| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Spectacular cities - from Kazakhstan to the United Arab Emirates. 00:45Bells on Sunday from the Cathedral Church of Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary & St. Andrew 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Cherry blossoms are synonymous with Japan and the United Kingdom, but what is their story?(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Collingwood Ingram was to set become a world expert in cherry trees. But what to do next?(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5In 1926, Ingram speaks at the annual meeting of the Cherry Association of Japan.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5By the 1930s, the link between cherries and national identity was undeniable in Japan.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Ingram continues his work with cherries until his death at 100 years old.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30AL Kennedy’s witty and uplifting story inspired by this week’s news.(R) 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 shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Pádraig Ó Tuama. 05:45Warnings that the government's promises on animal welfare standards can't be trusted. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the Arctic specialist the king eider duck.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Pádraig Ó Tuama. 05:45Scientists are developing technology to tell farmers how pigs are feeling. 05:58David Attenborough presents the guillemot.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Pádraig Ó Tuama. 05:45The programme asks if raw milk should be available in shops. 05:58Audio-visual artist Kathy Hinde is captivated by a flock of pink-footed geese.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Pádraig Ó Tuama. 05:45Farmers fear abstracting water for irrigation could be restricted. 05:58Ecologist Penny Anderson discovers a garden warbler singing in her garden.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Pádraig Ó Tuama. 05:45Could pine martens save the UK millions in woodland management costs? 05:58David Rothenberg on the jazz artist of the bird world - the humble robin.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Lezley Stewart. 05:45iPM visits Islay and finds out what makes the island community tick
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday from the Parish Church of St. Peter, Tiverton in Devon 05:45Sandi Mann on Peter and the lies we tell each other.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs programme, including Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Yesterday in Parliament and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Yesterday in Parliament and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Yesterday in Parliament and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Yesterday in Parliament and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Clare Balding and the newly appointed Troubadour of the Hills take a poem for a walk(R) 06:30Sybil Ruscoe visits Fingle Woods in Devon, to learn about ancient woodland restoration 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 06:05Michael Symmons Roberts turns his attention to the stars and how they influence our lives. 06:35Lindsey Chapman updates this Living World, from 2011, on brown hares in Hertfordshire. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00News headlines and sport.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, with Edward Stourton 07:54Jeremy Deller makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Koestler Trust 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31The latest news from Westminster with Sean Curran.
| 08:31Susan Hulme has the best of Tuesday at Westminster.
| 08:31The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
| 08:31The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
| 08:51Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster as MPs debate the latest Brexit developments.
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Live from Kerith Community Church, Bracknell; with Simon Benham and Paul Cowley MBE 08:48Sarah Dunant on the thorny relationship between culture and the money that supports it. 08:58Peace and environment activist Satish Kumar on his love of blackbirds in Devon.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Xinran, Julia Lovell, David KS Tse and Roel Sterckx. 09:45A short act of worship with reading, reflection and prayer.
| 09:00Professor Corinne Le Quéré talks to Jim Al-Khalili about tracing global carbon. 09:30Chief Rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis discusses mourning with Euella Jackson. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by the Rev Ernie Rea.
| 09:00Actor Tom Hiddleston talks to composer Nicholas Britell. 09:30Jenny Kleeman explores places at the extremes of UK society. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Katharine Longworth.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 'the only influential poet of the Victorian age'. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Fr Andrew Martlew.
| 09:00Marlon James, writer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.(R) 09:45A space for spiritual reflection led by the Rev Nick Bundock.
| 09:00Extreme sleeper Phoebe Smith, historian David Olusoga and crochetdermist Shauna Richardson
| 09:00News with Paddy O'Connell, including a Brexit briefing plus the Great Escape remembered.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Lupita Nyong'o, Bryony Frost, Cervical smears, Nice Nailantei Leng'ete, Eleanor Anstruther 10:456/10Is Fielding right? Is there something in India that doesn't suit English ladies?
| 10:00Mary Berry makes a trifle. Plus a discussion about the rise of teenagers taking ketamine. 10:457/10Godbole and Fielding have missed the train but Aziz seems to have everything under control
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:418/10The reverberations of the shocking arrest echo around Chandrapore. 10:55Good friends Alanah and Shannon share stories of being bullied in childhood.
| 10:00Jacinda Ardern's leadership; W series motor racing; talking to a child with a disability 10:459/10The English close ranks and remain stiff and upper lipped. The Marabar echo still looms.
| 10:00Cyclone Idai. Director Carol Morley. Author Tomi Adeyemi. Dealing with losing your mum. 10:4510/10The trial over. A victory won. Fielding now has to arrange a passage back to England.
| 10:30Comedian James Veitch gets a challenge from his Radio 4 producer.
| 10:00Helen's lies catch up with her and there's an awkward encounter for Alan.
