| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The Class Ceiling: does privilege pay? 00:45The bells of St John the Baptist, Bollington, Cheshire.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Textile artist Clare Hunter’s illuminating history of sewing and embroidery.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Textile artist Clare Hunter on the solace found in sewing for prisoners of war.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Textile artist Clare Hunter on the power of sewing to evoke memory.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Textile artist Clare Hunter on the ability of sewing to create a sense of place.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Textile artist Clare Hunter explores feminism and the potency of needlework.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Living in a caravan on the east coast of Ireland, a woman comes face-to-face with fear.(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.
| 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 05:43With Canon Simon Doogan, Church of Ireland rector of Ballyholme in Bangor, Co Down. 05:45Are the highs and lows of dairy farming finally levelling out? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the melodious warbler.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43With Canon Simon Doogan, Church of Ireland rector of Ballyholme in Bangor, Co Down. 05:45Undercover filming revealed cruelty to pigs - could farms do more to monitor their staff? 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the resplendent quetzal of Guatemala.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43With Canon Simon Doogan, Church of Ireland rector of Ballyholme in Bangor, Co Down. 05:45The president of the National Farmers Union of America talks about trade after Brexit. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the blue bird of paradise from Papua New Guinea.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43With Canon Simon Doogan, Church of Ireland rector of Ballyholme in Bangor, Co Down. 05:45Report says don't blame EU if fish quotas are a mess; Scottish farmers meet; leaving dairy 05:58Writer and wildlife programme-maker Stephen Moss recalls seeing a great crested grebe.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43With Canon Simon Doogan, Church of Ireland rector of Ballyholme in Bangor, Co Down. 05:45Could a cow toilet help reduce ammonia pollution from dairy farms? 05:58John Aitchison presents the long-eared owl.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Alison Murdoch 05:45A listener on how she became a full time social media influencer
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43The bells of St Chad’s, Far Headingley in Leeds. 05:45Mark Coles profiles the British-Ghanaian architect Sir David Adjaye.(R)
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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.
| 06:00News 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.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Helen Mark visits Somerset to find out about the ancient tradition of wassailing. 06:30Charlotte Smith visits a dairy farm and the processor they sell to - from cow to kefir! 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 06:05Suryagupta Dharmacharini considers what it means to be equal and how to achieve equality. 06:35Verity Sharp visits a florist and flower farm in Somerset. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00News headlines and sport.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton presents a Sunday special from Nigeria ahead of the country's election. 07:54Surgeon and author Atul Gawande makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Lifebox Foundation 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31The latest news from Westminster.
| 08:31Susan Hulme has the best of Tuesday in the Commons and the Lords.
| 08:31The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
| 08:31Susan Hulme with the latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
| 08:51The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, led by the Rev Calum MacLeod with the Cathedral Choir 08:48Will Self asks why our relationship with our bodies has become such a distant one.(R) 08:58Natural history writer, speaker and tour leader Dominic Couzens reveals the moorhen.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Shoshana Zuboff, John Thornhill and Ece Temelkuran with Andrew Marr. 09:45Christian Worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Alex Robertson.
| 09:00Physicist Jim Al-Khalili tells Adam Rutherford what motivates and inspires him. 09:30Lord Skidelsky, the economist, tells Helen Lewis about his inquiry into the four-day week. 09:45Christian Worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Mark Coffey.(R)
| 09:00Crime writer Val McDermid meets graphic artist Vin Deighan. 09:30Timandra Harkness explores the best ways to disagree with other people - constructively. 09:45Christian Worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Chine McDonald.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scientific study of life, originated by Aristotle. 09:45Christian Worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Ernie Rea.
| 09:00Comedian Bob Mortimer chooses the eight tracks he would take to a desert island.(R) 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Miriam Swaffield.
