| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor and guests explore the relationship between fiction and the real world. 00:45Church bells from St Anne's, Denton.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Jonnie Bayfield on being the last generation to grow up in an analogue childhood.(R) 00:30The Turkish poet and journalist seeks to chronicle and describe our fast-changing world.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Leading artists on how they process this turbulent era through their work: Daniel Kehlmann(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Leading international artists on how they process the turbulent world through their work.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Cuban performance artist Tania Bruguera on 'artivism' in a changing world.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30The Ukrainian author describes our fast-changing world and its impact on her work.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3Ian Fleming's account of his 1959 trip to the world's most exciting and exotic cities.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 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. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day, with the Rev Duncan MacLaren. 05:45Caz Graham explores the issues ahead of this year's Oxford Farming Conference. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the mistle thrush.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day, with the Rev Duncan MacLaren. 05:45Caz Graham looks at some of the issues at this year's Oxford Real Farming Conference. 05:58Chris Packham presents the blue tit.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day, with the Rev Duncan MacLaren. 05:45Use of chemicals by salmon farms to tackle sea lice is on the increase. 05:58John Aitchison presents the dunnock.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day, with the Rev Duncan MacLaren. 05:45Environment secretary Andrea Leadsom addresses the Oxford Farming Conference. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the jackdaw.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day, with the Rev Duncan MacLaren. 05:45Caz Graham reports from the 2017 Oxford Real Farming Conference. 05:58David Attenborough presents the song thrush.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A short reflection and prayer, with Tony Macaulay. 05:45A relationship therapist gives her advice for struggling couples. iPM@bbc.co.uk.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St. Andrew's Church, Hurstbourne Priors in Hampshire. 05:45Mark Coles profiles Dippy the Diplodocus.(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 Mark finds the best surf in England. It's in Yorkshire, not Cornwall, at Cayton Bay.(R) 06:30Caz Graham meets farmers to ask how the industry can thrive in the uncertainty of 2017. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand explores our fascination with immortality. 06:35Ella McSweeney meets an Irish dairy farmer who is branching out into hazelnuts. 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. 07:10Clergy nursing home closure, the ethics of foreign aid and the Knights of Malta. 07:54Singer Corinne Bailey Rae makes an appeal on behalf of Pump Aid. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Epiphany at St Margaret's Episcopal Church in Glasgow, led by the Rev Scott Robertson. 08:48Will Self on how the worlds of work and education have become seamlessly merged.(R) 08:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the mistle thrush.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Are we really living in a post-truth world? Jo Fidgen investigates. 09:44Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Pastor Alex Robertson.
| 09:00Gideon Rachman examines the changing balance of power in today's global politics. 09:44Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Andrew Graystone.
| 09:00John Harris examines the international rise of anti-elitist or 'populist' politics. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Claire Campbell Smith.
| 09:00How is population change transforming our world? David Willetts investigates. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Sister Gemma Simmonds.
| 09:00Jim O'Neill asks if new challenges mean an end to the era of globalisation. 09:44Spiritual reflection and prayers on a topical subject led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Ed Balls joins Aasmah Mir and Rev. Richard Coles. With Tom Chaplin's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00How's the Christmas holiday been for you? Call 03700 100 444. Lines open 8.00am on Monday. 10:451/5By Meic Povey. Return of the series about a couple struggling to run a pub in west Wales.
| 10:00Female workers and stress. Rapper Nadia Rose and a tribute to astronomer Vera Rubin. 10:452/5By Annamaria Murphy. Diane searches for relief for her morning sickness.
| 10:00Ruby Wax on becoming less frazzled. Listeners tell us about late diagnosed Asperger's. 10:413/5Struggling with the idea of leaving Glan Don, Gareth goes night fishing with Emlyn. 10:55Adopted sisters conclude that their new family is cause for celebration.(R)
| 10:00Jenni Murray presents as the programme covers BBC Music's Sound of 2017. 10:454/5By Annamaria Murphy. Diane is convinced the baby growing inside her is somebody else's.
| 10:00The death of Jill Saward, sexual violence campaigner. Plus osteoporosis and career PAs. 10:455/5By Meic Povey. Diane discovers Gareth's secret and throws him out of the Druid's Rest.
| 10:30Jay Rayner and the panel are at Banqueting House on Whitehall.
| 10:00Tom wants to make changes, and Susan asserts herself.
