| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor discusses the social and cultural history of 'going to the Palais'.(R) 00:45The sound of church bells.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Life with the Tackas Quartet is recollected by its first violinist Edward Dusinberre.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Edward Dusinberre recalls his first season as the Takacs Quartet's first violinist.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5During a time of loss and grief, Edward finds solace performing Beethoven's Opus 59, No 2.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Edward Dusinberre and his fellow musicians set about recreating Beethoven's music for CD.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The Takacs Quartet's first violinist Edward Dusinberre on taking a leap of faith.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/4A disappointing sandwich is the start of a slow unravelling for a put-upon mother.(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 the Rev Laurence Twaddle. 05:45The programme reveals how dogs are being shot in England and Wales for worrying livestock. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the swallow.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Laurence Twaddle. 05:45Farming Today hears that domestic abuse is as common in the countryside as the city. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the coal tit.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Laurence Twaddle. 05:45All dogs in England, Scotland and Wales must be micro-chipped. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the long-tailed tit.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Laurence Twaddle. 05:45World agriculture ministers meet in Paris to discuss how to feed the planet. 05:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the greenfinch.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Laurence Twaddle. 05:45Cattle at agricultural shows, lynx reintroduction, care farms and rural service cuts. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the Meadow Pipit.(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 Reverend Prebendary Edward Mason 05:45Jennifer Tracey speaks to a woman who has worked with hundreds of stalkers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St Edward's Church in Eggbuckland, Plymouth. 05:45Mark Coles profiles Sanjeev Gupta, the potential saviour of Britain's steel industry.(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 visits the nodding donkeys of the Gainsborough Trough.(R) 06:30A look at rural services under pressure, and the people trying to save them. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Abdul-Rehman Malik reflects on mercy through sacred texts and music. 06:35Dan Saladino discovers a futuristic aquaponic farm on an east London industrial estate. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Morning news, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton looks at the Pope's Exhortation on the Family. 07:54Twiggy presents an appeal on behalf of Vision Aid Overseas. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From Tabernacl Baptist Church, Cardiff, with the Rev Denzil John and the Rev Roy Jenkins. 08:48Will Self reflects on our sense of the meaning of time.(R) 08:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the swallow.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Yanis Varoufakis, Paul Cartledge, Karen Van Dyck, Erik Berglof and Gerard Lyons. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Andrew Martlew.
| 09:001/2One Islamic network runs over 40% of UK mosques. Who are they and what do they believe? 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by David Waters.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets poet Wendy Cope and performer Julian Clary. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Father Phil Sumner.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the Sikh Empire. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Pastor Alex Robertson.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor meets the pioneers of Britain's first nuclear submarines.(R) 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Mary Stallard.
| 09:00Stuart Maconie, Saba Douglas-Hamilton, Radzi Chinyanganya and Frederick Forsyth.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00How to look after children's teeth from babyhood to teenage. Who inspires Shirley Manson? 10:451/5Therapist Martha braces herself for the arrival of the accident-prone Richard Fallon MP.
| 10:00Jean 'Binta' Breeze, junior doctors' contract, writer Cheryl Strayed and women in films. 10:452/5Tony the restaurateur is back demanding a certificate attesting to his sanity.
| 10:00Angela Rippon on ageing well, abortion in Northern Ireland and philanthropist Maggie Doyne 10:413/5Caroline has decided to help the less fortunate. By taking up public speaking. 10:55A friendship forged through am-dram - on stage and backstage.
| 10:00The Victoria sponge, fruit, chocolate, cupcakes - our 5,000-year-old fondness for cake. 10:454/5Philip is back. He is on the same medication, but he may have found a new career.
| 10:00A preview of the Grand National with chairman of Aintree racecourse, Rose Paterson. 10:455/5Richard Fallon has been taking a look at his life and doesn't much like what he sees.
| 10:301/31916. The year of Verdun and the Somme. Could artists and writers convey this new hell?
| 10:00Rob asserts his viewpoint, and Susan stirs the pot.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Mary-Ann Ochota visits Bangladesh and India to ask why 2.3bn people lack adequate toilets. 11:303/418th century biographer James Boswell meets pop icon Madonna and lives to tell the tale.
| 11:00Dr Aarathi Prasad on how new research into fertility may help stave off the menopause.(R) 11:30Contributors explain what 'Bring Him Home', from Les Miserables, means to them.
