| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Maoism: its origins and development as a global political force. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bowdon, Cheshire(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30The letters of the poet Sylvia Plath written between 1956 and 1963, read by Lydia Wilson(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30The letters of the poet Sylvia Plath, written between 1956 to 1963 , read by Lydia Wilson(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30The letters of the poet Sylvia Plath written between 1956 and 1963 read by Lydia Wilson(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30The letters of the poet Sylvia Plath written between 1956 and 1963 read by Lydia Wilson.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30The Letters of the poet Sylvia Plath written between 1956 and 1963 read by Lydia Wilson(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Sudha Bhuchar reads a story by Andrew O'Hagan written in response to this week's news.(R) 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.
| 01:00BBC 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 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection with Fiona Stewart, director of a Christian arts charity. 05:45Budget cuts are hampering Food Standards inspections - what needs to change? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Kate Humble presents the stock dove.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection with Fiona Stewart, director of a Christian arts charity. 05:45Fishing groups react to the Brexit withdrawal agreement 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the pied wagtail.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection with director of a Christian arts charity, Fiona Stewart. 05:45Should salmon farming in Scotland be better regulated? A report calls for urgent action. 05:58John Aitchison presents the chaffinch.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection with director of a Christian arts charity, Fiona Stewart. 05:45We catch up with Owen Patterson |MP, after his trip to the US made the headlines. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the kestrel.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Marking St Andrew's Day with Fiona Stewart of Christian charity Foolproof Creative Arts. 05:45The CLA conference hears that high quality food could provide the UK's USP post-Brexit 05:58Kate Humble presents the green woodpecker.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day with the Rev'd Dr Karen Smith 05:45Retirees and teenagers who meet once a fortnight for a chat. iPM@bbc.co.uk
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43The bells of St Edith’s Church, Monks Kirby in Warwickshire. 05:45The government's chief whip, charged with getting the PM's Brexit deal through Parliament.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme; including Thought for the Day
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Yesterday in Parliament and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Yesterday in Parliament and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme, including Thought for the Day
| 06:00Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme, including Thought for the Day
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07An exploration of how the sea and Suffolk coast inspired Benjamin Britten's music 06:30Charlotte Smith discusses the poultry industry on a Welsh turkey farm. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 06:05Poet Michael Symmons Roberts explores the phenomenon of the selfie and the self-portrait. 06:35Ruth Sanderson meets Teleri Fielden, a young trainee shepherd in Snowdonia. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme presented by Emily Buchanan. 07:54The Revd Dr Sam Wells makes the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal for St Martin-in-the-Fields 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31The latest news from Westminster, where Theresa May makes a statement on Brexit to MPs.
| 08:31The best of Tuesday at Westminster and beyond with Susan Hulme.
| 08:31The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
| 08:31The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Live from St Catharine's College Cambridge. Reflecting on the Candle of Hope. 08:48Roger Scruton argues that political correctness is the ultimate source of our conflicts. 08:58Former Stornoway band member Brian Briggs on the Manx shearwater for Tweet of the Day.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Julian Baggini, Ann Wroe, Amit Chaudhuri and Paulette Randall with Andrew Marr 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Chine McDonald.
| 09:00Alastair Hay talks with Jim Al-Khalili about ridding the world of chemical weapons. 09:30Lynne Truss joins Will Parsons on a short pilgrimage to experience a traditional journey. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Canon Ann Easter.
| 09:00Screenwriter Hossein Amini meets playwright and director Conor McPherson. 09:30Why do we have regional accents? 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by the Rev Dr Sam Wells.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Red Army's retreat across China, from October 1934 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Fr Michael Hall.
| 09:00Novelist Kate Atkinson is interviewed by Lauren Laverne(R) 09:45Christian worship marking St Andrew's Day, led by the Rev Dr Martin Ritchie.
| 09:00The Young People’s Laureate performs her Christmas poem. A listener takes JP to the woods
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell. 09:45A report on some of the lives changed by last year's Radio 4 Christmas Appeal
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| 10:00 | 10:00Joan Collins on her one-woman show. Plus the law on sex and gender, and shapewear. 10:451/5Maya gets an unexpected visit from singing legend Billie Holiday.
| 10:00Fur coats on the frontline: what a group of rich women did in World War I. 10:452/5Maya moves to New York to develop her writing but realises there is much to be improved.
