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Weekend World (1972–1988)
TV Series | News
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Producers
Nelson Mews (producer) | Julian Norridge (producer) | Jane Hewland (producer) | David Aaronovitch (producer) & 22 more
Cinematographers
Francis De Groote (photography) | Paul Turtle (photography)
Editors
Hugh Pile | David Cox | Nick Elliott | Jeremy Bugler & 2 more
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Updated Oct 1, 1972
Release date (First episode)
Oct 1, 1972 (United Kingdom)

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Cast

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241 cast members
Name Episodes Known for
Brian Walden
Self - Presenter / Self - Presenter in Dublin Self - Presenter / Self - Presenter in Dublin   See fewer
284
The New Statesman (1987)
Peter Jay
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
145
The London Programme (1975)
Matthew Parris
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
74
To the Ends of the Earth (1997)
Mary Holland
Self - Presenter / Self - Reporter / Self - Interviewer Self - Presenter / Self - Reporter / Self - Interviewer   See fewer
43
Creggan (1980)
Denis Healey
Self Self   See fewer
15
Denis Healey: The Best Prime Minister Labour Never Had? (2015)
Geoffrey Howe
Self (as Sir Geoffrey Howe) Self (as Sir Geoffrey Howe)   See fewer
15
The Great Offices of State (2010)
Margaret Thatcher
Self Self   See fewer
15
SDI Star Wars (1991)
John Torode
Self - Reporter Self - Reporter   See fewer
13
Weekend World (1972)
Michael Foot
Self Self   See fewer
10
The Biter Bit (1943)
Tony Benn
Self Self   See fewer
9
Folk Britannia (2006)
Neil Kinnock
Self Self   See fewer
9
Tracey Ullman: My Guy (1984)
David Owen
Self Self   See fewer
9
The Groovy Fellers (1989)
Peter Shore
Self Self   See fewer
9
This Week (1956)
Roy Hattersley
Self Self   See fewer
9
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard (2006)
Keith Joseph
Self (as Sir Keith Joseph) Self (as Sir Keith Joseph)   See fewer
8
The London Programme (1975)
Roy Jenkins
Self Self   See fewer
8
On Trial (1960)
David Basnett
Self Self   See fewer
7
World in Action (1963)
Michael Heseltine
Self Self   See fewer
7
Anyone for Pennis? (1995)
David Steel
Self Self   See fewer
7
Hello Mum (1986)
John Nott
Self Self   See fewer
7
Tory! Tory! Tory! (2006)
Kenneth Baker
Self Self   See fewer
7
The London Programme (1975)
Nelson Mews
Self - Presenter / Self - Reporter / Self - Presenter in London Self - Presenter / Self - Reporter / Self - Presenter in London   See fewer
7
The London Programme (1975)
Edward Heath
Self Self   See fewer
6
Piano Party (1976)
John Biffen
Self Self   See fewer
6
The Wolves of Kromer (1998)
Enoch Powell
Self Self   See fewer
5
Byline (1988)
Geoffrey Rippon
Self Self   See fewer
5
World in Action (1963)
Douglas Hurd
Self Self   See fewer
5
Scotch on the Rocks (1973)
Nigel Lawson
Self Self   See fewer
5
Thatcher: The Downing Street Years (1993)
Norman Tebbit
Self Self   See fewer
5
People, Politics & Planes
Tom Jackson
Self Self   See fewer
4
This Week (1956)
Arthur Scargill
Self Self   See fewer
4
I've Got a Secret (1984)
William Craig
Self Self   See fewer
3
A Sense of Loss (1972)
Joe Gormley
Self Self   See fewer
3
This Week (1956)
Christopher Tugendhat
Self Self   See fewer
3
Panorama (I) (1953)
Len Murray
Self Self   See fewer
3
World in Action (1963)
Merlyn Rees
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3
The London Programme (1975)
James Callaghan
Self Self   See fewer
3
Battle of the Bogside (2004)
Harold Wilson
Self Self   See fewer
3
Royal Family (1969)
Julian Amery
Self Self   See fewer
3
Churchill (1992)
John Silkin
Self Self   See fewer
3
TV Eye (1978)
Ian Paisley
Self Self   See fewer
3
A Sense of Loss (1972)
Ronald Reagan
Self Self   See fewer
3
Kings Row (1942)
Robert Maclennan
Self Self   See fewer
3
This Week (1956)
Alan Clark
Self Self   See fewer
3
The Alan Clark Diaries (2004)
Norman Fowler
Self Self   See fewer