| 11:00As the Olympics approach, Peter White considers the confusion over sport and fitness.(R) 11:303/6Comedian Frankie Boyle talks to comic book writer Grant Morrison.(R)
| 11:00The story of Pasca, a young lesbian, and how South Africa's rainbow nation has failed her. 11:301/4Will Gompertz launches his new series on creativity at a life-drawing class in Brighton.(R)
| 11:00Ian McMillan presents the story of a baffling game with three sides and only three rules. 11:302/4Josie swears off romance and almost immediately finds a new relationship.
| 11:00Bridget Kendall and guests discuss why we should pay more attention to background noise. 11:30The Iraqis with a bible in one hand and a gun in the other.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor reunites five people involved in the fight for historic disability rights.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04At Halecot Farm, the future of Isaac Cox's family hangs in the balance. 12:15The mobile phones stolen using innocent people's names - what is being done to stop it? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04At Spittal End Farm, conscription appears on the horizon. 12:15Call You and Yours asks listeners what the new Living Wage has meant for them. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04At Staverley Court, Sylvia Graham wants to enjoy an English summer's day. 12:15New gambling rules, email scams and gym technology. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04More old feuds are reignited at Halecot Farm. 12:15Radio 4's consumer affairs programme. What next for M&S's clothing sales? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Alexander Gidley is shaken by an encounter with a young war hero. 12:15Peter White looks at rising car insurance costs and the costly CCTV systems being cut.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04How offshore accounts are often just a 'normal part' of most pension funds. 12:306/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week in news via topical stand-up and sketches.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:041/6David Mitchell is joined by Henning Wehn, Jon Richardson, Susan Calman and Jack Dee.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon explores how food is planned and cooked for up to three months under the sea 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Architect Francesco da Mosto's take on Britain, as seen from his home in Italy.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Catherine Guilyardi's take on the history of Britain, as seen from her home in France.
| 13:00News with Martha Kearney including diabetes increase, doctors' strike and Irish feuds. 13:45German-born scientist Uta Frith gives her take on the history of Britain.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Mexican-Spanish author Laia Jufresa on the history of Britain from her global perspective.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Danish author Dorthe Nors gives her view of the British from across the North Sea.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents topical debate from Prestwood, Buckinghamshire.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Performer Byron Vincent tries to overcome his paralysing fear of social situations.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Rob asserts his viewpoint.(R) 14:15A disgruntled consumer takes matters into his own hands in Matt Hartley's black comedy.
| 14:00Kirsty is called to action.(R) 14:151/3Jake finds himself in the firing line after double-crossing head clerk Billy.(R)
| 14:00Jazzer is working hard.(R) 14:151/6Lenny Henry plays lifer Frank Watt who is coming to the end of his prison sentence.
| 14:152/6Lenny Henry plays lifer Frank Watt who is coming to the end of his prison sentence.
| 14:00Christine has some words of advice.(R) 14:153/6Lenny Henry as Frank Watt, a lifer coming to the end of a 30 year prison sentence.
| 14:00Have your say on Any Questions? Tax and the junior doctors' strike. 14:30Rollercoaster drama about the surprise Reagan-Gorbachev summit in 1986.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from the Cornwall Garden Society Show.(R) 14:45The important relationships that see us through the joys and the pain of life.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Russell Davies chairs the first semi-final of the 2016 competition. 15:30What does it take to be a chef in the frozen South, the wildest place on Earth?(R)
| 15:001/4Tom Dyckhoff looks at the design of dolls and how we represent ourselves. 15:30Tom Heap finds out how Iceland could solve Britain's energy crisis.
| 15:00Paul Lewis and guests take questions on accessing and managing retirement savings. 15:30Lucy Kellaway looks at long hours office culture and asks what happened to 9 to 5?(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark visits the nodding donkeys of the Gainsborough Trough. 15:27The Reverend Richard Coles presents an appeal on behalf of Toybox.(R) 15:30US author Elizabeth Strout discusses her novel Olive Kitteridge with James Naughtie.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from the Cornwall Garden Society Show. 15:45Tom Courtenay reads David Constantine's masterful story which inspired the film 45 Years
| 15:30Contributors explain what 'Bring Him Home', from Les Miserables, means to them.(R)
| 15:001/2Adapted by Jeanette Winterson from her acclaimed novel. Starring Lesley Sharp.