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| 11:00 | 11:00A mobile food van takes on a catering giant at a Wiltshire army base. 11:301/6A flood at Tom's family home makes him reflect on what's important to keep and what isn't.(R)
| 11:00Could humans pull off the trick of hibernation to conquer long-term space travel? 11:30Jerry Brotton looks back at the power of Shakespearian mischief.
| 11:00John Toal meets two former death row inmates now helping the wrongly convicted.(R) 11:302/6James Walton tests Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Jane Thynne and John O'Farrell.(R)
| 11:00Women in Poland are angry with their government and with the Catholic church. 11:301/2Playwright John Godber takes a drive around Hull to explore the city's existing culture.
| 11:00If psychoanalysis is only for the wealthy few, can we all still benefit from Freud?(R) 11:302/4An opportunity for Maggie to have a bit of a lie down soon gets a bit fraught.
| 11:00Steve Richards presents a special edition which examines politics and satire. 11:30Correspondents' stories from Turkey, Nevada, Bangladesh, Sierra Leone and Washington DC.
| 11:15Businesswoman Pinky Lilani is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Marshalls' munitions factory is busy with visitors. 12:15Peter White explores how you should make the most of life when you are older. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04There is heavy German bombardment at Verdun, and the people of Tynemouth feel badly shaken 12:15Callers share their experiences of dreaming a new dream later in life. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. 12:15A benefits assessor tells You & Yours why she thinks people are wrongly turned down. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04In Tynemouth, Kenny's allegiances come under scrutiny. 12:15Easybus complaints, supermarket price wars in 2017, and why are pooches getting podgy? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04In Tynemouth, Alan Lowther finds himself under attack from all sides. 12:15Delays getting new dentists into the NHS. How Chester's become an accessibility champion.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Stopping online bank fraud, cheaper energy, plus remembering and protecting passwords. 12:301/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:041/4Tim talks to a death-defying parachutist and tells at least two jokes about chickens.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon explores the thriving new food culture of Northern Ireland. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:451/5Carl meets Emma and breaks down her resistance to marriage - a seduction by intellect.
| 13:00Britain's ambassador to the EU has quit just months before Brexit talks are due to begin. 13:452/5After her marriage to Carl, Emma Jung moves into the asylum.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with Martha Kearney. 13:453/5As Carl's fame grows, Emma begins to struggle.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with Edward Stourton. 13:454/5Emma gives Carl an ultimatum - and threatens a scandalous divorce.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:455/5Emma Jung trains as an analyst and begins to find fulfilment on her own terms.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Hymers College in Hull.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Scything, scrumping and swimming - experience harvest time with Bruegel.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Johnny is keen to party.(R) 14:151/3Iben and Malene receive death threats at work. The police investigate.
| 14:00Helen wants today to be perfect.(R) 14:152/3The atmosphere in the office worsens as suspicion now falls on Anne Lise.
| 14:00Tom wants to make changes.(R) 14:153/3Iben and Anne Lise have become close, while Malene is increasingly isolated.
| 14:00Susan asserts herself.(R) 14:15Gripping women's prison drama by Cat Jones and Erin Carter.
| 14:00Brian sets out his vision.(R) 14:15By Bethan Roberts. When Muhammad Ali visits Abingdon, one woman decides to take action!
| 14:00Should English classes for migrants be compulsory? 14:30Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present their unique take on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
| 14:00Eric Robson and his panel are in Somerset. 14:45The joy of life, romance and grandchildren in old age, and of gaining an adoptive family.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. 15:30Sheila Dillon explores how food binds together the rural Scottish community of Loch Fyne.(R)
| 15:00Sarfraz Manzoor tells the story of Pakistani writer Sa'adat Manto and assesses his legacy.(R) 15:30Laura Marling answers questions from the audience about her album, 'Once I Was An Eagle'
| 15:00Adam Shaw and guests explore the inner workings of the credit scoring process. 15:30Mark Porter reports on two landmark trials assessing when and how to treat prostate cancer(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark finds the best surf in England. It's in Yorkshire, not Cornwall, at Cayton Bay. 15:27Broadcaster Jo Whiley makes an appeal on behalf of Arthritis Care.(R) 15:30John Lanchester talks to James Naughtie and readers about his novel Capital.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and his panel are in Somerset. 15:45By Heidi Amsinck. In a Copenhagen hotel, Bent is woken by a strange call.
| 15:30Angus Deayton stars in a sitcom about single middle-aged neighbours in a converted house.