| 09:00Ex doctor and comedy writer Adam Kay and champion tree climber Jess Herbert
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Catherine Simpson, the impact of domestic abuse on children, and pharmacosexuality. 10:456/6Anita Dobson plays a rock star's wife with a deeply buried secret.(R)
| 10:00Actor Nicole Lecky, carers' rights at work, Barbara Castle, women's football and autism. 10:451/4Imelda Staunton stars as Penny who takes looking after her boss too far.(R)
| 10:00Women's rights in Poland, Lucy-Anne Holmes, 'Pure O' OCD, and Shelly Chopra Dhar. 10:412/4Josie Lawrence stars as a mother with a bad case of empty nest syndrome.(R) 10:55Love lost and found with father and son Paul and Robert.
| 10:00#NunsToo, Katy Sullivan, family secrets, black female academics. 10:453/4Frances Barber stars as an ageing actress behaving badly at an audition.
| 10:00Women train drivers. The new smear test. Self-harm images online. 10:454/4Samantha Bond stars as Anthea whose Christmas news is rather surprising.(R)
| 10:30Jay Rayner and the panel are in Belfast.
| 10:00It's judgement day for Brian and Elizabeth is forced to confront the truth
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| 11:00 | 11:00One street in the run-up to Christmas, and three shops fighting for survival. 11:302/4Are you Armageddon-ready? Sylvia and Rachel road test survival courses.
| 11:00Kim Normanton explores why many children start school without being able to communicate. 11:30Antonia Quirke begins the new series with a look at the role of the location manager
| 11:00The story of the birth of a new fatwa on organ donation in the UK 11:302/4Rob does battle with Jean-Paul Sartre and the existentialists.(R)
| 11:00Attacked by online trolls for reporting on the Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. 11:30Novelist Eimear McBride looks at how artists and performers depict sexual consent.
| 11:00Dave Cullen tells the story of the Florida school shooting of February 2018. 11:302/4Current affairs parody and stupidly feasible visit to the 24-hour Hall of Opinion Mirrors.(R)
| 11:00Anne McElvoy of the Economist looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30The Taliban talk peace in Moscow, 40 years after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
| 11:15Cressida Dick, Metropolitan Police commissioner, shares her choices with Lauren Laverne.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Chris Morris discovers why leaving the EU has proved such an extraordinary challenge 12:18The rise in serious incidents reported by charities. New powers for tenants. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Chris Morris discovers why the Irish border has become so crucial in the Brexit process. 12:18Call You and Yours: Are you sticking to a vegan diet? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Could hundreds of thousands of EU citizens be living in Britain illegally after Brexit? 12:18How virtual reality technology is being used in end-of-life care. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04How might Brexit affect Britain's cross border security cooperation? 12:18Energy price caps, drive thrus, musical choices and Jaguar Land Rover 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Where might Brexit be taking the UK? Chris Morris looks beyond the daily news frenzy. 12:18Anger over care liberty safeguards. British heritage motorbikes. Can Chinese wine compete? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Regulator Ofgem raises the energy cap. 12:30Susan Calman, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Desiree Burch and Helen Lewis join host Miles Jupp.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:041/8Tony Hawks, Josie Lawrence, Gyles Brandreth and Angela Barnes join Nicholas Parsons.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon asks whey there aren't more women chefs in our South Asian restaurants. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45The hidden story of the 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini against Salman Rushdie.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Ayatollah Khomeini's rise to power - and the decision to publish The Satanic Verses.
| 13:00News with Sarah Montague including Brexit latest and John Humphrys on leaving Today. 13:45British Muslims protest against the publication of The Satanic Verses.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45Did two British men persuade Ayatollah Khomenei to issue the fateful fatwa?
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:45How Salman Rushdie was forced into hiding in 1989.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Shaun Ley presents political debate from Bangor, Northern Ireland.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Comedian Sarah Breese attempts to reverse the trend of young people deserting rural Wales.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Brian faces the consequences of his decision(R) 14:151/8Tumanbay is recovering from a brutal occupation by the followers of Maya.
| 14:15Blind School by Mandy Redvers-Rowe and Sarah McDonald-Hughes.
| 14:00It's judgement day for Brian(R) 14:15An ex-miner and a senior philosophy lecturer form an unlikely but intriguing partnership.(R)
| 14:00It's all change for Alistair(R) 14:15New comedy from Bafta Breakthrough Brit Daniel Lawrence Taylor, star of Timewasters.