3
A Week in Politics (1982)
William Schneider
Self Self   See fewer
3
CNN America Votes 2008: Democratic National Convention (2008)
Malcolm Rifkind
Self Self   See fewer
3
This Week (1956)
George Younger
Self Self   See fewer
3
World in Action (1963)
Denzil Davies
Self Self   See fewer
3
This Week (1956)
Robin Cook
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3
The London Programme (1975)
Ian Wrigglesworth
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3
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Malcolm Bruce
Self Self   See fewer
3
A Week in Politics (1982)
John Hume
Self Self   See fewer
2
In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America (2017)
Alan Sapper
Self - General Secretary, A.C.C.T. Self - General Secretary, A.C.C.T.   See fewer
2
World in Action (1963)
Barney Hayhoe
Self Self   See fewer
2
This Week (1956)
Ray Buckton
Self Self   See fewer
2
Panorama (I) (1953)
John Gummer
Self (as John Selwyn Gummer) Self (as John Selwyn Gummer)   See fewer
2
Inside Out (1985)
Chaim Herzog
Self - via satellite Self - via satellite   See fewer
2
This Week (1956)
Garret Fitzgerald
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2
UTV Reports (1978)
Shirley Williams
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2
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John Pardoe
Self Self   See fewer
2
Look Here (1978)
William Shawcross
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Frank Byers
Self (as Lord Byers) Self (as Lord Byers)   See fewer
2
Christian Forum (1954)
Bryan Gould
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2
The London Programme (1975)
Yasser Arafat
Self Self   See fewer
2
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Leonid Brezhnev
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
2
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William Whitelaw
Self Self   See fewer
2
Thatcher: The Downing Street Years (1993)
Gerald Ford
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
2
Dynasty (1981)
Joan Lestor
Self Self   See fewer
2
A Week in Politics (1982)
Henry Kissinger
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
2
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Peter Bottomley
Self Self   See fewer
2
The London Programme (1975)
Eric Heffer
Self Self   See fewer
2
This Week (1956)
Walter Slocombe
Self Self   See fewer
2
No End in Sight (2007)
Eldon Griffiths
Self Self   See fewer
2
A Week in Politics (1982)
Edward N. Luttwak
Self Self   See fewer
2
Power Play (1978)
William Quandt
Self Self   See fewer
2
Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace (2009)
Bill Sirs
Self Self   See fewer
2
World in Action (1963)
Peter Carrington
Self (as Lord Carrington) Self (as Lord Carrington)   See fewer
2
Thatcher: The Downing Street Years (1993)
Pieter Willem Botha
Self (as P.W. Botha) Self (as P.W. Botha)   See fewer
2
Week in Week Out (1964)
Nicholas Budgen
Self Self   See fewer
2
This Week (1956)
Ian Gilmour
Self (as Sir Ian Gilmour) Self (as Sir Ian Gilmour)   See fewer
2
This Week (1956)
Michael Mates
Self Self   See fewer
2
Walden (1990)
Francis Pym
Self Self   See fewer
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This Week (1956)
Richard Burt
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Tom King
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The London Programme (1975)
Humphrey Atkins
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2
DeLorean (1981)
Ken Gill
Self Self   See fewer
2
World in Action (1963)
John Lloyd
Self Self   See fewer
2
Panorama (I) (1953)
Kenneth Clarke
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2
The London Programme (1975)
John Prescott
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2
Gavin & Stacey (2007)
John Patten
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2
A Week in Politics (1982)
Frank Dobson
Self Self   See fewer
2
The Great NHS Heist (2019)
Leon Brittan
Self Self   See fewer
2
This Week (1956)
George Walden
Self Self   See fewer
2
