LGBT Related Radio and TV Programmes, 11th - 17th 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 11th
BBC Radio 2 - 10am: Jonathan Ross. David Walliams guests
BBC Radio 2 - 5-7pm: Paul Gambaccini. US hits
BBC Radio 3 - 2pm: Lunchtime Concert. Includes Britten
BBC Radio 3 - 5.45am: Britten
BBC Radio 4 - 12.30pm: The News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig presents
6 Music - 12midnight: BBC Introducing. Tom Robinson
Classic FM - 10pm: Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings

Sunday 12th
BBC Radio 2 - 2pm: Dale Winton’s Pick of the Pops. ‘87 and ‘93
6 Music - 1am: BBC Introducing. Tom Robinson
BBC Radio 7 - 10pm: The News Quiz
Classic FM - 9pm: Paul Gambaccini’s Hall of Heroes
Classic FM - 10pm: Britten and Tchaikovsky

Monday 13th
BBC Radio 4 - 10.45 and 7.45pm: Woman’s Hour Drama. Alice Walker’s The Colour Purple

Tuesday 14th
BBC Radio 4 - 10.45 and 7.45pm: Woman’s Hour Drama. Alice Walker’s The Colour Purple
BBC Radio 4 - 2.15pm: Play: Number 10. Antony Sher plays PM

Wednesday 15th
BBC Radio 4 - 10.45 and 7.45pm: Woman’s Hour Drama. Alice Walker’s The Colour Purple
BBC Radio 4 - 11am: Byzantium Unearthed. Account of a land ruled by women and eunuchs

Thursday 16th
BBC Radio 3 - 10am: Britten and Tchaikovsky
BBC Radio 4 - 10.45 and 7.45pm: Woman’s Hour Drama. Alice Walker’s The Colour Purple

Friday 17th
BBC Radio 4 - 10.45 and 7.45pm: Woman’s Hour Drama. Alice Walker’s The Colour Purple
BBC Radio 4 - 3pm: Ramblings. Clare Balding presents
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30pm: News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig presents. Sue Perkins guests
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

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

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 11th
BBC1 - 5.30pm: Hole in the Wall. Dale Winton presents. Amy Lamé guests
BBC1 - 9.50pm: Little Britain USA
BBC2 - 9.40pm: Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Stephen Fry (rpt)
BBC2 - 10.10pm Beautiful People (rpt)
BBC HD - 7.05pm: Torchwood (rpt)
ITV1 - 7.15pm and 10pm: X Factor. At least one of them must be: probably the most talented
Sky2 - 11.30am: Hairspray The School Musical
Living - 9am and 4.40am: The Golden Girls
Livign - 6pm: Will and Grace
Biography - 6am and noon: Lindsay Lohan

Sunday 12th
BBC1 - 9pm: Stephen Fry in America. Fry goes to New England in a black cab in the first part of his US travelogue
BBC2 - 11.30am: Film 2008 with Jonathan Ross. Dorian Gray
BBC2 - 11pm: Graham Norton Uncut. Thursday’s edition extended
ITV1 - 12.15pm: X Factor
ITV1 - 7pm: For One Night Only. Will Young sings live
C4 - 8pm: Peter Kay’s Britain’s got the Pop Factor and Possibly a new Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice
More4 - 4.35pm: Come Dine with Me. Omnibus
Dave - 9.40pm: QI
Sky1 - 6pm: Hairspray: The Schools Musical.
Sky2 - 12noon: Hairspray The Schools Musical
Sky Arts - 12noon: Barry Manilow
Sky Arts - 5pm: Rufus Wainwright sings Judy Garland

Monday 13th
BBC1 - 11am: Open House. Kristian Digby
C4 - 5pm: The Paul O’Grady Show
five - 9am: The Wright Stuff. Christopher Biggins guests
five - 11.30am: Grey’s Anatomy
Dave - 9pm: QI
Sky1 - 5pm: Hairspray
Sky2 - 8pm: Hairspray The Schools Musical
Living - 7pm: Will and Grace

Tuesday 14th
BBC1 - 11am: Open House. Kristian Digby
BBC1 - 3.15am: Beautiful People
C4 - 5pm: Paul O’Grady
C4 - 8pm: The Sex Education Show. Final
E4 - 11pm: Skins. Series one
five - 9am: The Wright Stuff. With Christopher Biggins
five - 11.30am: Grey’s Anatomy
Dave - 10.40pm: QI
Living - 3pm: Grey’s Anatomy
Living - 7pm and 1am: Will and Grace
Sky Arts - 9pm: Francis Bacon

Wednesday 15th
BBC1 - 11am: Open House. Kristian Digby
C4 - 5pm: Paul O’Grady
E4 - 10.30pm and 3.05am: Rick and Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in the World.
five - 9am: The Wright Stuff. With Christopher Biggins
five - 11.30am: Grey’s Anatomy
five - 9pm: Paul Merton in India. Merton meets eunuchs in Ahmedabad
Living - 7pm & 1am: Will and Grace
Sky Arts - 9pm: Gilbert and George

Thursday 16th
BBC2 - 9.30pm: Beautiful People. Mother dabbles with the occult and Gran changes personality
BBC2 - 10pm: The Graham Norton Show. Goldie Hawn
C4 - 5pm: Paul O’Grady
five - 9am: The Wright Stuff. Christopher Biggins
five - 11.30am: Grey’s Anatomy
Dave - 10pm: QI
Living - 7pm & 1am: Will and Grace

Friday 17th
BBC1 - 11am: Open House. Kristian Digby
BBC1 - 9.30pm: Little Britain. Same old characters across the pond
BBC2 - 10pm: QI (rpt)
BBC HD - 9.30pm: Beautiful People
ITV1 - 8.30am: Richard Arnold on the weekend’s TV
ITV1 - 10pm: Al Murray’s Happy Hour. Guests Joanna Lumley
C4 - 5pm: Paul O’Grady
five - 9am: The Wright Stuff. Christopher Biggins
five - 11.30am: Grey’s Anatomy
Dave - 11.40pm: QI
Sky1 - 9pm: Hairspray; The School Musical
Living - 7pm and 1am: Will and Grace

Film and Drama
Saturday 11th
five - 3.15pm: Candleshoe. Family comedy with David Niven and Jodie Foster
Sky Premiere - 10am and 8pm: Hairspray. 2007 remake of Waters’ classic with John Travolta as the matriarch
Sci-Fi - 9pm: X-Men. Ian McKellen as mutant baddie

Sunday 12th
Sky Premiere - 10am and 8pm: Hairspray. 2007 remake of Waters’ classic with John Travolta as the matriarch

Monday 13th
Sky Premiere - 8pm: Hairspray. 2007 remake of Waters’ classic with John Travolta as the matriarch
Indie - 12.20am: Infamous. Truman Capote biopic

Tuesday 14th
Sky Premiere - 10am and 8pm: Hairspray. 2007 remake of Waters’ classic with John Travolta as the matriarch

Wednesday 15th
Sky Premiere - 8pm: Hairspray. 2007 remake of Waters’ classic with John Travolta as the matriarch
Classics - 5.05pm: Some Like it Hot. Monroe, Curtis and Lemmon classic
Film4 - 1.15am: Prick up Your Ears. Joe Orton biopic

Thursday 16th
Sky Premiere - 10am and 8pm: Hairspray. 2007 remake of Waters’ classic with John Travolta as the matriarch

Friday 17th
Sky Premiere - 8pm: Hairspray. 2007 remake of Waters’ classic with John Travolta as the matriarch