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This is a list of events taking place in 2020 relating to Television in the United Kingdom.

Events

January

Date Event
1 Part One of Spyfall, the first episode of Series 12 of Doctor Who, is broadcast on BBC One. The episode sees the return of the Doctor's adversary, the Master, portrayed by Sacha Dhawan, as well as featuring Stephen Fry and Lenny Henry in prominent roles.[1][2] Overnight viewing figures indicate an audience of 4.88 million viewers, making it the second-highest overnight viewership for the night after Emmerdale with an audience of 5 million.[3]
Miranda Hart is reunited with the cast of her eponymous sitcom, Miranda to celebrate its tenth anniversary in a special show recorded at the London Palladium.[4]
BBC One airs Craig David Rocks Big Ben Live to welcome in the New Year.[5]
Dracula, a new three-part take on the Bram Stoker novel of the same name, begins airing on BBC One.[6]
2 Figures released by the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB) indicate the 2019 Christmas special of Gavin & Stacey to be the most viewed scripted television programme of the 2010s, with an audience of 17.1 million. Only sporting events and the 2010 series of The X Factor were seen by more viewers.[7]
The actress Amanda Henderson appears as a contestant on Celebrity Mastermind. By the following day a clip of her giving an incorrect answer to a question about the Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg has been watched more than five million times. When asked to name the teenage activist, Henderson replies with "Sharon", a response that prompts Thunberg to change the name on her Twitter account to Sharon in jest, and leads to some online criticism of the actress.[8][9]
4 BBC Two airs an evening of programmes dedicated to Clive James, with two editions of Clive James's Postcard from... about Sydney and London, and an edition of Front Row Late featuring James from 2018.[10]
The Masked Singer, a reality show based on a South Korean series of the same name, makes its British television debut on ITV.[11][12]
5 Dancing on Ice returns for a twelfth series, and becomes the first UK competitive reality television show to pair a same-sex partnership, with Ian "H" Watkins teaming up with professional ice skater Matt Evers.[13][14]
6 ITV revamps and extends its breakfast programming. The changes see Good Morning Britain being extended by 30 minutes, running until 9am, with Lorraine on air for a full hour, from 9am until 10am. The change removes the historic 9.25am demarcation between breakfast and daytime programming that had existed since breakfast television launched on ITV in 1983.[15]
8 The Advertising Standards Authority upholds a complaint against Love Island contestant Molly Mae Hague over a social media post of her wearing an outfit from an online retailer that was not identifiable as advertising.[16]
10 Samira Ahmed wins an equal pay case she brought against the BBC over the difference in pay between herself for presenting Newswatch and Jeremy Vine for presenting Points of View.[17]
12 BBC Two airs Louis Theroux: Selling Sex, a documentary in which Louis Theroux examines the world of online sex workers in the United Kingdom.[18]
Love Island returns to ITV2 for its sixth series, with Laura Whitmore as presenter. Overnight viewing figures indicate the launch episode of what is the first series to be aired in winter is seen by an average audience of 2.51 million; the figure is down 800,000 on the launch episode of the previous series aired in summer 2019.[19]
13 ITV launches Week 3 of its "Creates" Ident package in 2020, designed by Saj Fareed and Asian Women's Resource Centre.[20]
14 Love Island contestant Ollie Williams voluntarily leaves the show after less than three days as a participant.[21]