A Week in Politics (1982)
Paddy Ashdown
Self Self   See fewer
2
A Week in Politics (1982)
Tony Newton
Self Self   See fewer
2
The London Programme (1975)
George Young
Self (as Sir George Young) Self (as Sir George Young)   See fewer
2
The London Programme (1975)
Joe Bugner
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Street Fighter (1994)
Richard Neville
Self Self   See fewer
1
Hippie Hippie Shake
Milton Shulman
Self (as Milton Shuman) Self (as Milton Shuman)   See fewer
1
Every Home Should Have One (1970)
Dick Taverne
Self Self   See fewer
1
Bookstand (1960)
A.J.P. Taylor
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (1981)
Michael Swann
Self (as Professor Sir Michael Swann) Self (as Professor Sir Michael Swann)   See fewer
1
Young Scientists of the Year (1968)
Vic Feather
Self Self   See fewer
1
On the Move (1975)
Jimmy Reid
Self Self   See fewer
1
Jock: The Jock Stein Story (1992)
Roy Bradford
Self Self   See fewer
1
Film Profile (1955)
John McKeague
Self Self   See fewer
1
A Sense of Loss (1972)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Daniel Ellsberg
Self Self   See fewer
1
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009)
Régis Debray
Self Self   See fewer
1
Olivier, Olivier (1992)
Ramsey Clark
Self Self   See fewer
1
Castro's Spies (2020)
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Self Self   See fewer
1
Special Enquiry (1952)
Thomas Balogh
Self (as Lord Balogh) Self (as Lord Balogh)   See fewer
1
This Nation Tomorrow (1963)
Alfred Robens
Self (as Lord Robens) Self (as Lord Robens)   See fewer
1
This Question of Pressures (1969)
Frank Kearton
Self (as Lord Kearton) Self (as Lord Kearton)   See fewer
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All Our Working Lives (1984)
Derek Ezra
Self Self   See fewer
1
The London Programme (1975)
Tiny Rowland
Self Self   See fewer
1
The Mayfair Set (1999)
King Hussein
Self (as King Hussein of Jordan) Self (as King Hussein of Jordan)   See fewer
1
The Storm (1970)
Alec Douglas-Home
Self (as Sir Alec Douglas-Home) Self (as Sir Alec Douglas-Home)   See fewer
1
Reputations (1979)
Jeremy Thorpe
Self Self   See fewer
1
Midweek (1972)
Donald Stokes
Self (as Lord Stokes) Self (as Lord Stokes)   See fewer
1
This Week (1956)
Ahmed Yamani
Self (archive footage) (as Sheik Ahmed Yamani) Self (archive footage) (as Sheik Ahmed Yamani)   See fewer
1
Murray Sayle
Self Self   See fewer
1
The Great Pleasure Hunt: Japan (1986)
Nicholas Winterton
Self Self   See fewer
1
World in Action (1963)
Arnaud de Borchgrave
Self Self   See fewer
1
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Anthony Barber
Self Self   See fewer
1
This Week (1956)
Michael Fogarty
Self Self   See fewer
1
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George Brown
Self (as Lord George Brown) Self (as Lord George Brown)   See fewer
1
This Week (1956)
Jack Jones
Self Self   See fewer
1
World in Action (1963)
George Woodcock
Self Self   See fewer
1
Report from Britain (1965)
Nancy Seear
Self (as Baroness Seear) Self (as Baroness Seear)   See fewer
1
Wogan (1982)
Robert Carr
Self Self   See fewer
1
Election 74 (II) (1974)
Patrick Cosgrave
Self Self   See fewer
1
The Book Programme (1973)
Angus Maude
Self Self   See fewer
1
Panorama (I) (1953)
Paul Tyler
Self Self   See fewer
1
ITV Sunday Night Drama (1959)
Robert Mellish
Self Self   See fewer
1
Question Time (1979)
Michael Manley
Self Self   See fewer
1
Caribbean Nights: The Bob Marley Story (1982)
Barbara Castle
Self Self   See fewer
1
Churchill (1992)
Nguyen Van Thieu
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Issues and Answers (1960)
Kevin Phillips
Self Self   See fewer
1
American Secrets
Louise Turner
Self Self   See fewer
1
Dispatches (1987)
Judith Hart
Self Self   See fewer
1
World in Action (1963)
Giorgio Napolitano
Self Self   See fewer
1
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer (1984)
Cyril Smith
Self Self   See fewer
1
What's on Wogan (1980)
Clive Jenkins
Self Self   See fewer
1
A Question of News (1971)
