| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Greg James, self-confessed 'proud radio nerd', rummages through the BBC's vast archives. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the Adelaide Ringing Centre in the city's St Peter’s Cathedral. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:301/5George Orwell has been dead for 70 years. What can his ideas tell us about life in 2020? 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:302/5George Orwell has been dead for 70 years. What can his ideas tell us about life in 2020? 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:303/5George Orwell has been dead for 70 years. What can his ideas tell us about life in 2020? 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:304/5George Orwell has been dead for 70 years. What can his ideas tell us about life in 2020? 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:305/5George Orwell has been dead for 70 years. What can his ideas tell us about life in 2020? 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30An elderly man attends wakes for deceased strangers. 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 weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Bob Fyffe of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. 05:45Charlotte Smith asks what's in store for farmers in the devolved nations after Brexit. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Wildlife artist Jane Smith reveals the challenges of trying to paint barnacle geese.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Bob Fyffe of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. 05:45Why the UK could find it hard to ban chlorine-washed chicken and hormone beet post-Brexit. 05:58Kim Durbin recalls an encounter with a blackbird for Tweet of the Day.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Bob Fyffe of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. 05:45We hear what the consequences are for wild salmon stocks when farmed salmon escape. 05:58Peter Cranswick of the Slimbridge Wetland Centre on the common scoter.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Bob Fyffe of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. 05:45A report out today from the Committee on Climate Change says farming must change. 05:58David Salmon of the Slimbridge Wetland Centre on the song of the woodlark.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Bob Fyffe of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. 05:45Perspectives on sugar and public health - and a new way to measure natural capital. 05:58Peter Cranswick of the Slimbridge Wetland Centre on the red-breasted goose.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Baroness Julia Neuberger. 05:45Andrew Hankinson tells the story of a boy who died, and his parents, who wanted him alive.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from St Matthew’s Church, Stretford, in Greater Manchester 05:45The young, black cellist from Nottingham making chart history.
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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 visits Ryebank Fields in Chorlton and asks if it can be saved from development. 06:30Anna Hill finds out about sugar production on British farms. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news headlines. 06:05Mark Tully investigates the tendency to take joy in the misfortune of others. 06:35Can English farmers replicate the legendary Icelandic yoghurt? 06:57The latest weather 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 presents the week's religious, moral and ethical news and current affairs. 07:54Gail Porter makes the BBC Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Emmaus UK. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament
| 08:31News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament
| 08:31News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament
| 08:31News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service for Holocaust Memorial Day, live from St Peter's School, York. 08:48Howard Jacobson discusses why we all need to be concerned about anti-Semitism. 08:58Chris Packham presents the blue tit.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Paul Lay, Lisa Mullen, Stephen Tomkins and Lindsay Newman 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Rt Revd David Walker
| 09:00The Touch Test: Claudia Hammond launches a major new study investigating the role of touch 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Fr. Michael Hall
| 09:00Otis Redding's lonely lament, and why it matters to people aged from 20 to 80 09:30Andrew Hankinson tells the story of a boy who died, and his parents, who wanted him alive. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Father Phil Sumner
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss solar wind, from auroras to the edge of the solar system. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Nigel Swinford
| 09:00Dame Sue Campbell shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Emma Scrivener
| 09:00Body double Paul Olima; Duff McKagan's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00News with Paddy O'Connell including a look ahead to Phase 2 of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.
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| 10:00 | 10:00PHONE-IN - Would you stop having kids to save the planet? 10:451/5A family liaison officer is retiring after many years’ service.
| 10:00A look behind the unemployment figures and what it means for women's jobs 10:452/5It's Jackie's last week at work. Waiting for a court verdict, Gary has taken an overdose.
| 10:00Gail Porter on celebrity, depression and coming to terms with what she's been through. 10:413/5It's Jackie's leaving party but one of her last clients just won't let her go. 10:55Mother and daughter discuss the benefits of being brought up with a strong work ethic.
| 10:00Breast and cervical cancers; Clara Ponsati; Imposteress Rabbit Breeder; Scenes with Girls 10:454/5It's Jackie's last week, but one of her clients has returned to her abusive husband.