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| 16:00 | 16:00First deaths and last dances - when a dancer's body begins to change. 16:30Aleks Krotoski looks at work in a digital world.
| 16:00Steven Pinker joins Michael Rosen to talk about his love of, and life in, language. 16:30Anthony Horowitz champions the life of Alfred Hitchcock.
| 16:00A special programme on the shortlist for the BSA and Thinking Allowed Ethnography Award. 16:30BBC Trust chair Rona Fairhead, 'tips' when interviewing will.i.am, press freedom v privacy
| 16:00Director Jacques Audiard discusses Dheepan, winner of the Cannes 2015 Palme d'Or prize. 16:30Dung Roman: the historical mess of Hannibal's elephant march may have been cleared up.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a nun, a German politician, a DJ, a geographer, a native American. 16:30Have only 1 per cent of men taken the option of shared parental leave? 16:55The strength and support of female friendship.
| 16:00The poet Jean 'Binta' Breeze talks about her new collection, The Verandah Poems.
| 16:00Rapper, poet and playwright Kate Tempset talks to Mariella Frostrup about her debut novel. 16:30AL Kennedy asks what insights can be found in the poetry of Muriel Spark.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Coverage 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.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Jennifer Tracey speaks to a woman who has worked with hundreds of stalkers.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00A major investigation reveals how the world's most notorious regimes get around sanctions.(R) 17:40Mark Coles profiles Sanjeev Gupta, the potential saviour of Britain's steel industry.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Tax officials to investigate after eleven million files leaked from Panamanian law firm 18:301/6David Mitchell is joined by Henning Wehn, Jon Richardson, Susan Calman and Jack Dee.
| 18:00The Icelandic Prime Minister has resigned after the leak of papers from a Panama law firm 18:303/6Clare and her estranged sister are forced to cooperate with one another.(R)
| 18:00Swiss police raid UEFA headquarters, Tata Steel to begin selling UK plants by Monday. 18:301/6Richard is alarmed to find that Uljabaan has commandeered six allotments for an experiment(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4How will happily married Hal cope with the romantic attention of a new neighbour.(R)
| 18:00Pope Francis's key document on family life which could impact on millions of Catholics. 18:306/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week in news via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00David Cameron says he's to blame for the row over his tax affairs. 18:15Clive Anderson presents an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00David Cameron continues to face pressure from Labour about his financial affairs 18:15Adrian Goldberg introduces the best of BBC Radio with his Pick of the Week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Kirsty is called to action. 19:15Exhibitionism: The Rolling Stones, Hans Rosenfeldt, Alex Turner, Ian McKellen. 19:451/5Therapist Martha braces herself for the arrival of the accident-prone Richard Fallon MP.(R)
| 19:15Timothy Spall in The Caretaker, Catherine Tate, 11.22.63 reviewed, Dutch flowers. 19:452/5Tony the restaurateur is back demanding a certificate attesting to his sanity.(R)
| 19:15Duncan Campbell, Muriel Gray, and Claire Barclay on why Glasgow inspires so many artists. 19:453/5Caroline has decided to help the less fortunate. By taking up public speaking.(R)
| 19:00Christine has some words of advice. 19:15A review of the Palme d'Or-winning film Dheepan plus German soprano Diana Damrau. 19:454/5Philip is back. He is on the same medication, but he may have found a new career.(R)
| 19:00There is an unexpected visitor at the village shop. 19:15News, reviews and interviews from the worlds of art, literature, film and music. 19:455/5Richard Fallon has been taking a look at his life and doesn't much like what he sees.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles Sanjeev Gupta, the potential saviour of Britain's steel industry. 19:15Dheepan, X at the Royal Court, All That Man Is, Shakespeare at Compton Verney, The Five.
| 19:00Clarrie has some words of advice. 19:152/6Al Murray and Isy Suttie join Frank Skinner and historian Dr Kate Williams. 19:452/3Is there a message for Fran to be found among the scrabble tiles?(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Notorious Soviet spy Kim Philby as he's never been heard before. 20:30Linda Pressly on the rifts and sexual politics challenging Thai Buddhism and its devotees.(R)
| 20:00A major investigation reveals how the world's most notorious regimes get around sanctions. 20:40A look at what's around the corner when it comes to braille technology.
