| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the social construction of the notion of skilled work. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the Church of All Saints, Odiham in Hampshire. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The first of five profound and inspirational essays on the language of consolation. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5What is Cicero to do when tragedy strikes and his philosophy of stoicism fails to console? 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Meditations on consolation turn to El Greco's 16th century depiction of Paradise. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5In 16th-century France words are not enough and consolation is found in bodily pleasures. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Hospice movement pioneer, Cicely Saunders puts consolation at the heart of her life's work 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:152/4Comedian Athena Kugblenu looks at the cultural phenomenon of cancelling the famous. 00:30Tale about a regular diner at the All Sky Cafe. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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| 01:00 | 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.
| 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 reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Dr Stephen Wigley. 05:45Disagreement over cause of shellfish deaths; giant solar farm plans; livestock marts. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Bonita Johnson recalls watching a pair of battling robins.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Dr Stephen Wigley. 05:45The latest on the British pig meat crisis and the declining fishing industry of Port Isaac 05:58Environmentalist Tony Juniper recalls his first encounter with a black-tailed Godwit.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Dr Stephen Wigley. 05:45Farming groups express concerns over the Australian trade deal. 05:58Sarah Harris recalls the excitement of watching clouds of migrating blackbirds arrive.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev'd Dr Stephen Wigley 05:45Farming’s golden handshake to ‘shake up’ opportunities for new farmers. 05:58David Attenborough presents the collared dove.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev'd Dr Stephen Wigley 05:45An emergency summit to fix the crisis in the pig industry. Vegans picket livestock market. 05:58David Attenborough presents the garganey.
| 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 Chine McDonald. 05:45One girl's story of exile and soldiering during World War Two.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. 05:45Comedian Jimmy Carr provoked outrage after a joke about Roma victims of the Holocaust.
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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. 06:07Clare Balding joins writer and walker Melissa Harrison for a walk on Dartmoor. 06:30We report on pig farmers protesting about the thousands of pigs still stuck on farms. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Jo Fidgen considers the challenges faced by soldiers with religious faith in wartime. 06:35Sarah Swadling talks to Tim May at Kingsclere Estates in Hampshire. 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. 07:10A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week 07:54Hannah Beynon makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Read for Good 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Sean Curran reports as MPs demand answers about plans to tackle the NHS backlog.
| 08:31News from Westminster and beyond with Susan Hulme.
| 08:31News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament
| 08:31Alicia McCarthy reports on government measures for harsher sanctions on Russian business
| 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 Racial Justice Sunday from St Nic's Church, Durham. 08:48Sara Wheeler reflects on the harm done by seeing only from our own point of view. 08:58Kate Humble presents the stone curlew.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Penelope Corfield, Tristram Hunt and Philip McCann. 09:45With Rev Dr Marjory MacLean, Minister of South Ronaldsay and Burray Parish Church, Orkney
| 09:006/9Twenty years on, Gavanndra is struggling to make sense of a childhood trauma. 09:30Jim Waterson asks if a doomed West End musical left migrants living on a Pacific island. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Rev Prof Jenn Strawbridge.
| 09:00Boris Johnson has been ticked off for misleading Parliament on jobs and on crime. 09:305/5Oliver Burkeman asks how we can recover our nuance. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Canon Steve Williams.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most influential thinkers of the last century. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Canon Rachel Mann.
| 09:00Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Mark Tan.
| 09:00Mary McCartney and the Inheritance Tracks of Clive Myrie.
| 09:00Paddy O'Connell with the latest on Ukraine and the joys of University Challenge.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Meet the creator of an extraordinary 'knitted Sandringham' - 92 year old Margaret Seaman.
| 10:00Have you ever felt like you wanted to scream from the top of your lungs?
| 10:00The bestselling novelist on revisiting a much-loved character in new book Again, Rachel
| 10:00The singer Kate Nash and the impact devolution has had on female political representation.
| 10:00Commissioner Cressida Dick's resignation and what it means
| 10:30Greg James heads deep into the BBC archives to deliver a selection of prime audio.
| 10:00Wires are crossed for Chelsea, and Tom takes some emotional steps.
