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Tom Rosenthal (singer-songwriter by trade) has spent the last 6 months walking the many parks of London, approaching random bench-dwellers and asking if he can sit next to them and record their conversation. More here.

Stephen Mangan washes up on the actual island from Desert Island Discs. He is not alone. Living there is every former guest of the show – and it’s all gone a bit Lord of the Flies. More here.

Count Binface achieves a lifetime ambition, resurrecting the mighty Ceefax in a hilarious reboot of an unlikely national treasure. Granted it’s on the radio, but it’s a start. More here.

Lizzie sets about clearing up her childhood home with way too much zeal. Lacking sleep and immersed in the detritus of her youth, she starts behaving very strangely. More here.

A mischievous look behind the week’s headlines with clips, unexpected guests, and satirical silliness. More here.

11th-century China – a groom is murdered, his bride vanishes. Judge Bao investigates a mystery revealing secrets from his past. More here.

Marianna Spring investigates the online phenomena that could influence the election. More here.

To mark 100 years of surrealism, Russell Tovey is exploring where this mind-bending art movement came from, where it travelled to, and how it has remained relevant. More here.

The love story of two extraordinary women unfolds against the backdrop of 50 years of evolving LGBTQ+ rights in Britain. More here.

Ceramics, photography and audio capture the journey of 10 women in recovery, exiting the criminal justice system, depicting how clay and fire became an important part of their process.

Jon Holmes presents the multi-award winning, ‘dizzying, dazzling, haunting and moving’ satirical comedy, returning to twist itself into these turbulent times. More here. 

When Jon was diagnosed with cancer, he realised men don’t talk openly about the embarrassing indignity of it all. So he decided he would, with other men who’ve been through it.

Rory Stewart examines the radical idea that understanding ignorance is as important as acquiring knowledge. More here.

From arguments about fonts to the preferred sandwich fillings of a new PM, Cleo Watson and Helen MacNamara go behind the scenes of the civil service during purdah.

In this 7-part miniseries host Tilly Robinson investigates the invisible forces leading us towards the climate crisis & system-collapse. More here.

By Dan Rebellato. Inventive, darkly comedic drama, part of Radio 4’s drama series to mark the centenary of Kafka’s death, with Anton Lesser, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Henry Goodman. More here.

New drama about two of the 10% of children struggling to return to ‘normality’, post-pandemic. Inspired by real stories. More here.

The rise of China is the defining challenge of our times – how far to co-operate, compete or confront. But has the West been slow to wake up? More here.

The UK awakes to financial catastrophe and no one can access any money. As the country descends into chaos, some see opportunity but the powerful want to cling to the status quo. More here.

Michael Symmons Roberts invites Katherine Rundell, Simon Schama and Anthony Capildeo to explore John Donne’s brilliant and bold spring poem, Love’s Growth. More here.

Drama inspired by the true story of the Chinese seaman who were forcibly repatriated from Liverpool in 1945-46. Starring Liz Sutherland and Lucy Speed. More here.

The devastating story of the Bengal Famine of 1943 in British India, where at least three million people died, told for the first time by the eyewitnesses to it. More here.

A twisted comedy treat. Jon Holmes brings you the week’s biggest stories like you’ve never heard them before. The news remixed. Welcome to The Skewer. Headphones on. More here.