Russell Johnston
Self Self   See fewer
1
Midweek (1972)
David Penhaligon
Self Self   See fewer
1
I've Got a Secret (1984)
Jim Sillars
Self Self   See fewer
1
This Week (1956)
Dickson Mabon
Self (as Dr. Dickson Mabon MP) Self (as Dr. Dickson Mabon MP)   See fewer
1
Panorama (I) (1953)
Brian Sedgemore
Self Self   See fewer
1
The Sunday Programme (1994)
Anwar Sadat
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Midweek (1972)
Reg Prentice
Self Self   See fewer
1
World in Action (1963)
Ann West
Self Self   See fewer
1
Beyond Grief: The 'Moors Murders' Remembered (1995)
Janie Jones
Self Self   See fewer
1
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1961)
Conor Cruise O'Brien
Self Self   See fewer
1
A Sense of Loss (1972)
Pope John Paul II
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
The Jeweller's Shop (1988)
Joel Barnett
Self Self   See fewer
1
This Week (1956)
Alan Budd
Self Self   See fewer
1
The Divide (II) (2015)
Norman St. John Stevas
Self Self   See fewer
1
This Question of Pressures (1969)
Julian Critchley
Self Self   See fewer
1
World in Action (1963)
Fred Halliday
Self Self   See fewer
1
Thinking Aloud (1984)
Walter Pincus
Self Self   See fewer
1
CBS Reports (1959)
Helmut Sonnenfeldt
Self Self   See fewer
1
ABC News Close-Up (1960)
Stuart Holland
Self Self   See fewer
1
Question Time (1979)
Alex Kitson
Self (as Alex Kitson) Self (as Alex Kitson)   See fewer
1
A Week in Politics (1982)
Michael Havers
Self (as Sir Michael Havers) Self (as Sir Michael Havers)   See fewer
1
Panorama (I) (1953)
Yuri Andropov
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Guest from the Island of Freedom (1963)
Cecil Parkinson
Self Self   See fewer
1
Thatcher: The Downing Street Years (1993)
James Akins
Self Self   See fewer
1
Occupation 101 (2006)
Harold Lever
Self (as Lord Lever) Self (as Lord Lever)   See fewer
1
Reputations (1979)
Moss Evans
Self Self   See fewer
1
TV Eye (1978)
Christopher Foxley Norris
Self (as Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris) Self (as Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris)   See fewer
1
Spitfire Ace (2004)
Terry Duffy
Self Self   See fewer
1
TV Eye (1978)
Ken Livingstone
Self Self   See fewer
1
Snakes and Ladders (1989)
Margaret Beckett
Self Self   See fewer
1
Britain's Slave Trade (1999)
Patrick Jenkin
Self Self   See fewer
1
The London Programme (1975)
Paul Johnson
Self Self   See fewer
1
This Week (1956)
Brian Mawhinney
Self Self   See fewer
1
Dream Team (1997)
Rodney Bickerstaffe
Self Self   See fewer
1
World in Action (1963)
James Woolsey
Self Self   See fewer
1
Deep Green (2010)
John Walcott
Self Self   See fewer
1
Shock and Awe (2017)
Gavin Laird
Self Self   See fewer
1
A Week in Politics (1982)
Peter Walker
Self Self   See fewer
1
Young Tigers (1964)
William Waldegrave
Self Self   See fewer
1
Points West (1957)
James Eberle
Self (as Admiral Sir James Eberle) Self (as Admiral Sir James Eberle)   See fewer
1
Hypotheticals (1990)
Pierre Lellouche
Self Self   See fewer
1
20h10 pétantes (2003)
David Waddington
Self Self   See fewer
1
This Week (1956)
John Cooley
Self Self   See fewer
1
Our Own Private Bin Laden (2006)
Stanley Karnow
Self Self   See fewer
1
Vietnam: A Television History (1983)
Stéphane Manier
Self Self   See fewer
1
Niger, la bataille de l'uranium (2008)
Stuart Young
Self Self   See fewer
1
The Richard Dimbleby Lecture (1972)
Michael Fallon
Self Self   See fewer
1
The Sunday Programme (1994)
Michael Howard
Self Self   See fewer
1
The London Programme (1975)
John Edwards
Self Self   See fewer
1
Crime Inc. (1984)
Archie Brown
Self Self   See fewer
1
Thatcher: A Very British Revolution (2019)
Stanley Orme
Self Self   See fewer
1
World in Action (1963)
Archy Kirkwood
Self Self   See fewer
1
A Week in Politics (1982)
Roy Grantham
Self Self   See fewer
1
Panorama (I) (1953)
Tony Travers
Self Self   See fewer
1
The London Programme (1975)
Peregrine Worsthorne
Self Self   See fewer
1
World in Action (1963)
John Smith
Self Self   See fewer
1
This Week (1956)