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| 11:00 | 11:001/2Lucas Laursen seeks the missing loved ones, eighty years after the Spanish Civil War. 11:303/4A Liverpudlian pensioner rediscovers an unhealthy lust for murder...
| 11:00Alan Dein speaks to strangers around the world about life on and off the road. 11:30Did a Japanese courtesan wear this robe? Cathy FitzGerald visits the floating world.
| 11:00Tiffany Jenkins on the use and misuse of 'gagging clauses' or non-disclosure agreements 11:303/4After another accident involving a member of the musical's cast, Charles gets suspicious.
| 11:00The bullets that shattered the image that New Zealand is a place apart. 11:30Author Jan Carson with stories from a changing sea between Scotland and Northern Ireland.
| 11:00Branwen Jeffreys on how the fallout from a fiscal illusion will impact universities. 11:304/4Stephen plucks up the courage to reveal a secret.(R)
| 11:00George Parker of The Financial Times reviews the political week. 11:30Hospitality in the Caucasus with the families of Russians returning from IS duty in Syria.
| 11:15Jacqueline de Rojas 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. 12:04Andrei has told Yulia how he feels about her at a party. And he has finally found wifi. 12:18Can you see enough to drive? Plus, mental health apps and using chlorine on food. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04The October Group tries to help a comrade who has fallen foul of the law. 12:18Are you worried about your use of strong painkillers? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Andrei is busy doing translations, and he is now officially in the October Group. 12:18Poetry to mark the spring equinox. 12:20Why are more van drivers now getting 'black box' insurance which monitors their driving? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04As Andrei and his friends enjoy the Moscow summer of 2008, Russia slides into turmoil. 12:18What we really want from our banks and what they plan to give us. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Andrei's future is decided. Written by Keith Gessen and read by Trevor White. 12:18Autism therapy, care budget cuts, local papers 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Some of the cheapest energy tariffs are only available if you agree to have a smart meter. 12:305/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:047/8Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Lee Mack and Zoe Lyons join Nicholas Parsons.(R) 12:32Robot chefs are working in burger joints and pizzerias. Will they be in our homes next? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45What in our biological and social evolution made us so angry? Oliver Burkeman finds out.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Outrage sells. Oliver Burkeman finds how companies can profit from our anger.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:43Poetry to mark the coming of spring. Pippa Haywood reads Another Spring. 13:45Anger can be seen as just, Oliver explores how it may be essential for social change.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Anger can be a destructive force, so Oliver Burkeman learns how it can be managed.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45In a political state where even the winners stay angry, what will our future be?
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Bournemouth
| 13:00Global news and analysis; presented by Mark Mardell 13:30Glasgow knife crime, parental leave, Irish sport, Antrim's dark hedges, unusual builders.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Leonard makes his presence felt. 14:157/8After the failed coup, Fatima is set on revenge for her murdered son.
| 14:00Helen bends the truth.(R) 14:15When HG Wells and George Gissing meet, a surprising but long-lasting friendship begins.(R)
| 14:00There's a change in the air for Jill.(R) 14:15Joe's friend Jemal fights to stay in Ferryhill after his family's secret is revealed.(R)
| 14:00Jolene receives an unexpected offer.(R) 14:15Comedy about the camp iconic singer Dorothy Squires. Starring Ruth Madoc.
| 14:00Helen lies catch up with her(R) 14:15By Alex Oates. A gay atheist in Lourdes is surely immune to the healing waters.
