works in our homes, and the stories they tell about us.(R)
| 23:00Historians Roy Foster and Andrew Roberts discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:273/3Will Gompertz investigates the art-works in our homes, and the stories they tell about us. 23:55Growing up in care can make it difficut to parent your own children, without skilled help.
| 23:008/13Russell Davies with another heat of the general knowledge music quiz.(R) 23:30A unique poetry event by Andrew Motion to mark Remembrance Day 2014.(R)
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to Tommy Lee Jones and the set designer of The Imitation Game.(R) 23:30Samira Ahmed explores Durham Cathedral's enduring historical and spiritual significance.(R)
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