| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Matthew Syed asks what a Swedish pop music maestro can teach us about collaboration. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St James’s Church in Castle Acre in Norfolk 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5An Italian adventure by Helena Attlee. Read by Fenella Woolgar. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5An Italian adventure by Helena Attlee. Read by Fenella Woolgar. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5An Italian adventure by Helena Attlee. Read by Fenella Woolgar. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5An Italian adventure by Helena Attlee. Read by Fenella Woolgar. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5An Italian adventure by Helena Attlee. Read by Fenella Woolgar. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:155/12A 400-year-old guide to melancholy. What can it teach us today? 00:30Beth O'Leary's short story about a 'meet cute' gone wrong. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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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.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rev Dr. Joel Edwards 05:45Mussel farmer's legal action against Defra; Rural areas re-open to visitors; Agri-finances 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58David Attenborough presents the shelduck.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rev Dr. Joel Edwards 05:45The cost of living in the countryside, from bounce back loans to rural proofing. 05:58David Attenborough presents the sanderling.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rev Dr. Joel Edwards 05:45Chilled food sold to the EU will need new vet checks, which could make the trade unviable. 05:58David Attenborough presents the great tit.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Joel Edwards. 05:45A new Countryside Code after 70 years... 05:58David Attenborough presents the raven.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Joel Edwards. 05:45As restaurants closed in lockdown, fine cheese producers went online to sell their wares. 05:58David Attenborough presents the magpie.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Very Rev John Chalmers, former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 05:451/12Alice Roberts begins a time travelling tour of anatomical knowledge of the human body.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from All Saints, High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire 05:45Who is Emerald Fennell - the first UK woman to be nominated for an Oscar as Best Director?
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| 06:00 | 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 and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Helen Mark finds out how the public and politicians in Northern Ireland share a parkland. 06:30How will the new scheme rewarding farmers with public money for public goods work? 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Mark Tully examines the human preoccupation with fashion. 06:35Transforming Love. A Sunrise Service for Easter Day. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10William Crawley takes a look at the ethical and religious issues of the week. 07:54Richard Madeley makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Read Easy UK 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A celebration of the Eucharist with the Archbishop of Canterbury's Easter Message. 08:58Kate Humble presents the curlew.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Tom Tugendhat, Geetha Tharmaratnam and Michela Wrong. 09:451/5An Italian adventure by Helena Attlee. Read by Fenella Woolgar.
| 09:003/3Evan Davis and a panel of expert guests discuss lessons from the Covid-19 crisis 09:452/5An Italian adventure by Helena Attlee. Read by Fenella Woolgar.
| 09:00Is a model of children's home used in Germany and Denmark the key to improving outcomes? 09:30The power couple who reunited China and nearly lost it to Japan. 09:453/5An Italian adventure by Helena Attlee. Read by Fenella Woolgar.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1904-5 clash of Japanese and Russian empires. 09:454/5An Italian adventure by Helena Attlee. Read by Fenella Woolgar.
| 09:00Professor Sir Simon Wessely, psychiatrist, shares his soundtrack with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5An Italian adventure by Helena Attlee. Read by Fenella Woolgar.
| 09:00Presenter Chris Bavin; Mica Paris, Teletubby John Simmit; beekeeper Kath Cordingly.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Vanessa Kirby, award-winning actor; 'rape culture' in schools. 10:456/10As Anders Larsen moves on, Tina still feels trapped.
| 10:00Jessica Moxham, Lord Macdonald and Harriet Wistritch, Noof Al Maadeed and Rothna Begum. 10:457/10Anders and Tina recall their grandparents.
| 10:00Cindy Gallop & Dr Fiona Vera-Gray on the impact of porn on teenagers & author Erin Kelly. 10:458/10Disturbing news arrives for Anders.
| 10:00Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. 10:459/10After exchanging many letters, Tina stops writing.
| 10:00Music festivals & female artists; Exams & assessments; Food writer, Yasmin Khan. 10:4510/10Tina has to make a decision. Can Anders help?
| 10:30Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
| 10:00It’s judgement day for Kirsty 10:54An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the enigmatic cuckoo.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Bangladesh was born fifty years ago. Qasa Alom with a special programme to mark that date. 11:30Tim Harford reports on the global race to vaccinate the world against Covid 19.
