LGBT Related Radio and TV Programmes, 27th September - 3rd October

We seek them out so you don't have to. This is our weekly non-exhaustive round up of upcoming LGBT programmes on the radio and television. Inclusion of a programme is not a recommendation.
Enjoy!

Some of the radio programmes listed below can be listened to again via the Listen Again facility of the BBC's website while some of the television programmes will remain available also for a week on the BBC's iplayer.

Radio
Saturday 27th
BBC Radio 2 - 2pm: Dermot O’Leary. Features Kate (I Kissed a Girl) Perry
BBC Radio 2 - 5-7pm: Paul Gambaccini. US hits
BBC Radio 4 - 9am: Saturday Live - Matthew Kelly guests and Gyles Brandreth follows in the footsteps of Oscar Wilde.
BBC Radio 4 - 10am: Excess Baggage. Sandi Toksvig presents
BBC Radio 4 - 10.30am: Let Me Entertain You. John Sessions’ history of popular entertainment takes us to the Restoration
BBC Radio 4 - 12.30pm: The News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig presents
6 Music - 12midnight: BBC Introducing. Tom Robinson

Sunday 28th
BBC Radio 2 - 2pm: Dale Winton’s Pick of the Pops. ‘69 and ‘88
BBC Radio 4 - 11.15am: Desert Island Discs. Miriam Margolyes
BBC Radio 4 - 11pm: And the Academy Award Goes to…Paul Gambaccini examines The English Patient
Classic FM - 9pm: Paul Gambaccini’s Hall of Heroes

Monday 29th
6 Music - 1am: BBC Introducing. Tom Robinson
BBC Radio 3 - 7pm: Performance on 3. Features Michael Tippett
Classic FM - 9pm: The Full Works. Includes Tchaikovsky’s Fifth
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30pm: Just a Minute. Sue Perkins

Tuesday 30th
BBC Radio 4 - 9am: The Choice. Dylan More talks to Michael Buerk about his decision to have a baby after starting female to male transition
BBC Radio 4 - 2.15pm: Play: Number 10. Antony Sher plays PM
BBC Radio 4 - 4.30pm: Great Lives. Matthew Parris helps Ian Hislop judge William Hogarth

Wednesday 1st
BBC Radio 7 - 8am, 12noon and 7pm: Beyond Our Ken

Thursday 2nd
BBC Radio 4 - 9am: In Our Time. Melvyn Bragg looks into the influence of Greek ideas into Arabic culture from the ninth century onwards
BBC Radio 4 - 11.30am: Scraps of Bacon. Novelist James Maw looks into the life of Francis Bacon
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30pm: In Business. Examines Norway’s decision to make it statutory that all company boards are made up of at least 40% women

Friday 3rd
BBC Radio 4 - 3pm: Ramblings. Clare Balding presents
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30pm News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig presents
BBC Radio 4 - 11pm: Great Lives. Repeat from Tuesday
6 Music - 7pm: Tom Robinson. New acts

Local
BBC London 94.9 and online:
Sunday 9am-12noon: Lesley Joseph and Christopher Biggins
Monday – Friday 3-5pm: Danny Baker. With Amy Lamé or Baylen Leonard

Gaydar Radio 24/7 - Brighton, London DAB and online:

BBC Three Counties (and online), Cambs, Essex, Norfolk, Northants., Suffolk
10pm-1am: Ern and Vern. Kenny Everett meets Round the Horn in a bucketful of innuendo

Television

Entertainment and documentaries
Saturday 27th
BBC1 - 12.50am: Friday Night with Jonathon Ross. Matt Lucas and David Walliams guest
BBC1 - 5.30pm: Hole in the Wall. Dale Winton presents
BBC HD - 8.05pm: Torchwood (rpt)
Sky1 - 4pm: Hairspray The School Musical
Sky2 - 11.30am: Hairspray The School Musical
Living - 9am and 4.40am: The Golden Girls
Living - 3.30pm: Will and Grace
Fiver - 10.20pm: Sex in the City. Sam befriends a lesbian artist

Sunday
BBC2 - 10.50pm: Russell Brand on the Road. Brand follows his hero, Jack Kerouac
More4 - 4.30pm: Come Dine with Me. Omnibus
Dave - 9pm: QI
Sky 1 - 6pm: Hairspray: The Schools Musical. An Enfield school takes the Broadway musical on. Presented by Denise van Outen
Sky2 - 1pm: Hairspray The Schools Musical
UKTV Gold - 11am: Dr Who
UKTV Gold - 3.45am: What a Carry on! Clips
Living - 9am & 4.40am: The Golden Girls
Living - 5.35pm: Will & Grace
Sky Arts - 6.30pm: Simon Callow’s Classical Destinations
Sky Arts - 12.50am: Gilbert and George at the Tate Modern

Monday 29th
BBC1 - 11am: Open House. Kristian Digby
BBC HD - 10pm: Friday Night with Jonathon Ross. Matt Lucas and David Walliams
ITV1 - 10.30am: This Morning. With Christopher Biggins
C4 - 8.25am: Will and Grace
C4 - 5pm: The Paul O’Grady Show
five - 11.30am: How Not To Decorate. With Colin and Justin
five - 12.45pm: Grey’s Anatomy
Dave - 9pm: QI
Sky2 - 8pm: Hairspray The Schools Musical
Living - 7pm: Will and Grace
Living 2 - 11am: Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
Sky Arts - 6pm: Simon Callow’s Classic Destinations