| 10:00Lorna Cooper, Sarah Champion, Jane Sanderson 10:455/5It's Jackie's last week at work, but Hadley's husband Dave has found out where she lives.
| 10:30Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show from Bakewell.
| 10:00Jim is shocked by an emotional confession and Kirsty has a change of heart.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Grace Dent follows the fight to buy and preserve the former home of a notable Victorian MP 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00Adam Buxton uncovers the mystery of the world’s weirdest scat singer, Shooby Taylor. 11:30The screech of an owl, the howl of a wolf - the sound of epilepsy in the brain as art.
| 11:00Samayya Afzal wants the government to do much more to make UK mosques safe from attack. 11:301/4Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam as a long-married couple trying to keep the passion alive.
| 11:00Africa's richest woman says she won't be pigeon-holed and the stories about her are lies. 11:30Naomi Gryn revisits the Holocaust novel The Last of the Just, published 60 years ago.
| 11:002/3V&A Director Tristram Hunt explores the politics of the museum. 11:30A new sitcom, set in Brighton, starring and written by award-winning comedian Zoe Lyons.
| 11:00Paul Waugh of HuffPost UK looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30The anti-nationalist protesters in Italy and the man they are trying to stop.
| 11:15Anne Enright, writer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:046/10George Bowling tells us how he got a job after the First World War. 12:18Going vegan, giving up alcohol and the fate of the local toy shop. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:047/10George Bowling tells us about going to meet his old friend Porteous. 12:18How has computer crime affected you? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:048/10George Bowling tells us about his visit to his old stamping ground Lower Binfield. 12:18New rules to protect children online; Changes to pre-payment meters at British Gas 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:049/10George Bowling reflects further on the town where he used to live, Lower Binfield. 12:18The cost of care homes for elderly people is rising. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:0410/10After an SOS call, George Bowling goes home to face his wife. 12:18The fast fashion industry built around the reality TV show Love Island. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Trading Standards warns over quick sale estate agents 12:303/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Nish Kumar. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:044/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game. 12:32Can science help us cook better? Dan Saladino asks Heston Blumenthal and Raymond Blanc. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Reflections on the modern pioneers of the environmental movement. Today - Ken Saro-Wiwa.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Reflections on the modern pioneers of the environmental movement. Today - James Hansen.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Reflections on the modern pioneers of the environmental movement. Today - Joni Mitchell.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Reflections on the modern pioneers of the environmental movement. Today - Chico Mendes.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Reflections on modern pioneers of the environmental movement. Today, Severn Cullis-Suzuki.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Chris Mason presents topical debate from St Asaph Cathedral in North Wales
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Lilo and her husband Erich Gloeden hid Jews from the Nazis in wartime Berlin
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| 14:00 | 14:00Ian is determined to uncover the truth 14:151/4By Mike Walker. In October 1922, Eric Blair travels to Burma to join the Imperial Police.
| 14:00Philip makes a controversial suggestion. 14:152/4By Mike Walker. In Sept 1938, Eric and Eileen travel to Morocco. With Joseph Millson.
| 14:00Helen offers some tough love 14:153/4By Jonathan Holloway. Eric Blair's relationship with the women in his life.
| 14:154/4By Jonathan Holloway. Summer 1947, Eric has moved to Jura. With Joseph Millson.
| 14:00Jim is shocked by an emotional confession 14:15A new drama from Katie Hims exploring the nature of memory, with shades of science fiction
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:45Does economics have a problem with women? Soumaya Keynes and Claudia Goldin talk it over.
| 14:00The panel join Peter Gibbs in his garden for a correspondence edition of the show. 14:45The omnibus edition of the series presented by Fi Glover
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| 15:00 | 15:00Radio's most fiendish quiz, with cryptic questions on unpredictable fields of knowledge 15:30Jack Monroe and Sheila Dillon ask whether tinned foods have an image problem in the UK.
| 15:00Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show from Northampton. 15:30Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence look at major milestones in flight in the past millennium.
