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They recorded two episodes yesterday, the first of which is being <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/cgi-perl\/whatson\/prog_parse.cgi?FILENAME=20070625\/20070625_1130_49700_47154_30\">broadcast this morning<\/a> at 11.30am on Radio 4. 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