LGBT related Radio and TV Programmes, 3rd - 9th January

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.

Please also note that Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour contains a lot of relevant content and is generally LGBT friendly, but a lot of its output is not available to us before we put this on the site. For the latest Woman’s Hour stuff, subscribe to the programme's newsletter here.



Radio
Saturday 3rd
BBC Radio 2 - 5pm: Paul Gambaccini. US hits
BBC Radio 3 - 6pm: La Fanciulla del West
BBC Radio 4 - 9: Saturday Live. Clare Balding
BBC Radio 4 - 10: Excess Baggage. Sandi Toksvig.
BBC Radio 4 - 2pm: Scraps of Bacon. James Maw finds out bits about Francis Bacon’s social life and circle
BBC Radio 4 - 4pm: Weekend Woman’s Hour. Highlights
6 Music - 12midnight: BBC Introducing. Tom Robinson

Sunday 4th
BBC Radio 2 - 1pm: Elaine Page. Show tunes and music
BBC Radio 2 - 2.30: Dale Winton’s Pick of the Pops ’72 and ‘80
BBC Radio 3 - 10.15pm: Words and Music. Michael Tippett provides some of the music
BBC Radio 4 - 12.04pm: Just a Minute. Graham Norton guests
6 Music - 1am: BBC Introducing. Tom Robinson
BBC Radio 7 - 6.30pm: The Canterville Ghost. 1/3

Monday 5th
BBC Radio 2 - 9.30: Ken Bruce. Grace Jones picks her ‘tracks of my years’ every day at 11.30
BBC Radio 2 - 10.30pm: Viva Latino!
BBC Radio 3 - 10.51am: Britten: The Prince of the Pagodas
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30pm: Just a Minute. Julian Clary guests

Tuesday 6th
BBC Radio 4 - 11.30am: Femme Fatale: The story of Nico
BBC Radio 4 - 4.30pm: Great Lives. Presented by Matthew Parris. Bette Davis

Wednesday 7th
BBC Radio 7 - 11pm: Eddie Izzard: The Definite Article. Recorded at The Shaftesbury Theatre

Thursday 8th
BBC Radio 4 - 2.15pm: Afternoon Play: Left in Trust
BBC Radio 4 - 3.30: Scottish Shorts: Pillars of the Community
Classic FM - 9pm: Paul Gambaccini

Friday 9th
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30pm: The News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig presents
BBC Radio 7 - 7pm: Round the Horne

Local
Galaxy North East
Monday-Friday 4-7pm: James Barr

BBC Radio Manchester - 95.1 and online
Every Monday 8pm: The Gay Hour, Ashley Byrne and Andrew Edwards

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 - Brighton, London DAB and online 24/7

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

Manchester’s gaydio www.gaydio.co.uk

FYI Radio (gay youth radio) - online (currently only podcast but soon to grow to a fully fledged station) www.fyiradio.net

www.pinkeradio.com

Television

Entertainment and documentaries
Saturday 3rd
BBC1 - 5.35pm: Dr Who Confidential. A look at the 10 TV Doctors
BBC1 - 7.10: Your Country Needs You. 1/5 Graham Norton and Andrew Lloyd Webber in a dressed-up search for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 entry
BBC1 - 8.40: Casualty. Toby fights for his life
BBC2 - 11pm: Lock up your Daughters: Sex and Drugs and Rock n’ Roll in the UK. Despite the sexist hettie title, this examination of 5 decades of rock and pop inspired hedonism includes Boy George among its contributors
ITV1 - 7.20pm: Demons. MacKenzie (Office) Crook, Philip (70’s detective) Glenister and Christian (Echo Beach) Cooke in a camped-up modern take on Dracula
ITV3 - 7.10am: Elton John’s New Year’s Eve Party. From the 02 Arena (rpt)
C4 - 11.45am: Celebrity Bib Brother Launch (rpt)
C4 - 9pm: Celebrity BB
E4 - 1.05pm: Celeb BB Live. Thought they weren’t doing that this time round!?
E4 - 6.40: Celeb BB Launch (rpt)
E4 - 9pm: 100 Greatest TV Ads. Hosted by Graham Norton
E4 - 12.05-6am: Celeb BB Live
Living - 6pm: Will and Grace
Living - 3.55am: Queer Eye…
Watch - 1pm: Dr Who. Five hours of
Watch - 8: Dr Who
Watch - 9: Torchwood
Sky Arts2 - 1.30pm: Francis Bacon