| 15:00Working in the gig economy: good or bad? Adam Shaw finds out. 15:30Dr Margaret McCartney on the challenges of healthcare when help isn't on your doorstep.
| 15:00Helen Mark visits Ryebank Fields in Chorlton and asks if it can be saved from development. 15:27Simon Mayo makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Virtual Doctors 15:30Journalist turned novelist Deepa Anapara on her debut set in contemporary India
| 15:00The panel join Peter Gibbs in his garden for a correspondence edition of the show. 15:45An elderly man attends wakes for deceased strangers.
| 15:00Radclyffe Hall's pioneering novel of same-sex love is the centre of a 1928 obscenity trial
| 15:002/3A radical updating of Charles Dickens' most political novel, Oliver Twist.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Once they made pop records. Now they're building a pyramid out of dead people. 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Shazia Mirza as they discuss conspiracy theories.
| 16:00Michael Rosen talks to Professor Dawn Archer about how we might tell when someone is lying 16:30Andi Oliver chooses the Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison
| 16:00Borders: from Calais to Mexico. 16:30Why factual TV is the new box set to binge on.
| 16:00Willem Dafoe on The Lighthouse. 16:30Coronavirus outbreak in China, Amish genetic diseases and Egyptian mummy speaks.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a producer, a racing driver, a geomorphologist, a comedian 16:30The carbon consequence of streaming, stats on sepsis and stretching Bill Bryson to Pluto 16:55A couple married for 65 years recall how they saved up to buy their first and only home.
| 16:00Gail Porter, Modest Fashion & Female Friendships
| 16:00Jeanine Cummins on American Dirt, and forgotten classic The Street with Tayari Jones 16:301/2Naomi Beckwith celebrates Black cultural figures who should be more central to history.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. 17:30How did Trump’s personality and way of dealing with people lead to a trial in the Senate? 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00What happens to those families hit by devastating floods when the waters recede? 17:40The young, black cellist from Nottingham making chart history. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Lord Hall is to step down as head of the BBC in the summer after seven years in the role. 18:304/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
| 18:00President Trump's impeachment trial begins in Washington. 18:303/4Comedy set in a Scots-Asian corner shop. Written by Sanjeev Kohli and Donald Mcleary.
| 18:00The UN says Mohammed bin Salman may have tried to hack the boss of Amazon's phone 18:303/4Joe is joined by Chelsea Norris and Jack Carroll.
| 18:00Beijing has imposed widespread restrictions to stop Coronavirus. 18:304/13Sarah Millican's new panel show with two winners - Average Jolene and Maverick Matilda.
| 18:00A coroner has said the death of a baby a week after an emergency delivery was avoidable 18:303/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Nish Kumar.
| 18:00Further measures are taken to contain the spread of coronavirus. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00British people in Chinese cities shut down by the Coronavirus, say they're stuck 18:15Journalist and broadcaster Anna Foster picks the best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Philip makes a controversial suggestion. 19:15Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire) on playing David Copperfield in Armando Iannucci's film 19:451/5A family liaison officer is retiring after many years’ service.
| 19:00Helen offers some tough love 19:15Terry Gilliam, Samantha Strauss, Risk in art: Jeremy Deller, Picasso and Paper exhibition 19:452/5It's Jackie's last week at work. Waiting for a court verdict, Gary has taken an overdose.
| 19:15Remembering the life of former Python Terry Jones with Michael Palin 19:453/5It's Jackie's leaving party but one of her last clients just won't let her go.
| 19:00Jim is shocked by an emotional confession 19:15Creator Guz Khan on the return of Man Like Mobeen, Calculating Risk, Northern Writing. 19:454/5It's Jackie's last week, but one of her clients has returned to her abusive husband.
| 19:00Kirsty has a change of heart 19:15The Pet Shop Boys talk about their new album Hotspot. 19:455/5It's Jackie's last week at work, but Hadley's husband Dave has found out where she lives.