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| 11:00 | 11:006/6Can Cole and Charlotte find photographs from a Jamaican couple’s 1950s wedding? 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00All the threads come together in a cowboy-themed barn. 11:30A 21st-century dip into literary stream of consciousness.
| 11:003/3Jeremy Bowen returns home to Wales in search of what it means to be Welsh. 11:30Matthew Morrison talks to Oti Mabuse about his dancing legend - Gene Kelly.
| 11:00Freak weather conditions have made even worse the plight of Syrian refugees in Lebanon. 11:30Scottee examines the relationships between artists and those who assist them.
| 11:00How should we manage people with mental health issues who are convicted of terrorism? 11:302/4Has Dave crossed a line when he tries to befriend his food delivery driver?
| 11:00Radio 4's assessment of developments at Westminster 11:30Victims of the 2015 Paris attacks and relatives of the dead witness the trial.
| 11:00Leslie Caron, actress, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 11:45Barry Smith discovers the secret to blending tea.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:041/10Piranesi witnesses the joining of three tides and introduces us to the House inhabitants. 12:18The natural beauty trend means over filled lips are falling out of fashion. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:042/10The birds bring Piranesi a message to the House. 12:18How did you find the time and money to retrain mid-way through your career? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:043/10Piranesi finds mysterious scraps of paper - and a meeting makes him uneasy. 12:18Would you get rid of your vehicle and join a car club instead? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:044/10The House has an unexpected visitor and The Other warns Piranesi about 16. 12:18The ban on the loyalty penalty. Wooing back customers to bingo halls. Higher energy bills. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:045/10Piranesi begins to recover details that the House has made him forget. 12:18Funeral pricing; the demise of the CD; gas crisis in Northern Ireland. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04Extra cost of living squeeze for people on state pension and benefits. 12:307/10Andy Zaltzman and the team are back in BBC's Radio Theatre for the first time in 2 years. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:045/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game. 12:32Jaega Wise meets TV chef Ainsley to talk life, cooking, his influence and being 'memefied' 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:451/5Lemn Sissay explores how the Liverpool poets launched a revolution by performing live.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:452/5Lemn Sissay discovers how spoken word poets made space for politics in their work.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:453/5Lemn Sissay explores the biggest innovation in poetry of the last 50 years - the slam.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:454/5How have the rebel poets stormed the establishment? Lemn Sissay charts their rise.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond 13:455/5Lemn Sissay explores how poets have found a new route to audiences - the smartphone.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from The Witham in Barnard Castle.
| 13:00Radio 4’s look at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world. 13:30Running safely; military wives; relationships with phones; disability and dating.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Fallon has a bone to pick. 14:151/5You've seen the news, the blogs, and the pics. Now the hostages tell the inside story. 14:451/4Anne Reid stars in Jenny Eclair's comic monologue about a difficult family visit.
| 14:00Mia issues a stern warning. 14:152/5You've seen the news, the blogs, and the pics. Now the hostages tell the inside story. 14:452/4Jenny Eclair's comic monologue starring Monica Dolan.
| 14:00Wires are crossed for Chelsea. 14:153/5You've seen the news, the blogs, and the pics. Now the hostages tell the inside story. 14:453/4Jenny Eclair's comic monologue stars Lucy Robinson.
| 14:00Tom takes some emotional steps. 14:154/5You've seen the news, the blogs, and the pics. Now the hostages tell the inside story. 14:454/4Comic monologues by Jenny Eclair where women reach a breaking point in their lives.
| 14:00Natasha is stunned by an unexpected gesture. 14:155/5You've seen the news, the blogs, and the pics. Now the hostages tell the inside story. 14:45Barry Smith discovers the secret to blending tea.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:45Can underwater seagrass meadows make a comeback to reduce our carbon?
| 14:00Peter Gibbs hosts the gardening Q&A. 14:456/10Sapna's sister enters a top musical talent show, where she attracts unwanted attention.