| 10:00Mel B from the Spice Girls, children and gambling, plus nuns and sexual abuse. 10:413/5Maya meets South African freedom fighter Vusumzi Make, and her life changes forever. 10:55A university academic and a woman who fled serious domestic abuse. Fi Glover presents.
| 10:00Loving or hating maternity leave; Don't Forget the Birds; Grandmas-to-be; Forced marriage 10:454/5Maya’s in love but bored so she creates a group for women to effect change.
| 10:00Singer, Freya Ridings; FASD; Comic strip artist, Emma; Kindertransport & Child Refugees; 10:455/5Maya works as associate editor of a newspaper in Egypt but faces a crisis with Vus.
| 10:30The search for a story in a randomly generated postcode.
| 10:00The stress continues to pile on Lily, and Roy takes desperate measures.
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| 11:00 | 11:00The story of Corby, a town divided by proposals for a new homeless shelter. 11:303/6Katherine Ryan invites her chosen guest Sara Pascoe into the hot seat.(R)
| 11:00Rebecca Pates explores the rise of the right-wing in eastern Germany. 11:30Behind the scenes with a new generation of curators, Art, and startling exhibits.
| 11:00Student journalist Megan Schellong investigates racist incidents at American universities.(R) 11:30Writer, producer and poet Henry Normal presents a live show exploring life's big questions(R)
| 11:00Locked up for renting out their wombs, mothers in Cambodia must make an agonising choice. 11:30Can the arts help Marie Louise Muir understand her autistic daughter’s world?
| 11:00The stories of young women who have suffered from postpartum psychosis. 11:302/4Adam Riches stars as a Brit-out-of-water in the comedy recorded on location in Sweden.
| 11:00George Parker of the Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30China’s western region of Xinjiang is the target of an all-seeing surveillance state.
| 11:15Tom Kerridge, chef, is interviewed by Lauren Laverne
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:046/10David Cameron rolls the dice. Satirical novel about Brexit Britain read by Jeff Rawle. 12:18The sugar tax, Woolworths 10 years on and women feeling shortchanged on their pension. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:047/10A date is set for the UK's Referendum on the European Union. 12:18Councils say the Special Educational Needs system is "buckling" 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:048/10Brexit divides the generations. 12:18Private landlords take on homeless charities over criticisms 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:049/10Brexit chaos. Sophie and Ian can’t agree. 12:18The gamblers who say they're offered money in return for gagging orders. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:0410/10Brexit is looming. Conclusion of Jonathan Coe's satirical novel. 12:18What's led seven energy firms to shut down? Plus the train operator going back to steam. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Government figures reveal nearly 70,000 cases of Carer's Allowance overpayments. 12:306/6Hugh Dennis presents the week via topical stand-up and sketches.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:043/670th series of the multi-award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee 12:32Sheila Dillon, Chetna Makan, Tom Tivnan and Kate Young discuss the cookbooks of 2018. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Rory Sutherland smashes apart more received wisdom with a look at healthcare
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Are we as rational as we might think we are? Rory Sutherland explores
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Rory Sutherland explores how businesses play on our susceptibility to signs of commitment
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45Rory Sutherland explores ego massage as a powerful weapon in business and government
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Can online retailers ever capture the magic out of the traditional shopping experience?
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents topical debate from the University of East London(R)
| 13:00News with Mark Mardell including the implications of the Ukraine/Russia standoff. 13:30A portrait of the Washington insider whose presidency proved turbulent and controversial.
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| 14:00 | 14:00The stress continues to pile on Lily(R) 14:15Quirky comedy about a young woman who sees dead people. By Ben Lewis.
| 14:00There's an awkward dinner at Bridge Farm(R) 14:15Quirky and comical drama about the reluctantly dead. By Ben Lewis.
| 14:15Will Adamsdale's delightful comedy about a writer who discovers a Victorian in his home.(R)
| 14:00Roy takes desperate measures(R) 14:155/9Part 5 of the conspiracy thriller by Matthew Broughton. Starring Hattie Morahan.
| 14:00There's a significant development for the Aldridges(R) 14:15Comedy by Nick Warburton: Ronald Pickup stars as the most truculent man in Yorkshire.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30The Penny Dreadfuls parody John le Carré in a comedy set during the height of the Cold War(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel are in Godmersham, Kent. 14:45Conversations on the challenges of trying to move on from a troubled past.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Quote … Unquote, the popular celebrity quotations quiz, returns for its 54th series. 15:30Sheila Dillon and a group of food, diet and medical experts discuss food and lifestyle.(R)
| 15:002/6Josie Long presents short documentaries about intertwining with another person. 15:30Can we exploit the hot rocks beneath the earth's crust for power? Peter Gibbs reports.