| 20:001/3Two experts who passionately disagree on Trident renewal are challenged to reach agreement 20:45Stuart J Cole warns of the crisis in UK prisons posed by 'spice', a synthetic cannabis.
| 20:00Can psychedelic drugs overcome their notoriety to become accepted for routine medical use? 20:30Jonty Bloom goes to Norway to find out what happens when salaries and tax are made public.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents topical debate from Prestwood, Buckinghamshire. 20:50Will Self reflects on our sense of the meaning of time.
| 20:00How a reclusive maths prodigy terrorised America - and how the media amplified his cause.
| 20:00Have only 1 per cent of men taken the option of shared parental leave?(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a nun, a German politician, a DJ, a geographer, a native American.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Could we, and should we, eradicate mosquitoes? Professor Adam Hart investigates.(R) 21:30Yanis Varoufakis, Paul Cartledge, Karen Van Dyck, Erik Berglof and Gerard Lyons.(R)
| 21:00Lucy Kellaway looks at long hours office culture and asks what happened to 9 to 5?(R) 21:301/2One Islamic network runs over 40% of UK mosques. Who are they and what do they believe?(R)
| 21:00Tom Heap finds out how Iceland could solve Britain's energy crisis.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets poet Wendy Cope and performer Julian Clary.(R)
| 21:00Dung Roman: the historical mess of Hannibal's elephant march may have been cleared up.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the Sikh Empire.(R)
| 21:00Old feuds are reignited in Ashburton.
| 21:003/3Conchis brings his masque at Bourani to an end but is the game really over?(R)
| 21:00How offshore accounts are often just a 'normal part' of most pension funds.(R) 21:26Twiggy presents an appeal on behalf of Vision Aid Overseas.(R) 21:30Jonty Bloom goes to Norway to find out what happens when salaries and tax are made public.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Panama leak sparks global investigations. 22:451/10Berkshire, 1924. Orphaned maid Jane languishes in the bed of her lover.
| 22:00Crisis claims first political casualty, Ruto ICC charges dropped, Smithers comes out. 22:452/10Jane answers a telephone call which will change the course of the day - and her life.
| 22:00With Nigel Farage and Conservative MP Damian Green, a member of Britain Stronger in Europe 22:453/10Jane has been summoned by her lover, the only surviving son of neighbouring Upleigh House.
| 22:00Jeremy Corbyn has been accused of failing to take anti-Semitism seriously. 22:454/10After spending the morning in bed with Jane, Paul Sheringham leaves to meet his fiancee.
| 22:00Expectations of political leaders, the Pope's view of family and a history of leaking. 22:455/10As Jane languishes in Paul Sheringham's bed, her lover dresses with meticulous care.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:151/3Two experts who passionately disagree on Trident renewal are challenged to reach agreement(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Ian McMillan sets out on a quest to find out about the footballer turned TV comedy star.(R) 23:306/6Josie Long dives into stories of wild water.(R)
| 23:004/6Julie is having a tough time with her new bloke, and Danno has a shameful secret to share. 23:30Phill Jupitus takes us through his life in books and songs - Sex Pistols and Steve Martin.(R)
| 23:001/6Bittersweet comedy drama about a community mental health nurse. Starring Paul Whitehouse. 23:152/6Comedian Tim Key gets interested in magic, to the detriment of his poetry.(R) 23:30Helen Baxendale chooses favourite pieces of writing, read by Greg Davies and Esther Smith.(R)
| 23:002/4Spoof phone-in show from the creators of The Fast Show, starring Rhys Thomas.(R) 23:30Rebecca Front takes the Radio Theatre audience through her life in reading and comedy.(R)
| 23:00Anthony Horowitz champions the life of Alfred Hitchcock.(R) 23:27Satirist Craig Brown's favourite readings, read by Simon Russell Beale and Eleanor Bron.(R) 23:55You don't have to like the same things in order to be friends
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs the first semi-final of the 2016 competition. 23:30Julia Blackburn reads her poem about the death of her husband and flocks of starlings.(R)
| 23:00Director Jacques Audiard discusses Dheepan, winner of the Cannes 2015 Palme d'Or prize.(R) 23:30Abdul-Rehman Malik reflects on mercy through sacred texts and music.(R)
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