| 11:001/4How the mastery of fire and the energy it released gave our ancestors intelligence 11:30A triptych of meditations on the enduring qualities, appeal and purpose of pop music.
| 11:00The poet Raymond Antrobus explores the art of translating sound for the eye. 11:30A series of dark comic plays from Alexei Sayle.
| 11:00How can Germany make up for its colonial atrocities in Namibia? 11:30Julie Hesmondhalgh celebrates the transformative power of milestone birthdays.
| 11:001/3Sir Anthony Seldon charts 300 years of the top job in British politics. 11:301/4Paul Sinha improves your general knowledge with fascinating facts and hilarious stories.
| 11:00Recorded over five years, the story of a young courier navigating London's gig economy. 11:30Stories from Germany, Namibia, Armenia, the Kurdistan region of Iraq and eastern Romania.
| 11:00Kirsty Wark reunites key figures involved in the search for the famous medieval king. 11:45Why striding out first thing could improve your sleep, your mood and your heart.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:061/5A descendant of the legendary storyteller embraces the family tradition. 12:20In lockdown top restaurants have been boxing up meals for you to cook; are they any good? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:062/5Relaxing as he flies south, the Baron recalls some of his ancestor’s unlikely journeys. 12:20Call You and Yours - have you moved house because of Covid-19? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:063/5The Baron recuperates in Australia after battling bushfires with a crew of volunteers. 12:20Romance fraud victims. Best seaside destinations. Vulnerable broadband customers. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:03The latest shipping forecast 12:064/5Relying on his gift for storytelling, the Baron crosses the Atlantic in style. 12:20The research project following the lives of families on a low income. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:03The latest shipping forecast 12:065/5After an unforgettable round of golf, the Baron takes to the skies once more. 12:20We hear from pubs deciding whether to reopen in April. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:04Women's finances hit by Covid, negative interest rates and the psychology of spending. 12:306/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:036/10Lucy Porter hosts a special episode of Just a Minute. 12:33Dan Saladino finds out how Brexit could wreck plans to make the mussel a mainstream food. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:45Ben Macintyre on history's most famous battle strategist, ancient China's Sun Tzu (1 of 5)
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:45Ben Macintyre on bait and switch - the oldest trick in the strategists' playbook (2 of 5)
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:45Ben Macintyre's series continues with a focus on 'Trojan Horses' through history (3 of 5)
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:45Ben Macintyre looks at how spies and double-agents can turn the tide of battle (4 of 5)
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:45Ben Macintyre's series concludes with a focus on camouflage in battle strategy (5 of 5)
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion.
| 13:00Jonny Dymond looks at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world. 13:30Capturing the nation in conversation, in partnership with the British Library.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Katie Redford's debut drama, a daughter's memories of her mum's battle with mental health. 14:45What makes us draw, how do we get good at it and what do we reveal through our drawings?
| 14:00The stakes are raised at the Parish Council meeting. 14:15A ballad in seven scenes, tracing the life of a protective oak, with music by Johnny Flynn
| 14:15David Threlfall stars as Ken Dodd in a comedy drama about the flamboyant entertainer
| 14:15A strange craft crash lands on a mountain, with seismic effects. By Sebastian Baczkiewicz.
| 14:00It’s judgement day for Kirsty. 14:15Sci-fi romcom starring Laura Aikman and Tom Rosenthal
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:45A personal, hopeful reflection inspired by an aspect of the story leading up to Easter.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 14:456/12A 400-year-old guide to melancholy. What can it teach us today?