| 19:00The young, black cellist from Nottingham making chart history. 19:15David Copperfield, Welkin, Motherwell, Pregnancy exhibition, Windermere Children
| 19:00Jim is surprised by an unexpected visitor 19:153/6From the mind of Jon Holmes comes topical satire like you've never heard it before. 19:453/5No One Called Her Angel. A five-part reading for Radio 4 written by Louise Welsh.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Samayya Afzal wants the government to do much more to make UK mosques safe from attack. 20:30Psychedelic plants, the spiritual tourism backlash - and sexual abuse.
| 20:00What happens to those families hit by devastating floods when the waters recede? 20:40The expansion of talking bus technology and the app which aims to help keep you reading.
| 20:002/3The Fix looks at the issue of debt and why it’s such an intractable problem for the UK. 20:45Andrew Hankinson tells the story of a boy who died, and his parents, who wanted him alive.
| 20:00What lessons do previous pandemics provide about how we should treat the new coronavirus? 20:30The British menswear designer, Patrick Grant asks how fashion can be made sustainably.
| 20:00Chris Mason presents topical debate from St Asaph Cathedral in North Wales 20:50Howard Jacobson discusses why we all need to be concerned about anti-Semitism.
| 20:00How the Holocaust created a new field of science - social psychology
| 20:00The carbon consequence of streaming, stats on sepsis and stretching Bill Bryson to Pluto 20:30Matthew Bannister on a producer, a racing driver, a geomorphologist, a comedian
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| 21:00 | 21:00How an eel sparked our interest in electricity 21:30Andrew Marr with Paul Lay, Lisa Mullen, Stephen Tomkins and Lindsay Newman
| 21:00Dr Margaret McCartney on the challenges of healthcare when help isn't on your doorstep. 21:30The Touch Test: Claudia Hammond launches a major new study investigating the role of touch
| 21:00How a diagnosis of depression could be broken down into lots of different conditions 21:30Otis Redding's lonely lament, and why it matters to people aged from 20 to 80
| 21:00Coronavirus outbreak in China, Amish genetic diseases and Egyptian mummy speaks. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss solar wind, from auroras to the edge of the solar system.
| 21:00Reflections on the modern pioneers of the environmental movement.
| 21:002/4by Sebastian Baczkiewicz. Pilgrim has to rescue the Old Man of Tregarrah Head. 21:45By Nick Walker. Annika encounters an unusual situation on an oil rig.
| 21:00Trading Standards warns over quick sale estate agents 21:25Gail Porter makes the BBC Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Emmaus UK. 21:30The British menswear designer, Patrick Grant asks how fashion can be made sustainably.
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| 22:00 | 22:00World Health Organisation to convene its emergency committee 22:456/10George Bowling tells us how he got a job after the First World War.
| 22:00Only the third such proceeding against a president in American history 22:457/10George Bowling tells us about going to meet his old friend Porteous.
| 22:00UN experts: Saudi Crown Prince might be involved in hacking of Amazon founder's phone 22:458/10George Bowling tells us about his visit to his old stamping ground Lower Binfield.
| 22:00China bans people from transport networks and public places in several major cities. 22:459/10George Bowling reflects further on the town where he used to live, Lower Binfield.
| 22:00Impact of attack on Iraqi military base initially played down by administration 22:4510/10After an SOS call, George Bowling goes home to face his wife.
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:152/3The Fix looks at the issue of debt and why it’s such an intractable problem for the UK.
| 22:00With Robert Buckland, Meg Hillier and Lord Ricketts.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen talks to George Marshall about how best to communicate climate change. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Shazia Mirza as they discuss conspiracy theories. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:003/6From the mind of Jon Holmes comes topical satire like you've never heard it before. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/4There’s bonding over Scotch and Margaret braves the shops. Stars Alison Steadman. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Andi Oliver chooses the Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison 23:30Parliamentary news and features. 23:55Friends talk about mental health and the healing power of talking - and of laughing.
| 23:00Radio's most fiendish quiz, with cryptic questions on unpredictable fields of knowledge 23:30William Sieghart welcomes you to his Poetry Pharmacy, serving up poems to soothe the soul.
| 23:00Willem Dafoe on The Lighthouse. 23:30Mark Tully investigates the tendency to take joy in the misfortune of others.
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