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| 15:00 | 15:007/13The wide ranging music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini 15:30How could environmental-impact labels help lower the carbon footprint of food production?
| 15:00Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. 15:30Jonathan Freedland explores the history of energy adaptation.
| 15:00Adam Shaw, listeners and experts discuss the Energy Cap measures and their impact. 15:30We talk to the doctor behind the first successful pig heart to human operation.
| 15:00Clare Balding joins writer and walker Melissa Harrison for a walk on Dartmoor. 15:27Adventurer Amar Latif presents the BBC Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Rafiki Thabo Foundation 15:30Stacey Halls discusses her novel, The Foundling
| 15:00Peter Gibbs hosts the gardening Q&A. 15:45Tale about a regular diner at the All Sky Cafe.
| 15:00Experimental drama as a writer and an algorithm create an audio guide to love.
| 15:00An oligarch’s sudden death plunges his family and its vast business empire into chaos.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Scottee examines the relationships between artists and those who assist them. 16:30Christina Adane is committed to improving food choices available to youngsters like her.
| 16:00Michael Rosen talks to Dr Gareth Carrol about the surprising origins of modern idioms. 16:30Writers Katherine Rundell and Nathan Filer bring their favourite books to the table.
| 16:00The Economist's Health Policy Editor Natasha Loder explores solutions to the NHS backlog 16:30Exposing the truth behind drone strikes and human rights abuses.
| 16:00Roger McGough's guest is Jo Clement, a Northumbrian poet of Romany heritage. 16:30Record-breaking energy extraction gets us closer to nuclear fusion at the UK-based JET lab
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a singer, a polo player and a Buddhist monk. 16:30Boris Johnson has been ticked off for misleading Parliament on jobs and on crime.
| 16:00Author Marian Keyes on revisiting a much-loved character in her new book Again, Rachel.
| 16:00We meet the new wave of Spanish and Latin American writers who are breaking with the past. 16:30Devon poet Matt Harvey delves into the listener requests.
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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 of the day's news 17:30Prices are rising - but are we heading into an unprecedented economic period? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00Drink spiking – are some criminals getting away with it? 17:40Comedian Jimmy Carr provoked outrage after a joke about Roma victims of the Holocaust. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00World leaders begin a week of diplomacy to try to prevent a Russian invasion of Ukraine. 18:305/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
| 18:00The Health Secretary sets out fresh targets and promises more diagnostic centres. 18:301/4Satirical sketches on modern life.
| 18:00All remaining Covid rules in England could be scrapped a month earlier than planned. 18:302/4Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam play a long-married couple with a broken-hearted house guest
| 18:00Diplomatic attempts to ease tensions over Russia and Ukraine are gathering pace. 18:303/6The offer of an honorary degree at an ex-polytechnic sends Peter into a depressive spiral.
| 18:00Priti Patel says whoever replaces Dame Cressida Dick must restore trust in the force. 18:307/10Andy Zaltzman and the team are back in BBC's Radio Theatre for the first time in 2 years.
| 18:00The President has reiterated his commitment to diplomacy in a call with Vladimir Putin. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Germany warns Europe could be on verge of war but Ukraine says such claims are unhelpful 18:15Audrey Brown picks the best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Mia issues a stern warning. 19:15James Smith, lead singer of breakthrough band Yard Act on their debut album The Overload.
| 19:00Wires are crossed for Chelsea. 19:15Black and white films, Oscar nominations and Hannah Silva.
| 19:00Tom takes some emotional steps. 19:15Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi's films Drive My Car and Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy reviewed.
| 19:00Natasha is stunned by an unexpected gesture. 19:15Countertenor Kangmin Justin Kim on the creation of his drag persona Kimchilia Bartoli.
| 19:00Greg Jenner hears a clip from 1935 featuring Fred Perry. 19:15Anna Lapwood, Abel Selaocoe and Phil Thornalley continue the music journey.
| 19:00Comedian Jimmy Carr provoked outrage after a joke about Roma victims of the Holocaust. 19:15Paul Costelloe, fashion designer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
| 19:00There’s a shock for Rex. 19:15Marian and Tara tackle the menopause, frisky dreams and a troubling bacon sandwich. 19:456/10With Monica still missing, the producers must scramble to keep the production on track.