15 BBC Director-General Tony Hall outlines plans that will see at least two thirds of the BBC's staff based outside London by 2027.[22]
16 Legislation is drafted before Parliament allowing the use of television cameras during trials at Crown Courts in England and Wales, but only the judges will be filmed.[23]
Sandi Toksvig announces she is leaving her presenting role with The Great British Bake Off after three years.[24]
The actor Laurence Fox appears as a panelist on Question Time, where he clashes with an audience member who argues the media's treatment of Megan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has been racist.[25]
20 Tony Hall announces his intention to step down as Director-General of the BBC in Summer 2020 following seven years in the role.[26]
21 Netflix reveals that its drama The Crown has been watched by 73 million households worldwide.[27]
22 BBC media editor Amol Rajan confirms that The Victoria Derbyshire Show is to come to an end as part of £80m worth of savings being made to the BBC's news service.[28] The programme will end later in the year, with BBC Director of News Fran Unsworth stating that it is "no longer cost-effective" to keep it on air.[29]
23 The BBC announced that Brexitcast will be renamed Newscast after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union on 31 January.[30][31]
25 Fans of The Goodies asked to choose their favourite episode of the 1970s comedy show have selected the sketch "Kung Fu Kapers" to be screened at a festival celebrating the series' 50th anniversary.[32]
26 In the Doctor Who episode "Fugitive of the Judoon", Jo Martin makes history by becoming the first black actress to portray the role of the Doctor in a previously unseen incarnation of the Time Lord.[33]
27 A petition to save the BBC Red Button service and signed by more than 100 organisations is handed to the BBC and 10 Downing Street.[34]
ITV apologises following the broadcast of the previous weekend's installment of The Masked Singer during which panellist Jonathan Ross suggested one of the singers could be Natalie Cole, who died in 2015.[35]
28 ITV broadcasts the 25th National Television Awards, with David Walliams as host.[36]
29 BBC News announces it will shed 450 posts, including roles from Newsnight and BBC Radio 5 Live, as part of £80m worth of savings being made by the BBC.[37]
The BBC suspends its plans to discontinue the red button text service, which was due to close on 30 January.[38]
It is announced that ITV News presenter Alastair Stewart had been fired from his role after what ITV News described as "errors of judgment in [his] use of social media", though they have not elaborated on the nature of what happened.[39]
Channel 4's First Dates is to move to a new venue, relocating from London to Manchester for the next series.[40]
31 Brexit Day, the day the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, is marked by all major broadcasters, including a BBC News special covering events, and editions of ITV News at Ten and Channel 4's The Last Leg dedicated to the occasion. There is also a pre-recorded speech from Prime Minister Boris Johnson scheduled for broadcast at 10.00pm (an hour before the UK's official exit) in which he attempts to reassure viewers that Brexit is "not an end, but a beginning", but both the BBC and ITV main news bulletins choose not to broadcast the three-minute speech in its entirety.[41][42]
Imelda Staunton will play Queen Elizabeth II in the fifth and final series of the Netflix drama The Crown, it is announced.[43]
Harley Bird, the actress who voices Peppa Pig, will step down from the role after more than a decade, it is announced. She will be replaced by Amelie Bea Smith, who will make her debut in an episode of the cartoon shown on 14 February.[44]