| 14:00The programme asks if it is Parliament’s fault that Brexit is this bad-tempered. 14:3011/11Neil Dudgeon stars in this epic tale of money, passion and defiance
| 14:00Eric Robson and his panel pay a visit to the Gower Peninsula.(R) 14:45Fi Glover presents three conversations about bullying, gender and identity.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The last contest in the 2019 series of the fiendish cryptic quiz, with Tom Sutcliffe. 15:30Dan Saladino travels from Brixham to Tokyo in search of the endangered bluefin tuna.(R)
| 15:005/6Josie Long presents short documentaries about translation and interpretation. 15:30Clean air - the fightback: Tom Heap investigates air pollution and children's health.
| 15:00The number of first-time buyers is up, says chancellor Philip Hammond. Will it continue? 15:30Why vaping divides public health experts, prehabilitation before surgery, hospital safety
| 15:00Clare Balding and the newly appointed Troubadour of the Hills take a poem for a walk 15:27Bill Nighy makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Red Nose Day.(R) 15:30Max Porter discusses his new novel Lanny.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and his panel pay a visit to the Gower Peninsula. 15:45AL Kennedy’s witty and uplifting story inspired by this week’s news.
| 15:30Did a Japanese courtesan wear this robe? Cathy FitzGerald visits the floating world.(R)
| 15:00Muriel Spark's gloriously dark comedy about death.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:00Bells made by artist Peter Shenai from Hurricane Katrina data are rung in New Orleans. 16:30Aleks Krotoski finds out if wisdom, or only data, can be shared in the digital world.
| 16:00Is our legal system failing victims of online abuse? 16:30Ayesha Hazarika and Martin Rowson join Harriett Gilbert to talk favourite books.
| 16:00Adjoa Andoh reads In Time of Silver Rain by Langston Hughes 16:03Debt - from household to national. 16:30Editor-in-chief of HuffPost on the ethics of reporting the Christchurch mosque attacks.
| 16:00With Ralph Fiennes and Patricia Clarkson. 16:30Where next World Wide Web? Space rocks and worms
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a writer, a botanist, a nun and a guitarist. 16:30Roger Bolton on coverage of the Christchurch attacks, cuts to Late Junction and Brexit. 16:55LGBTQ activists and friends Patrick and Dominic share their memories of early adult life.
| 16:00Do female leaders do things differently? Spring Equinox poetry. Author Tomi Adeyemi.
| 16:00Siri Hustvedt discusses her new novel Memories of the Future 16:30Poetry for the spring equinox.
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| 17:00 | 17:00PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis. 17:58Anton Lesser reads Coming by Philip Larkin for Radio 4's Four Seasons day of poetry
| 17:00PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30How do ratings and review sites alter the relationship between businesses and consumers?(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00The lucrative criminal trade in bringing migrants across the channel in dinghies. 17:40The New Zealand PM was widely praised for her response to the Christchurch attacks.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Theresa May is told that she can't put her Brexit deal to the Commons for a third time 18:307/8Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Lee Mack and Zoe Lyons join Nicholas Parsons.
| 18:00The Prime Minister is writing to the European Union to ask for Brexit to be postponed 18:301/6Comedian Sara Pascoe joins Rufus Hound and reads from her teenage diaries.(R)
| 18:00Departure could be pushed back to June 30, if MPs approve Brexit deal next week 18:30Mae asks why some people more susceptible to addiction than others.(R)
| 18:00The EU is expected to grant Britain an extension to the Brexit deadline. 18:27Lauren Laverne makes an appeal on behalf of the Disasters Emergency Committee. 18:304/4The Wilsons resume their efforts to live their best ethical life.
| 18:00Senior figures in government have questioned whether Theresa May can stay in power. 18:305/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches
| 18:00Organisers claim more than a million have joined the march calling for another referendum 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Senior Cabinet ministers back Theresa May, quashing coup rumours 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week
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| 19:00 | 19:15Ralph Fiennes' new film The White Crow and tackling contentious issues in the theatre 19:456/10Is Fielding right? Is there something in India that doesn't suit English ladies?(R)
| 19:00There's a change in the air for Jill. 19:15A discussion with the leaders of the UK's four national theatres. 19:457/10Godbole and Fielding have missed the train but Aziz seems to have everything under control(R)
| 19:00Jolene receives an unexpected offer. 19:15Tom Hiddleston, Zawe Ashton, and Charlie Cox in Betrayal; the drag scene in TV series Pose 19:458/10The reverberations of the shocking arrest echo around Chandrapore.(R)
| 19:00Helen lies catch up with her 19:15Photographer David Bailey looks back on his six-decade career. 19:459/10The English close ranks and remain stiff and upper lipped. The Marabar echo still looms.