| 15:002/2Britt-Marie has to rely on the people of Borg to come through for her and the team.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sir Trevor McDonald chooses his favourite prose and poetry. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss how Martin Luther affected the course of the Reformation.
| 16:00Alan Dein embarks on a new series of nocturnal conversations with random strangers online.(R) 16:30CS Lewis, author of the Narnia Chronicles, chosen by historian Suzannah Lipscomb.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor and guests explore the origins of this wealthiest of elites. 16:30Steve Hewlett talks to David Blunkett about press regulation.
| 16:00Francine Stock meets Alejandro Jodorowsky. 16:30Science mourns the death of the world's oldest killer whale, 'Granny'.
| 16:00Julian Worricker on a writer, a linguist, a broadcaster, a musician, a surgeon, two actors 16:30Samantha Bond and Jason Cowley join Harriett Gilbert to discuss three favourite novels(R) 16:55Falling in love in their 80s has given this couple a new lease of life.(R)
| 16:00Sue Perkins and guests take a look back at the big news stories of 2016. 16:30Time-travelling comic love story of robots, angels, an evil genius and Laika the space dog
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Nadeem Aslam about his new book The Golden Legend. 16:304/4Twin American poets Matthew and Michael Dickman read poems and talk about brotherliness.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 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. 17:30A relationship therapist gives her advice for struggling couples. iPM@bbc.co.uk.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Can the world control global warming? Roger Harrabin investigates.(R) 17:40Mark Coles profiles Dippy the Diplodocus.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00IS says it was behind the attack on a Turkish nightclub that killed 39 people 18:15A tribute to the late broadcasting legend Nicholas Parsons, CBE.(R)
| 18:00Sir Ivan Rogers has quit just months before Brexit negotiations get underway in Brussels 18:302/6John Finnemore presents more sketches in his award-winning Souvenir Programme.
| 18:00Sir Ivan Rogers is to be replaced by a senior diplomat, Sir Tim Barrow. 18:302/4Elis James visits the Stand Comedy Club in Newcastle. With Rahul Kohli and Suzi Ruffell.
| 18:00Jill Saward, who campaigned against sexual violence, has died at the age of 51. 18:302/4A dangerous fishing trip is one way for Geoff to shake off winter.(R)
| 18:00Nicola Sturgeon has said a "soft Brexit" could remove the prospect of a second vote. 18:301/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
| 18:00NHS England dismisses claims that the health service is suffering a humanitarian crisis. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Theresa May suggests that the UK will leave the single market when it leaves the EU. 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week with poet Lemn Sissay.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Helen wants today to be perfect. 19:15John Wilson talks to composers Philip Glass, Steve Reich and John Adams about their work. 19:451/5By Meic Povey. Return of the series about a couple struggling to run a pub in west Wales.(R)
| 19:00Tom wants to make changes. 19:15Remembering John Berger, the Costa Book Awards category winners, Chris Lang on Unforgotten 19:452/5By Annamaria Murphy. Diane searches for relief for her morning sickness.(R)
| 19:15Damien Chazelle; Bright Lights; David Bowie: The Last Five Years; Keggie Carew. 19:453/5Struggling with the idea of leaving Glan Don, Gareth goes night fishing with Emlyn.(R)
| 19:00Brian sets out his vision. 19:15Resurrecting actors using CGI, the writer of new BBC1 drama Taboo, poet Alice Oswald. 19:454/5By Annamaria Murphy. Diane is convinced the baby growing inside her is somebody else's.(R)
| 19:00Kirsty is reminded of the past. 19:15Director Alex Gibney, soul singer Ray BLK, award-winning children's author Brian Conaghan. 19:455/5By Meic Povey. Diane discovers Gareth's secret and throws him out of the Druid's Rest.(R)
| 19:001/6Harry Hill has his work cut out when inspectors arrive to rate his prison, the Egg. 19:15Trackers of Oxyrhynchus, Endless Poetry, Taboo, History of Wolves, On Kosovo Field.
| 19:00Tom needs to offload his concerns. 19:151/4Rob Newman presents a witty, fact-packed A-Z of evolution, mixing stand-up and sketches.(R) 19:45A comfort stop in the Spanish interior is profoundly unsettling for one sightseer.