February

Date Event
2 It is revealed that Caprice Bourret has left Dancing on Ice to "recover and look after herself and her family".[45]
4 To coincide with the broadcast of Mary Beard's Shock of the Nude on BBC Two, BBC Two announces Life Drawing Live!, a two-hour programme presented by Josie D'Arby in which life drawing experts guide a group of artists in how to create a life drawing while viewers are also encouraged to create their own work.[46]
5 Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan launches a public consultation about the possible decriminalisation of non-payment of the television licence.[47]
7 Coronation Street airs its landmark 10,000th episode.[48]
ITV announces that The X Factor will not return in 2020, but instead take a twelve month break before returning in 2021 [49]
This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield gives an interview to his co-presenter Holly Willoughby in which he speaks openly about his sexuality after releasing a statement on social media in which he comes out as gay.[50]
10 ITV launches Week 7 of its "Creates" Ident package in 2020, designed by Hermione Allsopp and Hastings Furniture Service.[51]
11 David Attenborough will present A Perfect Planet, a five-part series showing how natural forces help the world to thrive.[52]
ITV axes its dating game show Take Me Out after eleven series.[53]
12 The government announces plans to extend the remit of the media regulator Ofcom to include internet and social media content in the UK.[54]
13 Oliver Dowden is appointed as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in a cabinet reshuffle, replacing Nicky Morgan.[55]
The BBC announces that after forty-three years on BBC Two, Top Gear will move to BBC One for its twenty-ninth series.[56]
Bill Turnbull will stand in for Piers Morgan as co-presenter of Good Morning Britain for three days while Morgan takes a break later in the month.[57]
14 Fitness coach Joe Wicks becomes the latest celebrity to read a CBeebies Bedtime Story; he reads Love Monster and the Perfect Present by Rachel Bright.[58]
15 ITV2 pulls the day's edition of Love Island from its schedule following the death of the show's former presenter Caroline Flack.[59] The following day's episode is also cancelled.[60]
Nicola Roberts wins the first series of The Masked Singer.[61] Overnight figures indicate the show's grand final had an average audience of 6.4 million viewers.[62]
17 Love Island returns to ITV2 with a tribute to Caroline Flack.[63][64]
18 ITV broadcasts the 2020 Brit Awards, presented by Jack Whitehall.[65]
19 EastEnders celebrates its 35th Anniversary.[66]
21 The BBC announces that its consumer affairs programme Watchdog will be subsumed into The One Show from Spring 2020.[67]
June Brown makes her final onscreen appearance in EastEnders as Dot Cotton.[68]
22 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway returns to ITV for a new series. The first episode attracts 87 complaints to Ofcom following a raunchy performance by the Pussycat Dolls.[69]
23 Finn Tapp and Paige Turley win series six of Love Island.[70]
26 ITV announces a shakeup of its weekend Breakfast schedule that will see the launch of two new programmes. Kate Garraway will present Breakfast at Garraway's on Saturday, while Sundays will see Martin and Roman Kemp presenting front Martin & Roman’s Sunday Best.[71]
27 Singer-songwriter James Newman is chosen to represent the United Kingdom at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest with his song "My Last Breath".[72]
29 The controversial Ken Russell film Dance of the Seven Veils about German composer Richard Strauss, which was last aired in February 1970, is to be screened at the 2020 Keswick Film Festival. The film attracted complaints at the time because of its sex scenes, and prompted Strauss's family to withdraw their permission for the use of his music after he was depicted as a Nazi sympathiser, a move that effectively banned the film from being shown again until the copyright on his work had expired.[73][74]

March

Date Event
3 Sky and Disney secure a deal to make the Disney+ streaming service available on Sky Q when the channel is launched later in the month.[75]The deal also gives the service streaming rights to show The Simpsons after speculation that it would not be available
6 Kevin Clifton announces he is leaving Strictly Come Dancing after seven years.
7 Michael and Jowita win the second series of The Greatest Dancer.
8 Joe Swash and dance partner Alex Murphy win series twelve of Dancing on Ice.
24 Disney+ will launch in the UK, featuring The Mandalorian, High School Musical: The Series, Forky Asks a Question and more. It will also be the first streaming service in the UK to feature The Simpsons after Sky and Disney secured a deal to make Disney+ available on Sky Q.
26 Doctors celebrates its 20th anniversary.[76]

April

Date Event

May

Date Event

June

Date Event
– The BBC's ending of free television licences for over-75s is due to come into force.[77]

July

Date Event

August

Date Event

September

Date Event

October

Date Event
23 Hollyoaks celebrates its 25th anniversary.[78]

November

Date Event

December

Date Event
9 Coronation Street celebrates its 60th Anniversary.[79]

Debuts

BBC

Date Debut Channel
1 January Dracula BBC One
Earth’s Tropical Islands BBC Two
Veganville BBC Three
4 January First and Last BBC One
9 January Baby Chimp Rescue BBC Two
15 January Good Omens
21 January Chris Packham: 7.7 Billion People and Counting
25 January Shrill BBC Three
27 January Crime: Are We Tough Enough? BBC One
Great Asian Railway Journeys BBC Two
Love Monster CBeebies
The Windermere Children BBC Two
28 January Young, Sikh and Proud BBC One
30 January Life Cinematic BBC Four
2 February Art on the BBC
3 February Shock of the Nude with Mary Beard BBC Two
4 February Life Drawing Live! BBC Four
9 February The Pale Horse BBC One
14 February Get Even BBC Three
5 March Noughts and Crosses BBC One
April Little Mix: The Search[80]
Unknown The Iraq War
ABBA: Thank You for the Music, An All-Star Tribute