| 19:00There's an awkward encounter for Alan. 19:15The power of Pinter's plays today 19:4510/10The trial over. A victory won. Fielding now has to arrange a passage back to England.(R)
| 19:00The New Zealand PM was widely praised for her response to the Christchurch attacks. 19:15Jordan Peele's Us, Pose on BBC 2, Jews Money Myth, Mark Morris's Pepperland and The Parade
| 19:00Lily fears for the future 19:15A lively, topical show, with a female panel, hosted by Jo Bunting.(R) 19:452/3The second in a new series of specially commissioned stories by top crime writers.
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| 20:00 | 20:002/3Steve Richards looks back on Theresa May's Brexit journey through interviews with insiders 20:30Will human actions result in the demise of huge numbers of other species?
| 20:00The lucrative criminal trade in bringing migrants across the channel in dinghies. 20:40Charity Blind Veterans UK runs autonomous vehicle trials.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Sandi Mann on Peter and the lies we tell each other.
| 20:00Is our legal system failing victims of online abuse? 20:30How do ratings and review sites alter the relationship between businesses and consumers?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Bournemouth 20:50Sarah Dunant on the thorny relationship between culture and the money that supports it.
| 20:00What went wrong in flat 113 at Grenfell Tower? Katie Razzall pieces together the evidence
| 20:00Roger Bolton on coverage of the Christchurch attacks, cuts to Late Junction and Brexit.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a writer, a botanist, a nun and a guitarist.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Blind broadcaster Peter White interviews amputee jockey Guy Disney about his charity work. 21:30Andrew Marr with Xinran, Julia Lovell, David KS Tse and Roel Sterckx.(R)
| 21:00Why vaping divides public health experts, prehabilitation before surgery, hospital safety 21:30Professor Corinne Le Quéré talks to Jim Al-Khalili about tracing global carbon.(R)
| 21:00Clean air - the fightback: Tom Heap investigates air pollution and children's health. 21:30Actor Tom Hiddleston talks to composer Nicholas Britell.(R)
| 21:00Where next World Wide Web? Space rocks and worms 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 'the only influential poet of the Victorian age'.(R)
| 21:00Grayson Perry goes in search of the moment the avant-garde died.(R)
| 21:002/2Rebus investigates a people-trafficking gang. Conclusion of Ian Rankin's crime thriller.(R)
| 21:00Some of the cheapest energy tariffs are only available if you agree to have a smart meter.(R) 21:25Jeremy Deller makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Koestler Trust(R) 21:30Will human actions result in the demise of huge numbers of other species?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:45Andrei has told Yulia how he feels about her at a party. And he has finally found wifi.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:45The October Group tries to help a comrade who has fallen foul of the law.(R)
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:45Andrei is busy doing translations, and he is now officially in the October Group.(R)
| 22:00EU leaders agree to a Brexit delay plan. 22:45As Andrei and his friends enjoy the Moscow summer of 2008, Russia slides into turmoil.(R)
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:45Andrei's future is decided. Written by Keith Gessen and read by Trevor White.(R)
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn previews the week ahead at Westminster with senior politicians and pundits.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Encounters with the people of Calais and Dover finding out what unites and divides them. 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:003/4Character comedy series with Marc Wootton and friends playing couples on date night. 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:001/4Patrick Marber and Peter Curran with enchanting, low-energy pillow talk. 23:152/4Tom Parry has a theory that fancy dress can change your life.(R) 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster. 23:55Poetry to celebrate the spring equinox.
| 23:00A lively, topical show, with a female panel, hosted by Jo Bunting. 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:00Emma Barnett and guests partake of a few nocturnal frank and funny conversations. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports on calls to give MPs the chance to vote on a number of Brexit plans 23:55Lynsey and Graham talk about being born the wrong gender and whether to transition or not.
| 23:00The last contest in the 2019 series of the fiendish cryptic quiz, with Tom Sutcliffe.(R) 23:30Salena Godden talks to Roger McGough about her favourite poetry.(R)
| 23:00With Ralph Fiennes and Patricia Clarkson.(R) 23:30Michael Symmons Roberts turns his attention to the stars and how they influence our lives.(R)
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