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| 15:00 | 15:00The game of cryptic connections, with Tom Sutcliffe. 15:30The James Bond novels drip with delectable food writing.
| 15:00Short documentaries with Josie Long about looking for completion. 15:30Can cat owners do more to reduce their pets' impact on wildlife?
| 15:00Can an apprenticeship boost your career prospects or your workplace? 15:30Chinese billionaire Jack Ma is missing. So where is Jack Ma? Celia Hatton investigates.
| 15:00Helen Mark finds out how the public and politicians in Northern Ireland share a parkland. 15:27Lemn Sissay makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Family for Every Child. 15:30Claire Fuller and Karla Neblett discuss their novels Unsettled Ground and King of Rabbits.
| 15:00Neil MacGregor and Rev Lucy Winkett are inspired by Rembrandt's Ecce Homo this Good Friday 15:30A personal, hopeful reflection inspired by an aspect of the story leading up to Easter. 15:45Beth O'Leary's short story about a 'meet cute' gone wrong.
| 15:00The Gospel of Luke and The Book of Acts dramatised by poet Michael Symmons Roberts.
| 15:001/2Shakespeare is on trial. Just what was his relationship with the Earl of Southampton?
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| 16:00 | 16:005/5Anoushka Shankar explores the effect of the pandemic and lockdown on musical creativity. 16:30Aleks Krotoski on why the world for people who need to hide is becoming increasingly small
| 16:00Poet Himali Singh Soin explores the North Pole as a mythologised space in literature. 16:30Chess, drugs and dentistry - the two writers chat to Harriett about their favourite books.
| 16:00Matthew Syed asks whether anyone can become a mental athlete. 16:30Co-founder Steve Huffman on the limits of free speech and taking on Wall Street.
| 16:00Antonia Quirke recalls her film 'junket' meetings with stars including Willem Dafoe. 16:30Science funding cuts; Mice and Covid-19; Native oyster reintroduction.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a church restorer, an actor, a power boat racer, a comedian. 16:30Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations.
| 16:00Sharon Stone. The impact of pornography on young people. Actor Vanessa Kirby.
| 16:00Amor Towles discusses his novel A Gentleman in Moscow. 16:30Clemmie Burton-Hill returns to Classical Fix for a special episode with Emma Barnett.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news 17:30Nick Robinson talks to the vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00Cariad Lloyd reveals how science is revolutionising our understanding of grief. 17:40Who is Emerald Fennell - the first UK woman to be nominated for an Oscar as Best Director? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00The trial has begun of the white policeman accused of killing George Floyd 18:306/10Lucy Porter hosts a special episode of Just a Minute.
| 18:00A report has concluded that officers acted "sensitively and proportionately". 18:305/6Nigel Havers stars, as Hardacre’s ad agency attempts to get through a lunch hour.
| 18:00A report has claimed that the UK is not rigged against people from ethnic minorities. 18:302/2Andy Zaltzman and Anuvab Pal explore the future of the UK-India relationship.
| 18:00Benjamin Hannam is the first UK police officer to be convicted of a terrorism offence. 18:303/6A special series recorded at home with the world-renowned storyteller.
| 18:00Government ministers have been advised against vaccine passports by more than 70 MPs 18:306/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches
| 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 Government says a Covid certification scheme in England would be time-limited. 18:15John McCarthy chooses the best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00The stakes are raised at the Parish Council meeting. 19:15Tahar Rahim in The Mauritanian, The Lip by Charlie Carroll, new audio soap Greenborne. 19:4511/15The trail leads to Marston’s doctor as Heawood realises that everything is connected.
| 19:15International Booker Prize, Joanne Harris and her translator, Who should translate work? 19:4512/15Eleanor Peck opens up the dark world that Heawood and Kennedy have been drawn into.
| 19:15Leading theatre makers discuss the state of disabled theatre. 19:4513/15Kennedy investigates April Marston, Thomas Marston’s daughter.
| 19:00It’s judgement day for Kirsty. 19:15Director Lee Isaac Chung on Minari, a film inspired by his childhood in rural Arkansas. 19:4514/15Kennedy has found Henry Akeley. Or so she thinks.
| 19:00An exploration of the colour blue in contemporary culture. 19:4515/15A ritual involving Kennedy is about to take place. Can Heawood save her?
| 19:00Who is Emerald Fennell - the first UK woman to be nominated for an Oscar as Best Director? 19:15Brian Cox and Robin Ince don chef's hats and aprons to look at the science of cooking. 19:452/2Tom has acquired a healthy new lifestyle, a shiny new fridge and a terrifying new problem.
| 19:002/6The search for a missing husband leads Alia Khan to the restaurant where he was last seen. 19:152/6Mark Steel visits the Essex town of Colchester and performs for the locals. 19:451/5A strange entity appears on the edge of a housing estate. First of five modern folktales.