ITV

Date Debut Channel
4 January The Masked Singer ITV
8 January White House Farm
19 February Harry Redknapp's Sandbanks Summer
24 February Flesh and Blood
1 March McDonald & Dodds
4 March The Trouble with Maggie Cole
15 March Belgravia
Unknown Rollin' In It
Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow
Because the Night
Tenacity
The Singapore Grip
Des
The Pembrokeshire Murders
How to Spend It Well on Holiday

Channel 4

Date Debut Channel
8 January Meat the Family Channel 4
10 January Deadwater Fell
21 January Crazy Delicious
19 February Jon Snow's Very Hard Questions More4
Unknown Songland Channel 4
10 March Five Guys a Week

Channel 5

Other channels

Date Debut Channel
Unknown Little Birds Sky Atlantic

Channels

New channels/streaming services

Date Channel
27 January Sky Comedy[81]
24 March Disney+
Spring Sky Documentaries[82]
Sky Nature[82]

Defunct channels/Streaming Services

Date Channel
7 January 5Spike[83]
VH1
9 January Box Upfront
27 January Universal TV
23 March DisneyLife

Rebranding channels

Date Old Name New Name
21 January Home HGTV
TBA History Sky History
H2 Sky History 2

Television shows

Changes of network affiliation

Programme Moved from Moved to
Taskmaster Dave Channel 4
Top Gear BBC Two BBC One
The Simpsons Channel 4, Sky One Disney+

Returning this year after a break of one year or longer

Programme Date(s) of original removal Original channel(s) Date of return New channel(s)
Got What It Takes? 28 November 2018 CBBC 8 January 2020 N/A (same channel as original)
Crackerjack! 21 December 1984 BBC TV/BBC One 17 January 2020 CBBC
She-Ra: Princess of Power 30 March 1989 ITV 1 February 2020 CBBC (as She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway 21 March 2009
7 April 2018 		22 February 2020 N/A (same channel as original)
Ready Steady Cook 2 February 2010 BBC Two 2 March 2020 BBC One

1920s

Programme Date
BBC Wimbledon 1927–present

1950s

Programme Date
Panorama (1953–present)
Eurovision Song Contest (1956–present)
The Sky at Night (1957–present)
Final Score (1958–present)
(part of Grandstand 1958–2001)
Blue Peter (1958–present)

1960s

Programme Date
Coronation Street (1960–present)
Maigret (1960–1963, 1992–1993, 2016–present)
Points of View (1961–present)
Songs of Praise
University Challenge (1962–1987, 1994–present)
Doctor Who (1963–1989, 1996, 2005–present)
Horizon (1964–present)
Match of the Day
Top of the Pops (1964–present)
(only at Christmas 2006–present)
Gardeners' World (1968–present)
A Question of Sport (1968, 1970–present)

1970s

Programme Date
Emmerdale (1972–present)
Mastermind (including Celebrity Mastermind) (1972–1997, 2003–present)
Newsround (1972–present)
Football Focus (1974–present)
Arena (1975–present)
One Man and His Dog (1976–present)
Top Gear (1977–2001, 2002–present)
Antiques Roadshow (1979–present)
Question Time

1980s

Programme Date
Children in Need (1980–present)
Countdown (1982–present)
ITV Breakfast (1983–present)
Thomas & Friends (1984–present)
EastEnders (1985–present)
Watchdog
Comic Relief
Catchphrase (1986–2002, 2013–present)
Casualty (1986–present)
Fifteen to One (1988–2003, 2013–present)
Red Dwarf (1988–1999, 2009, 2012–present)
This Morning (1988–present)
Countryfile

1990s

Programme Date
The Crystal Maze (1990–1995, 2016–present)
Have I Got News for You (1990–present)
MasterChef (1990–2001, 2005–present)
ITV News Meridian (1993–present)
Junior MasterChef (1994–1999, 2010–present)
Top of the Pops 2 (1994–present)
Hollyoaks (1995–present)
Soccer AM
Silent Witness (1996–present)
Midsomer Murders (1997–present)
Teletubbies (1997–2002, 2007–2009, 2012, 2015–present)
Y Clwb Rygbi (1997–present)
Cold Feet (1998–2003, 2016–present)
Classic Emmerdale (1998–2004, 2019–present)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (1998–2014, 2018–present)
Holby City (1999–present)
Loose Women