| 15:00Would you consider spending tens of thousands of pounds on IVF to become a parent? 15:30Antidepressant withdrawal, Mates in Mind, and eyes that betray personality.(R)
| 15:00An exploration of how the sea and Suffolk coast inspired Benjamin Britten's music 15:27Volunteer nurse Kirstie Randall makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Mercy Ships.(R) 15:30Jack Reacher author Lee Child talks to Mariella Frostrup.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel are in Godmersham, Kent. 15:45Sudha Bhuchar reads a story by Andrew O'Hagan written in response to this week's news.
| 15:30Behind the scenes with a new generation of curators, Art, and startling exhibits.
| 15:003/3Diana is pregnant. Stephen offers to marry her but she refuses.
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| 16:00 | 16:00The art of Tomás Saraceno who makes sculptures and music with spiders and their webs 16:30Shelina Janmohamed discusses the impact of AI on religion.
| 16:00Jonathan Glancey asks for how long a building carries the charge of an evil past. 16:30Gráinne Maguire and John Higgs join Harriett Gilbert to talk favourite books.
| 16:00The Night-time Economy: How has it changed over the years? 16:30Justin Trudeau's government has unveiled a plan to subsidise the news industry.
| 16:00McMafia director James Watkins talks about a key influence on his film-making career. 16:30Gene-edited twins; placenta organoids in a dish; when the last leaves drop.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a baroness, a singer, a police officer and a film director. 16:30Checking Reality Check, is the BBC chasing younger listeners and a whodunnit investigated. 16:55Mother and daughter on rebuilding life after drugs and prison. Fi Glover presents.
| 16:00Spice Girl Mel B is 'Brutally Honest', and an unscripted Dame Joan Collins.
| 16:00Meg Wolitzer discusses her novel The Interestings with James Naughtie and readers. 16:30Exploring Poet Salena Godden's experimental new work Mrs Death Misses Death.
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| 17:00 | 17:00PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Retirees and teenagers who meet once a fortnight for a chat. iPM@bbc.co.uk 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Richard Dawkins on a worrying disconnect between scientists and society.(R) 17:40A report on some of the lives changed by last year's Radio 4 Christmas Appeal 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Theresa May has appeared in the Commons to try to persuade MPs to back her Brexit plan. 18:303/670th series of the multi-award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4Award-winning comedian Alex Edelman looks at how millennials view social media.
| 18:00Stark warnings from the Bank of England and the government about the impact of Brexit . 18:301/4Victoria Coren Mitchell interviews Floella Benjamin about her life and her cars.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Geoff is working class, votes Tory, voted Leave. How did he end up a comedian?
| 18:00Data of up to 500 million hotel customers breached 18:306/6Hugh Dennis presents 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.
| 18:00"We shouldn't make the perfect the enemy of the good", says the Environment Secretary. 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week
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| 19:00 | 19:00There's an awkward dinner at Bridge Farm 19:15Actor Jamie Dornan, Bernardo Bertolucci remembered, the UK's largest sculpture 19:451/5Maya gets an unexpected visit from singing legend Billie Holiday.(R)
| 19:1530 years of William Hill Sports Book of the Year, and 50 of Van Morrison's Astral Weeks 19:452/5Maya moves to New York to develop her writing but realises there is much to be improved.(R)
| 19:00Roy takes desperate measures 19:15Review of the film adaptation of Disobedience, starring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams 19:453/5Maya meets South African freedom fighter Vusumzi Make, and her life changes forever.(R)
| 19:00There's a significant development for the Aldridges 19:15Review of the film Mowgli starring Andy Serkis, Cate Blanchett and Benedict Cumberbatch. 19:454/5Maya’s in love but bored so she creates a group for women to effect change.(R)
| 19:00Rex proves an unlikely shoulder to cry on 19:15Head Judge Shirley Ballas on the appeal of Strictly and her own dancing career. 19:455/5Maya works as associate editor of a newspaper in Egypt but faces a crisis with Vus.(R)
| 19:00The government's chief whip, charged with getting the PM's Brexit deal through Parliament. 19:15Genet's The Maids, Cuaron's Roma, David Szalay: Turbulence, Mantegna and Bellini, Gun No 6
| 19:15221 Baker St. When a tenant mysteriously disappears, Mrs Hudson needs to find new lodgers. 19:45The next in David Szalay's new short story series taking us around the globe.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Student journalist Megan Schellong investigates racist incidents at American universities. 20:30Nigerian patients held in hospital because they can’t pay their medical bills.(R)
| 20:00Richard Dawkins on a worrying disconnect between scientists and society. 20:40Blind actor Ellie Wallwork stars in the upcoming episode of Doctor Who.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Why do we have regional accents?(R)
| 20:00If Parliament rejects Theresa May's Brexit deal does that mean a no-deal Brexit? 20:30Can 'freeports' spark a post-Brexit manufacturing boom?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents topical debate from the University of East London 20:50Roger Scruton argues that political correctness is the ultimate source of our conflicts.