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| 20:00 | 20:00John Toal meets two former death row inmates now helping the wrongly convicted. 20:30The story of Cheran, a Mexican town that rose up against organised crime.(R)
| 20:00Can the world control global warming? Roger Harrabin investigates. 20:40In Touch visits Istanbul and meets the people behind Turkey's first guide dog association.
| 20:00What really changes in our society when machines do most of the work? 20:45Writer Jonathan Stroud explains why he thinks ghost stories are good for you.
| 20:00The university dropouts using social media to influence youngsters on a huge scale.(R) 20:30How is Mexico preparing for the impact of Donald Trump's economic pledges?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Hymers College in Hull. 20:50Will Self on how the worlds of work and education have become seamlessly merged.
| 20:00Tristram Hunt tracks the life's work of the historian and university founder Asa Briggs.
| 20:00Dane Hurst takes a dance floor to South Africa for use by underprivileged children.(R) 20:30Julian Worricker on a writer, a linguist, a broadcaster, a musician, a surgeon, two actors(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Robin Ince explores the scientific ideas hidden within the wonderful world of Dr Seuss(R) 21:30Are we really living in a post-truth world? Jo Fidgen investigates.(R)
| 21:00Mark Porter reports on two landmark trials assessing when and how to treat prostate cancer 21:30Gideon Rachman examines the changing balance of power in today's global politics.(R)
| 21:00Philip Ball tells the story of US geneticist and 1983 Nobel prize-winner Barbara McLintock 21:30John Harris examines the international rise of anti-elitist or 'populist' politics.(R)
| 21:00Science mourns the death of the world's oldest killer whale, 'Granny'.(R) 21:30How is population change transforming our world? David Willetts investigates.(R)
| 21:00Epic drama series set in Great War Britain a hundred years ago this week.
| 21:001/2When a woman ends up in small-town Sweden, miracles happen.(R)
| 21:00Stopping online bank fraud, cheaper energy, plus remembering and protecting passwords.(R) 21:26Singer Corinne Bailey Rae makes an appeal on behalf of Pump Aid.(R) 21:30How is Mexico preparing for the impact of Donald Trump's economic pledges?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00As IS lose territory, the programme looks at the group's strategy. 22:456/10Anne Elliot finds out about an engagement which astonishes her.
| 22:00A look at what might be behind Sir Ivan Rogers's resignation. 22:457/10Anne has an unexpected encounter with Captain Wentworth in Bath.
| 22:00What sort of diplomat is Tim Barrow - Britain's new ambassador to the EU? 22:458/10Anne and Captain Wentworth attend the same concert, and Mr Elliot makes his feelings plain
| 22:00How widespread is the development of cyber warfare and how should it be regulated? 22:459/10Anne hears a story from her old school friend Mrs Smith that horrifies her.
| 22:00The CIA claims President Putin ordered a campaign to help Donald Trump win the election. 22:4510/10Sir Walter Elliot plans to throw a party, and Captain Wentworth writes Anne a letter.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:153/6Harry Hill receives new CCTV cameras for the Egg, but they soon malfunction... or do they? 22:30Jake Yapp attempts to save humanity from its ills though stand-up and sketch comedy.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn and guests look forward to an eventful year in politics at home and abroad.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Laura Marling talks to John Wilson about her 2013 album 'Once I Was an Eagle'. 23:30Twins Gillian and Tracy and one half of twin sisters, Jasmine, share their stories with Fi(R)
| 23:004/4David Jason stars in David Renwick's post-apocalyptic and post-truth selection of sketches 23:30Shattered - how three people cope with chronic sleep disorders.(R)
| 23:002/4Sam and Henry are on the island of Patos, trying to find a very rare heron. 23:15The US elections are given a much-needed Disney-style fairy tale makeover.(R) 23:30Three people who stand up to bullies and trolls speak out.(R)
| 23:004/4Matt Harvey and guests with comedy, poetry and music from the Ways with Words festival.(R) 23:30What is it like to get seriously lost? Fi Glover meets three people who know.(R)
| 23:00Jim O'Neill asks if new challenges mean an end to the era of globalisation.(R) 23:30CS Lewis, author of the Narnia Chronicles, chosen by historian Suzannah Lipscomb.(R) 23:55The joys of watching the world go by once you reach your 80s.(R)
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections.(R) 23:30What happens when someone with cerebral palsy moves into his best friend's flat?
| 23:00True stories told live in the USA. 23:50Will Self on how the worlds of work and education have become seamlessly merged.(R)
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