2000s

Programme Date
2000
Bargain Hunt (2000–present)
BBC Breakfast
Click
Doctors
A Place in the Sun
The Unforgettable (2000–2002, 2010–present)
Unreported World (2000–present)
2001
BBC South East Today (2001–present)
Rogue Traders (2001–present)
(part of Watchdog 2009–present)
2002
Escape to the Country (2002–present)
Flog It! (2002–2019)
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (2002–present)
Inside Out
Most Haunted (2002–2010, 2014–present)
River City (2002–present)
Saturday Kitchen
Still Game (2002–2019)
2003
QI (2003–present)
Eggheads
Extraordinary People
Homes Under the Hammer
Traffic Cops
2004
Match of the Day 2 (2004–present)
Strictly Come Dancing
The X Factor
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
The Culture Show
Football First
The Gadget Show
Live at the Apollo
NewsWatch
SadlerVision
Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two
Who Do You Think You Are?
2005
8 Out of 10 Cats (2005–present)
Coach Trip (2005–2006, 2009–2012, 2013–present)
The Andrew Marr Show (2005–present)
The Adventure Show
The Apprentice
Dragons' Den
The Hotel Inspector
Mock the Week
Springwatch
SuperCasino (2005–2019)
2006
The Album Chart Show (2006–present)
Animal Spies!
The Apprentice: You're Fired!
Banged Up Abroad
Cricket AM
Dickinson's Real Deal
Don't Get Done, Get Dom
Horrid Henry
Monkey Life
Not Going Out
The One Show
People & Power
Peschardt's People
The Secret Millionaire (2006–2008, 2010–present)
2007
Britain's Got Talent (2007–present)
Would I Lie to You?
Benidorm
The Big Questions
Don't Tell the Bride
The Graham Norton Show
Heir Hunters
Helicopter Heroes
London Ink
Shaun the Sheep
Real Rescues
The Hot Desk
2008
An Là (2008–present)
Big & Small
Celebrity Juice
Chuggington
Only Connect
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Police Interceptors
Rubbernecker
Seachd Là
2009
Pointless (2009–present)
The Chase
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Countrywise
Cowboy Trap
Piers Morgan's Life Stories
Rip Off Britain