| 14:00There's a guest at Brookfield(R) 14:15By Adrian Penketh. Drama set in the high-pressure world of air traffic control.(R)
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30Who is Lulu? Writer Katie Hims goes in search of the fictional star.
| 14:00Eric Robson and his panel are answering questions in Rutland.(R) 14:45Three conversations about love between parents and children.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs radio's most fiendish quiz. 15:30Voices for change in the food system from across the UK launch a search for new talent.
| 15:00Jay Rayner and the panel are in Kendal.(R) 15:30Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence explore stories revealed by history’s lines and linkages.
| 15:00A state income for all might be great in principal, but can it ever work in practice? 15:30Genes and confidentiality; sore throats and cancer; diet for epilepsy; hair and drips.
| 15:00Helen Mark visits Somerset to find out about the ancient tradition of wassailing. 15:27Comedian Doon Mackichan makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of CLIC Sargent(R) 15:30Alice Oswald, Radio 4's Poet in Residence discusses her collection Falling Awake(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and his panel are answering questions in Rutland. 15:45Living in a caravan on the east coast of Ireland, a woman comes face-to-face with fear.
| 15:30Antonia Quirke begins the new series with a look at the role of the location manager(R)
| 15:00Frank Cottrell-Boyce, award-winning screenwriter and novelist, tells a very personal story
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| 16:00 | 16:00When American modern jazz met the French New Wave in 1950s and 60s Paris. 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince learn how to build a bionic human.
| 16:00Michael Rosen and guests explore the origins of the UK's town and village names. 16:30Kamal Ahmed and Brett Westwood discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Motorbikes - a social and cultural history. 16:30Swedish streaming company Spotify has announced a major expansion into podcasting.
| 16:00Richard E Grant and Joel Edgerton. 16:30Antarctic ice melting and sea level, equine flu, generator bricks, and Iberian gene maps.
| 16:00Andrea Catherwood on an activist, a pharmacist, an ecologist, an archaeologist, an author 16:30Tim Harford on teen suicide, Brexit business moves and wood-burner pollution 16:55Love, family and eating disorders
| 16:00The sexual abuse of nuns. Being the only one. The lack of black female professors.
| 16:00Kristen Roupenian, Javier Cercas, Quakers in fiction 16:30Lavinia Greenlaw reads her poems about the loss of her father to dementia
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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. 17:30Universities have expanded over the last decade. Can they be successful businesses? 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00The inside story of how players and betting gangs are fixing matches in tennis. 17:40Mark Coles profiles the British-Ghanaian architect Sir David Adjaye.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Nissan to repay government funding after backtracking on car building promise 18:301/8Tony Hawks, Josie Lawrence, Gyles Brandreth and Angela Barnes join Nicholas Parsons.
| 18:00The DUP says Theresa May's strategy is "foolish" 18:306/6It’s Simon's big day. But will his friends be there to pick up the pieces?
| 18:00Donald Tusk says "special place in hell" for Brexit-promoting politicians with no plan. 18:302/4Nathan didn't really nail life so he's been reincarnated as a shrimp. Stars Daniel Rigby.
| 18:00Pledge of social media boss after teenager's death 18:304/6Mark Steel visits Aberystwyth and performs a bespoke comedy show for the local residents
| 18:00A newspaper is threatening further revelations about businessman Sir Philip Green. 18:30Susan Calman, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Desiree Burch and Helen Lewis join host Miles Jupp.
| 18:00Labour calls on Transport Secretary to resign over no-deal Brexit ferry contract 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Investigation uncovers rape claims involving children using dating sites 18:15Adrian Chiles chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:15The Cutty Sark, 150 this year and now floating on air, considered as a sculptural work. 19:451/5Extortion, corruption, deceit: another week in the dairy business of 1890s Whitechapel.
| 19:00It's judgement day for Brian 19:15Kenneth Branagh on his new film All is True, and Lavinia Greenlaw's poetry about dementia. 19:452/5Can the man claiming to be Megan's half-brother really be who he says he is?