| 20:00Paul Morley tells a parallel story of Elvis and America
| 20:00Checking Reality Check, is the BBC chasing younger listeners and a whodunnit investigated. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a baroness, a singer, a police officer and a film director.
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| 21:00 | 21:00The curious history of a devious pattern.(R) 21:30Julian Baggini, Ann Wroe, Amit Chaudhuri and Paulette Randall with Andrew Marr(R)
| 21:00Antidepressant withdrawal, Mates in Mind, and eyes that betray personality. 21:30Alastair Hay talks with Jim Al-Khalili about ridding the world of chemical weapons.(R)
| 21:00Can we exploit the hot rocks beneath the earth's crust for power? Peter Gibbs reports.(R) 21:30Screenwriter Hossein Amini meets playwright and director Conor McPherson.(R)
| 21:00Gene-edited twins; placenta organoids in a dish; when the last leaves drop.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Red Army's retreat across China, from October 1934(R)
| 21:00Neil MacGregor focuses on the public display of spiritual rituals.
| 21:002/3Jack, Stephen and Diana escape from Boston in a rowing boat.(R)
| 21:00Government figures reveal nearly 70,000 cases of Carer's Allowance overpayments. 21:25The Revd Dr Sam Wells makes the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal for St Martin-in-the-Fields 21:30Can 'freeports' spark a post-Brexit manufacturing boom?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Order comes in response to the seizure of three of its naval ships 22:456/10David Cameron rolls the dice. Satirical novel about Brexit Britain read by Jeff Rawle.(R)
| 22:00PM's former close ally, Sir Michael Fallon, describes the deal as "doomed" 22:457/10A date is set for the UK's Referendum on the European Union.
| 22:00Carney warns economy could be tipped into recession worse than the financial crisis 22:458/10Brexit divides the generations.(R)
| 22:00President Trump's former lawyer pleads guilty to misleading congress. 22:459/10Brexit chaos. Sophie and Ian can’t agree.
| 22:00President says it's to prevent the formation of what he calls "private armies" 22:4510/10Brexit is looming. Conclusion of Jonathan Coe's satirical novel.(R)
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.(R)
| 22:00Anne McElvoy, senior editor at the Economist, previews a big week in politics
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| 23:00 | 23:00Documentary adventures that encourage you to take a closer listen. 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:001/2Stand-up Tudur Owen puts Anglesey on the map. 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:005/6Bittersweet comedy drama about a community mental health nurse. Starring Paul Whitehouse. 23:153/4Monica Dolan stars in this tale about a scientist who discovers a miraculous serum.(R) 23:30Reaction to the stark warnings of the economic impact of Brexit.
| 23:00Comedian Tez Ilyas returns for a third series of Tez Talks. 23:153/4Sam and Henry are in the Netherlands observing a chicken.(R) 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:00Emma Barnett and guests partake of a few nocturnal frank and funny conversations. 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster. 23:55A couple reflecting on fraud, prison and a life of bad decisions. Fi Glover presents.
| 23:00Quote … Unquote, the popular celebrity quotations quiz, returns for its 54th series.(R) 23:30Cheryl Strayed, Ocean Vuong and Sharon Olds spend some time in Emily Dickinson's bedroom
| 23:00McMafia director James Watkins talks about a key influence on his film-making career. 23:30Poet Michael Symmons Roberts explores the phenomenon of the selfie and the self-portrait.
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