Sunday 4th
BBC1 - 4.30pm: The Weakest Link Special. West End Musical stars (rpt)
BBC4 - 7pm: Stephen Fry in America
BBC HD - 6pm: Dr Who at the Proms (rpt)
C4 - 12.30pm: CBB
C4 - 1.40: CBB’s Little B
E4 - 3.30pm: CBB Live
E4 - 5.55: CBB
E4 - 10.40: Alan Carr: Tooth Fairy Live
E4 - 11.50: CBB Live
More4 - 4.45pm: Come Dine with Me
Living - 3am: Da Vinci’s Inquest
Living - 3.55: Queer Eye…
Watch - 8am: Dr Who. 4 hours
Bio - 11pm: Alan Bates

Monday 5th
BBC1 - 11am: Buy it, ell it, Bank it? Kristian Digby
BBC1 - 10.35: The Secret Diary of the Holocaust. The story of Rutka Laskier; the “Polish” Anne Frank
BBC2 - 8.30pm: Masterchef
BBC HD - 10: Neil Diamond Live at Glastonbury
BBC HD - 10.35: The Secret Diary of the Holocaust
ITV1 - 6am: GMTV. Richard Arnold
C4 - 7.05am: CBB Little Bro
C4 - 8.05: CBB
C4 - 9.05: Will and Grace
C4 - 3.10pm: Come Dine with Me Extra Portions
C4 - 9: CBB
C4 - 1.15am: CBB Live
E4 - 12.10pm: Ugly Betty
E4 - 1.05: CBB
E4 - 2.05: CBB Live
E4 - 6pm: CBB Little Bro
E4 - 7: Hollyoaks. Malachy feels guilty after Mercedes’ HIV test
E4 - 11: CBB Big Mouth
E4 - 11.30: CBB Live
Five - 9.30am: Colin and Justin’s How Not to Decorate (rpt)
Dave - 9pm: QI
Living - 1am: Will and Grace
Living - 3: Da Vinci’s Inquest
Living - 3.55: Queer Eye…
Bio - 11am & 3pm: Alan Bates
Bio - 6pm & 2am: Lindsay Lohan

Tuesday 6th
BBC1 - 11am: Buy it, Sell it, Bank it?
BBC2 - 8.30pm: Masterchef
ITV1 - 6am: GMTV. Richard Arnold
C4 - 7.30am: CBB Little Bro
C4 - 8: CBB
C4 - 9: Will and Grace
C4 - 3.05pm: Come Dine with Me Extra Portions
C4 - 4.55: Ditto
C4 - 9: CBB
C4 - 10: Dead Set. 1/3. Zombies hit the BB house
C4 - 11.05: CBB
C4 - 2.35am: CBB Live
E4 - 8.35am: Ugly Betty
E4 - 12.15pm: Ugly Betty
E4 - 1.05pm: CBB
E4 - 2.10: CBB Live
E4 - 6pm: CBB Little Bro
E4 - 11.30: CBB Big Mouth
E4 - 12midnight: CBB Live
More4 - 9pm: Celeb Come Dine with Me
Five - 9.30am: Colin and Justin’s How not to Decorate (rpt)
Dave - 9pm: QI
Living - 7pm &1am: Will and Grace
LIving - 3am: Da Vinci Inquest
Living - 3.55am: Queer Eye…
Watch - 9pm: Torchwood
Bio - 6 & 11am: Katherine Hepburn
Bio - 7pm & 1am: Brando