| 19:00It's all change for Alistair 19:15The artistic significance of walls and borders. 19:453/5Samuel has disappeared and Meg is frantic. And then a body washes up out of the past.(R)
| 19:00There's a guest at Brookfield 19:15Chita Rivera on creating the iconic roles of Anita in West Side Story and Velma in Chicago 19:454/5Bren Evans makes more demands as the police close in on Meg and Dora Lipski.(R)
| 19:00Elizabeth is forced to confront the truth 19:15Director Spike Lee and editor Thelma Schoonmaker, and Albert Finney remembered. 19:455/5Bren Evans true identity has been revealed, and now Meg must tackle her real enemy.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles the British-Ghanaian architect Sir David Adjaye. 19:15If Beale Street Could Talk, Home I'm Darling, Tessa Hadley, George Shaw, David Bowie
| 19:00Emma's attempts to help backfire 19:153/6Clare and Brian are having some couples counselling, much to Clare's amusement.(R) 19:456/10Steve continues to investigate what really happened on the night of Zoe’s murder.
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| 20:00 | 20:00The story of the birth of a new fatwa on organ donation in the UK 20:30Does being born to non-married parents affect a child's prospects in life?
| 20:00The inside story of how players and betting gangs are fixing matches in tennis. 20:40Blind tenants are concerned about proposed changes to a charitable housing scheme.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Who wins in the new world of ultra-fast financial transactions?
| 20:00Is car-making in the UK doomed? David Aaronovitch gets a briefing from industry experts. 20:30Universities have expanded over the last decade. Can they be successful businesses?
| 20:00Shaun Ley presents political debate from Bangor, Northern Ireland. 20:50Will Self asks why our relationship with our bodies has become such a distant one.
| 20:00Was there a time when physical education did more harm than good?
| 20:00Tim Harford on teen suicide, Brexit business moves and wood-burner pollution 20:30Andrea Catherwood on an activist, a pharmacist, an ecologist, an archaeologist, an author(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00How safe are the drugs used to delay puberty in transgender children?(R) 21:30Shoshana Zuboff, John Thornhill and Ece Temelkuran with Andrew Marr.(R)
| 21:00Genes and confidentiality; sore throats and cancer; diet for epilepsy; hair and drips. 21:30Physicist Jim Al-Khalili tells Adam Rutherford what motivates and inspires him.(R)
| 21:00Greg Foot is joined by beauty blogger Rebecca Humphries to study the science of skin care. 21:30Crime writer Val McDermid meets graphic artist Vin Deighan.
| 21:00Antarctic ice melting and sea level, equine flu, generator bricks, and Iberian gene maps. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scientific study of life, originated by Aristotle.(R)
| 21:00Rory Sutherland explores a selection of fresh, intriguing and iconoclastic ideas
| 21:00Contemporary drama on the investigation into Donald Trump’s alleged collusion with Russia.(R)
| 21:00Regulator Ofgem raises the energy cap.(R) 21:25Surgeon and author Atul Gawande makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Lifebox Foundation(R) 21:30Does being born to non-married parents affect a child's prospects in life?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:456/10Janice and Harry must intervene after their son turns violent, threatening his family.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:457/10Harry goes into hospital for his angioplasty procedure.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:458/10Janice studies to become a real estate agent whilst Harry recovers from his operation.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:459/10Nelson emerges from rehab and settles back into family life - until Pru drops a bombshell.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:4510/10After Pru’s confession, Harry hits the highway once again, heading to Florida.
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn and guests preview the week in politics.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Sarah Dunant on historical deadlocks and the ways they were resolved. 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince learn how to build a bionic human.(R) 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:001/6There’s excitement when oil is discovered in the sea near The Egg, but at what price? 23:154/4Mae Martin's focus is on the impact of millennials on ideas of sexuality(R) 23:30Susan Hulme with the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:001/4Enchanting, absurd and funny stories from the mind of celebrated US writer Simon Rich. 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:00Kamal Ahmed and Brett Westwood discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster. 23:55When Tania fled her home in central Africa, she found a second mum in the UK.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs radio's most fiendish quiz.(R) 23:30An ode to sharks by Irish artist Dorothy Cross.(R)
| 23:00Chris Anderson talks to some of the most interesting TED stage speakers. 23:45How the unique archive will help future historians understand our political world.(R)
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