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| 20:00 | 20:003/3Jeremy Bowen returns home to Wales in search of what it means to be Welsh. 20:30What - if anything - do we owe to people who have not yet been born?
| 20:00Drink spiking – are some criminals getting away with it? 20:40The Elections Bill is going through Parliament, with potential changes to the way we vote.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze 20:45One girl's story of exile and soldiering during World War Two.
| 20:00What does the government's recently published white paper mean for levelling up? 20:30Prices are rising - but are we heading into an unprecedented economic period?
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from The Witham in Barnard Castle. 20:50Sara Wheeler reflects on the harm done by seeing only from our own point of view.
| 20:00Rev Joel Love explores the relationship between the Anglican Church and LGBTQ+ Christians
| 20:00Boris Johnson has been ticked off for misleading Parliament on jobs and on crime. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a singer, a polo player and a Buddhist monk.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Don’t mess with the Russians. 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Penelope Corfield, Tristram Hunt and Philip McCann.
| 21:00We talk to the doctor behind the first successful pig heart to human operation. 21:306/9Twenty years on, Gavanndra is struggling to make sense of a childhood trauma.
| 21:00True stories of life-changing encounters with art in all its forms. 21:30Exposing the truth behind drone strikes and human rights abuses.
| 21:00Record-breaking energy extraction gets us closer to nuclear fusion at the UK-based JET lab 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most influential thinkers of the last century.
| 21:001/4Stuart Russell asks how artificial intelligence could transform our world
| 21:006/8The arrival of Herod’s mother, Fatima, introduces a new player in the fight for power. 21:452/5The myth of the Northumbrian Hedley Cow comes to life in a contemporary setting.
| 21:00Extra cost of living squeeze for people on state pension and benefits. 21:25Hannah Beynon makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Read for Good 21:30What - if anything - do we owe to people who have not yet been born?
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| 22:00 | 22:00French President holding talks over Ukraine crisis with Vladimir Putin 22:451/10Piranesi witnesses the joining of three tides and introduces us to the House inhabitants.
| 22:00French President briefs EU leaders following trips to Moscow and Kyiv 22:452/10The birds bring Piranesi a message to the House.
| 22:00England would be first country in Europe to ditch self-isolation rules 22:453/10Piranesi finds mysterious scraps of paper - and a meeting makes him uneasy.
| 22:00London Mayor loses faith in Dame Cressida Dick 22:454/10The House has an unexpected visitor and The Other warns Piranesi about 16.
| 22:00White House: "distinct possibility" Russia could invade in the coming days 22:455/10Piranesi begins to recover details that the House has made him forget.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen asks Julie Sedivy about what happens when we lose our first language. 23:30Susan Hulme reports as MPs ask why a plan to address NHS waiting lists has been delayed.
| 23:00Fi and Jane are joined by broadcaster Helena Merriman. 23:30Sean Curran reports as the health secretary unveils his NHS backlog plan.
| 23:005/8Why not having a tail is human beings' greatest loss. 23:153/4Stand-up John Moloney, returns to the stage to do what he does best - tell funny stories. 23:30News from Westminster with Susan Hulme.
| 23:00Dominic Frisby hosts a panel show about what we think we know and what we actually know. 23:30Sean Curran reports as the UK expands its powers to sanction Russia over Ukraine.
| 23:00Writers Katherine Rundell and Nathan Filer bring their favourite books to the table. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports on the long-running debate about repairing the Houses of Parliament.
| 23:007/13The wide ranging music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini 23:30Roger McGough's guest is Jo Clement, a Northumbrian poet of Romany heritage.
| 23:00Escape the now and immerse yourself in a lost 12th-century world. 23:30Jo Fidgen considers the challenges faced by soldiers with religious faith in wartime.
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