Many Maori are protesting against the New Zealand government’s moves to abolish certain Maori-specific rights in the name of equality for all, regardless of ethnicity. More here.

Personal essays on what Vaughan Williams means to five different writers. Writer and scholar Dr Rommi Smith explores who gets to play The Lark Ascending. More here.

The story of the discovery of Lindow Man and Lindow Woman, unearthed 40 years ago from a Cheshire peat bog. Voices from the bog bodies themselves offer a surprising perspective. More here.

A mischievous look behind the week's headlines with clips, unexpected guests, and satire. More here.

By Louise Page. It’s 1933, film director Harry documents making the movie Freaky. It’s 2023, Claire uses her podcast to find out who were her great aunts. More here.

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.

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.