Tuesday 30th
BBC1 - 11am: Open House. Kristian Digby gets persuasive
BBC2 - 10pm: Later with Jules Holland. Boy George performs
BBC2 - 11.50pm: Supersizers Go. Sue Perkins eats terrible things for history (rpt)
C4 - 8.25am: Will and Grace
C4 - 5pm: Paul O’Grady
C4 - 8pm: The Sex Education Show. Part 3 of 6
E4 - 11pm: Skins. Series one
five - 11.30am: How Not To Decorate. With Colin and Justin
five - 12.45pm: Grey’s Anatomy
Living - 3pm: Grey’s Anatomy
Living - 7pm and 1am: Will and Grace
Sky Arts - 7pm Ballets Russes

Wednesday 1st
BBC1 - 11am: Open House. Kristian Digby
BBC3 - 11.05pm: Coming of Age. Comedy drama about a sixth form college. LGBT content unknow
BBC4 - 8.50pm: David Hockney’s Secret Knowledge. The artist argues that photography goes back further than we think
ITV3 - 5.05pm: Brideshead Revisited. Close up on Gielgud as Mr Ryder
C4 - 8.30am: Will & Grace
C4 - 5pm: Paul O’Grady
E4 - 10.30pm and 3.05am: Rick and Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in the World. Dana’s pregnant
five - 11.30am: How Not To Decorate. With Colin and Justin
five - 12.45pm: Grey’s Anatomy
Living - 7pm & 1am: Will and Grace
Living - 8pm & midnight: Grey’s Anatomy
Living - 10pm: Living with Boy George. Fly on the wall stuff
Living2 - 11am: Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
Sky Arts - 11.40pm: Gilbert and George
Biography -6 and 10am: Marilyn Monroe

Thursday 2nd
BBC1 - 11am: Open House. With Kristian Digby
BBC2 - 9.30pm: Beautiful People. New 6 part comedy by Jonathan Harvey. Programme of the week
BBC2 - 10pm: The Graham Norton Show. Harry Shearer (Spinal tap and The Simpsons) guests
ITV1 - 10.30pm: This Morning. Stephen Fry guests
C4 - 5pm: Paul O’Grady
C4 - 12.15am: Alan Carr’s Celebrity Ding Dong
five - 11.30am: How Not To Decorate. With Colin and Justin
Dave - 10pm: QI
Living - 7pm & 1am: Will and Grace
Living - 10pm: Grey’s Anatomy
Living2 - 11am: Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
Sky Arts - 8pm: Rufus Wainwright plays AVO session
Biography - 6 and 10am: Katherine Hepburn

Friday 3rd
BBC1 - 11am: Open House. Kristian Digby
BBC1 - 9.30pm: Little Britain. Same old characters across the pond
BBC1 - 10.35pm: Jonathan Ross. Alan Carr
BBC2 - 10pm: QI (rpt)
BBC2 - 11.40pm: Later with Jules Holland. Boy George
ITV1 - 8.30am: Richard Arnold on the weekend’s TV
ITV1 - 8.30pm: Coronation Street. Might be the last time we see Liam
C4 - 5pm: Paul O’Grady
five - 12.45pm: Grey’s Anatomy
Sky 1 - 9pm: Hairspray; The School Musical
UKTV Gold - 9pm: Dancing with the Stars
Living - 7pm and 1am: Will and Grace
Living 2 - 11am: Queer Eye for the Straight Guy

Film and drama
Saturday 27th
C4 - 7.30pm: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Third outing for Gandalf
Sky movies Premiere - 4pm: Georgia Rule. Only because Lindsay Lohan’s in it
Sci Fi/Horror - 3.25 and 10.50pm: X-Men: The Last Stand
Sci Fi/Horror - 9pm: X-Men, quality sci-fi with Ian McKellen as a mutant with attitude
Indie - 4.15pm: Volver. Almadóvar directs Penelope Cruz

Sunday 28th
ITV3 - 12noon: Gentlemen prefer Blondes. Marylin Monroe and Jane Russell

Monday 29th
Sky movies Premiere - 5.50pm: Georgia Rule. Only because Lindsay Lohan’s in it

Tuesday 30th
Drama - 11.45pm: Boys Don’t Cry. True life trans tragedy
Modern Greats - 6pm: Wilde. Stephen Fry and Jude Law

Wednesday 1st
Sky movies Premiere - 6pm: Georgia Rule. Only because Lindsay Lohan’s in it
Indie - 6.25pm: Fire. Indian lesbian drama

Thursday 2nd
Sci-Fi/Horror - 1.50 and 7pm: X-Men
Screen 1 - 1.50: Contact. Jodie Foster
Classics - 9pm: Some Like it Hot

Friday 3rd
Sky movies Premiere - 12.15pm: Georgia Rule. Only because Lindsay Lohan’s in it