Nicholas Ridley
Self Self   See fewer
1
The London Programme (1975)
David Alton
Self Self   See fewer
1
John Cartwright
Self Self   See fewer
1
The London Programme (1975)
Ron Davies
Self Self   See fewer
1
The Sunday Programme (1994)
Hugh Rossi
Self Self   See fewer
1
This Week (1956)
Richard Livsey
Self Self   See fewer
1
Election 1987 (1987)
Michael Dukakis
Self Self   See fewer
1
Cheers (1982)
Jonathan Aitken
Self Self   See fewer
1
The London Programme (1975)
Gordon Brown
Self Self   See fewer
1
Songs of Praise (1961)
Charles Kennedy
Self Self   See fewer
1
EastEnders: Christmas Party (2004)
Denise O'Donoghue
Self - Independent Producer, Hat Trick Productiions Self - Independent Producer, Hat Trick Productiions   See fewer
1
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1988)
John Redwood
Self Self   See fewer
1
The 11 O'Clock Show (1998)
Richard Klein
Self - Reporter Self - Reporter   See fewer
1
Foreign Correspondents (1999)
Paul Corley
Self - Programme Controller, Border Television Self - Programme Controller, Border Television   See fewer
1
Bliss (1985)
Ray Snoddy
Self - Media Correspondent, Financial Times (as Raymond Snoddy) Self - Media Correspondent, Financial Times (as Raymond Snoddy)   See fewer
1
Hard News (1989)
Alan Watson
Self Self   See fewer
1
These Young People (1973)
Ken Maginnis
Self Self   See fewer
1
Death in the Fields (2010)
Bernard Weatherill
Self Self   See fewer
1
What the Papers Say (1956)
Seamus Mallon
Self Self   See fewer
1
This Week (1956)
Nicholas Scott
Self Self   See fewer
1
The London Programme (1975)
Donald Trelford
Self Self   See fewer
1
The Sundays (1998)
Teddy Taylor
Self Self   See fewer
1
Thursday Night Live (1997)
Mark Dowd
Self - Interviewer Self - Interviewer   See fewer
1
Panorama (I) (1953)
Peter Fiddick
Self - Media Editor, The Guardian Self - Media Editor, The Guardian   See fewer
1
The Television Programme (1979)
David Howell
Self Self   See fewer
1
A Week in Politics (1982)
Michael Meadowcroft
Self Self   See fewer
1
A Week in Politics (1982)
David Glencross
Self - Director of Television, I.B.A. Self - Director of Television, I.B.A.   See fewer
1
The Money Programme (1966)
Richard Dunn
Self - Managing Director, Thames Television Self - Managing Director, Thames Television   See fewer
1
Moods of Love (1972)
Leslie Hill
Self - Managing Director, Central Independent Television Self - Managing Director, Central Independent Television   See fewer
1
The Money Programme (1966)
Wenche Marshall-Foster
Self - Managing Director, Perrier UK Self - Managing Director, Perrier UK   See fewer
1
The Foods That Make Billions (2010)
Dermot Glynn
Self - Managing Director, N.E.R.A. Self - Managing Director, N.E.R.A.   See fewer
1
Weekend World (1972)
Jay Blumler
Self - Centre for TV Research, Leeds University (as Professor Jay Blumler) Self - Centre for TV Research, Leeds University (as Professor Jay Blumler)   See fewer
1
Weekend World (1972)
Cento Veljanovski
Self - Research Director, Institute of Economic Affairs (as Dr. Cento Veljanovski) Self - Research Director, Institute of Economic Affairs (as Dr. Cento Veljanovski)   See fewer
1
Weekend World (1972)
Alan Peacock
Self (as Sir Alan Peacock) Self (as Sir Alan Peacock)   See fewer
1
The Public Purse (1970)
Brian Jacobs
Self - Executive Media Director, Leo Burnett Advertising Self - Executive Media Director, Leo Burnett Advertising   See fewer
1
Weekend World (1972)
Andrew Quinn
Self - Managing Director, Granada Television Self - Managing Director, Granada Television   See fewer
1
Weekend World (1972)
David Shaw
Self - Director, Independent Television Association Self - Director, Independent Television Association   See fewer
1
Weekend World (1972)
Samuel Brittan
Self - Member, Peacock Committee Self - Member, Peacock Committee   See fewer
1
The Public Purse (1970)
David McCall
Self - Chairman, ITV Association Council Self - Chairman, ITV Association Council   See fewer
1
Weekend World (1972)
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