2010s

Programme Date
2010
Dinner Date (2010–present)
The Great British Bake Off
Great British Railway Journeys
A League of Their Own
Little Crackers
Lorraine
Luther
The Only Way Is Essex
Sherlock
Sunday Morning Live
2011
All Over the Place (2011–present)
The Amazing World of Gumball
Black Mirror
Four Rooms
Hacker Time
Horrible Histories: Gory Games
Junior Bake Off
Made in Chelsea
Match of the Day Kickabout
Sam & Mark's Big Friday Wind-Up
Show Me What You're Made Of
Vera
2012
4 O'Clock Club (2012–present)
Endeavour
Call the Midwife
Great Continental Railway Journeys
Stand Up To Cancer
The Voice UK
Tipping Point
Naomi's Nightmares of Nature
Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs
Operation Ouch!
Claimed and Shamed
2013
The Dumping Ground (2013–present)
Dani's Castle
Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom
Caught Red Handed
Officially Amazing
Shetland
Big Star's Little Star
The Dog Rescuers
Still Open All Hours
2014
Agatha Raisin (2014–present)
Boomers
The Dog Ate My Homework
The Jump
The Great Interior Design Challenge
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
Happy Valley
Holiday of My Lifetime (2014, 2016–present)
In the Club (2014–present)
Chasing Shadows
Judge Rinder
Grantchester
Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans
Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davis
Scrambled!
Who's Doing the Dishes?
24 Hours in Police Custody
GPs: Behind Closed Doors
2015
The Almost Impossible Gameshow (2015–present)
The Dengineers
Doctor Foster
Eat Well for Less?
The Frankenstein Chronicles
Hetty Feather
Hive Minds
Hoff the Record
Hunted
In Therapy
Josh
Jeremy Kyle Emergency Room
The Kyle Files
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Ninja Warrior UK
Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords
No Offence
Poldark
Real Stories with Ranvir Singh
Safe House
SAS: Who Dares Wins
The Saturday Show
Scream Street
Simply Nigella
So Awkward
Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week
Taskmaster
Thunderbirds Are Go
Victoria Derbyshire
Wild & Weird
10,000 BC
2016
The A Word (2016–present)
All Over the Workplace
Bake Off: The Professionals
Borderline
Cash Trapped (2016–2017, 2019–present)
Class Dismissed
The Crown (2016–present)
The Cruise
Got What It Takes?
Insert Name Here
The Level
Marcella
Masterpiece
Naked Attraction
The Night Manager
No Such Thing as the News
The Premier League Show
Spot Bots
Tenable
Top Class
Upstart Crow
Victoria
The Windsors
2017
Ackley Bridge (2017–present)
All Round to Mrs. Brown's
Back
Bancroft
Beyond 100 Days
This Country
Electric Dreams
The Good Karma Hospital
The Voice Kids
Impossible
Jamestown
Keeping Faith
Liar
The Mash Report
Numberblocks
The Playlist
Remotely Funny
The Repair Shop
Riviera
Sounds Like Friday Night
Strike
Taboo
Tracey Breaks the News
Trust Me
White Gold
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
2018
Bodyguard (2018–present)
Britannia
Bulletproof
Chase the Case
The Circle
Defending the Guilty
Derry Girls
A Discovery of Witches
Killing Eve
Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema
McMafia
Peston
The Real Football Fan Show
Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators
The Split
Stath Lets Flats
There She Goes
2019
The Greatest Dancer (2019–present)
The Hit List

Ending this year

Date(s) Programme Channel(s) Debut(s)
23 January Baby Chimp Rescue BBC Two 2020
26 January The Trial of Christine Keeler BBC One 2019
31 January Deadwater Fell Channel 4 2020
10 February Take Me Out ITV 2010
12 February White House Farm 2020
16 February The Pale Horse BBC One
2020 Victoria Derbyshire BBC News
BBC Two 		2015

Deaths

Date Name Age Broadcast credibility
3 January Derek Acorah[84][85] 69 Television medium and psychic (Most Haunted, Derek Acorah's Ghost Towns)
Christopher Beeny[86] 78 Actor (Upstairs, Downstairs, In Loving Memory, Last of the Summer Wine)
12 January Tony Garnett[87] 83 Television and film producer (Kes, Earth Girls Are Easy, Cathy Come Home)
17 January Derek Fowlds[88] 82 Actor (Yes Minister, The Basil Brush Show, Heartbeat)
18 January Peter Hobday[89] 82 News presenter (Today, Newsnight, World at One)
21 January Terry Jones[90] 77 Actor, writer, comedian and film director (Monty Python, Ripping Yarns)
28 January Nicholas Parsons[91] 96 Actor and presenter (Sale of the Century, Just a Minute)
31 January Andrée Melly[92] 87 Actress (The Brides of Dracula)
1 February Charles Wood[93] 87 Screenwriter (The Knack ...and How to Get It, Help!, Iris)
6 February Raphaël Coleman[94] 25 Actor (Nanny McPhee, It's Alive, The Fourth Kind)
14 February John Shrapnel[95] 77 Actor (Nicholas and Alexandra, England, My England, Elizabeth: The Golden Age)
15 February Caroline Flack[96][97] 40 Television presenter (Love Island, The X Factor, Strictly Come Dancing)
16 February Pearl Carr[98] 98 Singer (Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson) and UK Eurovision contestant (1959)
Frances Cuka[99] 83 Actress (Scrooge, Casualty, Friday Night Dinner)
19 February Heather Couper[100] 70 Astronomer and broadcaster (The Sky at Night)
26 February Michael Medwin[101] 96 Actor (Shoestring, Scrooge, The Army Game)
27 February Natasha Reddican[102] 31 Television producer (The Jeremy Kyle Show)

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