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| 20:00 | 20:00How the world of 'memory sports' was rocked by a group of North Korean teenage girls. 20:30Post-Brexit, the UK is re-branding itself as "Global Britain", but what does that mean?
| 20:00Cariad Lloyd reveals how science is revolutionising our understanding of grief. 20:40What the government's National Bus Strategy means for blind or visually impaired people.
| 20:00Engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. 20:45A personal, hopeful reflection inspired by an aspect of the story leading up to Easter.
| 20:00An hour-long special asking which countries have fared better during the pandemic and why?
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion. 20:50Adam Gopnik reflects on why Tik-Tok will never be his thing.
| 20:00Who was the real John le Carré and what was his relationship with Britain?
| 20:00Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a church restorer, an actor, a power boat racer, a comedian.
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| 21:00 | 21:002/2Entrepreneur Kathryn Parsons decodes the tech world of Russia. 21:30Andrew Marr with Tom Tugendhat, Geetha Tharmaratnam and Michela Wrong.
| 21:00Part love letter, part obituary to the music of Muzak Corporation. 21:303/3Evan Davis and a panel of expert guests discuss lessons from the Covid-19 crisis
| 21:00Can cat owners do more to reduce their pets' impact on wildlife? 21:30Co-founder Steve Huffman on the limits of free speech and taking on Wall Street.
| 21:00Science funding cuts; Mice and Covid-19; Native oyster reintroduction. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1904-5 clash of Japanese and Russian empires.
| 21:003/3When James Le Mesurier fell to his death he left behind a tangle of truths and lies.
| 21:002/10Epic historical saga set in the richest, most powerful city on earth. 21:45What does collecting of inanimate objects bring to our lives?
| 21:00Women's finances hit by Covid, negative interest rates and the psychology of spending. 21:25Richard Madeley makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Read Easy UK 21:30Post-Brexit, the UK is re-branding itself as "Global Britain", but what does that mean?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Dozens killed – and militants have “full control” of Palma 22:451/5Deborah Frances-White gives storytellers the prompt of The Devil You Know.
| 22:00Vaccine Commission acts in response to reports of blood clots 22:452/5Deborah Frances-White gives Travis Alabanza the prompt of The Devil You Know.
| 22:00All non-essential shops will close - home working becomes the norm 22:453/5Deborah Frances-White gives Scarlett Curtis the prompt of The Devil You Know.
| 22:00PC Benjamin Hannam was part of a banned neo-Nazi group 22:454/5Deborah Frances-White gives Steve Ali the prompt of The Devil You Know.
| 22:00Area on heightened alert since January 6th riots 22:455/5Deborah Frances-White gives Jessica Fostekew the prompt of The Devil You Know.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
| 22:00Dr John Wright shares recordings made over the last year on the covid wards in Bradford.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 23:30Strange events start at an ordinary house in South London. Is it a poltergeist?
| 23:00Fi and Jane are joined by the writer Elif Shafak. 23:30Danny meets the real-life Shirley Hitchings as, back in 1956, objects move by themselves.
| 23:00Alistair McGowan stars as a host of famous voices in the daydreams of Harry Pye. 23:1512/12The news, remixed as a twisted comedy treat. Jon Holmes presents The Skewer. Headphones on 23:30Danny explores links with the infamous Enfield Poltergeist as the press besiege Number 63.
| 23:001/4Joe Lycett discovers how well a panel of celebrity guests know their nearest and dearest. 23:30A psychic offers to perform an exorcism to remove the poltergeist. Is Shirley in danger?
| 23:00Chess, drugs and dentistry - the two writers chat to Harriett about their favourite books. 23:30Poet Himali Singh Soin explores the North Pole as a mythologised space in literature.
| 23:00The game of cryptic connections, with Tom Sutcliffe. 23:30Martha Kearney investigates the effects that lockdown has had on wildlife.
| 23:00Antonia Quirke recalls her film 'junket' meetings with stars including Willem Dafoe. 23:30Mark Tully examines the human preoccupation with fashion.
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