Wednesday 7th
BBC1 - 11am: Buy it, Sell it, Bank it?
BBC2 - 8.30pm: Masterchef
ITV1 - 6am: GMTV. Richard Arnold
ITV1 - 10.3:0 This Morning. With stylist to the stars Matthew Soobroy
C4 - 7.05: CBB Little Bro
C4 - 7.30: CBB
C4 - 9: Will and Grace
C4 - 3.05pm: Come Dine with Me: Extra portions
C4 - 4.55: Come Dine with Me: Extra portions
C4 - 9: CBB
E4 - 12.15pm: Ugly Betty
E4 - 1.05: CBB
E4 - 2..40: CBB Live
E4 - 6: CBB Little Bro
E4 - 11: CBB Big Mouth
E4 - 11.35: CDBB Live
Five - 9.30am: Colin and Justin’s How not to Decorate (rpt)
Dave - 9pm: QI
Living - 7pm: Grey’s Anatomy
Living - 1am: Will and Grace
Living - 3.55am: Queer Eye…
Sky Arts1 - 7.30pm: What the Dickens?
Sky Arts1 - 8: Andy Warhol’s Factory People
Bio - 6 & 11am: Bette Davis
Bio - 7pm: Brando

Thursday 8th
BBC1 - 11am: Buy it, Sell it, Bank it?
BBC4 - 8.30pm: House of Chanel. Starts an evening of programmes about style and fashion
ITV1 - 6am: GMTV. Richard Arnold
C4 - 7am: CBB Little Bro
C4 - 8: CBB
C4 - 9: Will and Grace
C4 - 3.05pm: Come Dine with Me Extra Portions
C4 - 4.55: Ditto
C4 - 9: CBB
C4 - 10: Dead Set
C4 - 1am: CBB Live
E4 - 12.15pm: Ugly Betty
E4 - 1.05: CBB
E4 - 2.10: CBB Live
E4 - 6: CBB Little Bro
E4 - 11: CBB Big Mouth
E4 - 11.35: CBB Live
Five - 9.30am: Colin and Justin’s How not to Decorate
Dave - 9pm: QI
Living - 9pm: Grey’s Anatomy
Living - 3.55am: Queer Eye…
Sky Arts1 - 9.30am & 1.30pm: What the Dickens?
Sky Arts1 - 10am: Andy Warhol’s Factory People
UKTV Style - 3 & 9pm: Escape to the Country
Bio - 7pm: Brando

Friday 9th
BBC1 - 11am: Buy it, Sell it, Bank it?
BBC1 - 9: QI. New series
BBC3 - 9pm: Dr Who. Followed by Dr Who Confidential
ITV1 - 6am: GMTV
C4 - 7.30am: CBB Little Bro
C4 - 8: CBB
C4 - 9: Will and grace
C4 - 3.05pm: Come Dine with Me Extra Portions
C4 - 4.55: Ditto
C4 - 9pm: CBB Live Eviction
C4 - 10.35: CBB Live Eviction
C4 - 11.40: The Sunday Night Project
C4 - 2.35am: CBB Live
E4 - 12.15pm: Ugly Betty
E4 - 1.05: CBB
E4 - 2.10: CBB Live
E4 - 6: Cbb Little Bro
E4 - 11: CBB Big Mouth
E4 - 11.50: CBB Live
Five - 9.30am: Colin and Justin’s How not to Decorate
Living - 7pm: Will and Grace
Living - 3.55am: Queer Eye…
Sky Arts1 - 12.25am: What the Dickens?
Bio - 5pm: Brando

Film and drama
Saturday 3rd
Five - 4.20pm: Big Business. Bette Midler
Gold - 6.20pm: Oliver! Lionel Bart musical

Sunday 4th
BBC2 - 10pm: Kinky Boots
BBC2 - 12.30am: Heaven
BBC2 - 2.10: The Stringer
ITV3 - 1.30pm: Carry on Cruising
ITV3 - 3.15: Carry on Jack
ITV3 - 5.05: Carry on Cowboy
ITV3 - 7: Carry on Screaming
ITV3 - 9: Carry on Cleo
Film4 - 5.40pm: Big Top Pee-Wee
Indie - 10pm: Happiness

Monday 5th
BBC1 - 7pm: Diary of Anne Frank. Dramatisation shown nightly in the build-up to International Holocaust Day

Tuesday 6th
BBC1 - 7pm: Diary of Ann Frank
Modern Greats - 10pm: The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Do you want her to see you…like THIS?
TCM2 - 9pm: Easter Parade. Judy Garland musical

Wednesday 7th
BBC1 - 7pm: Diary of Ann Frank
BBC1 - 8pm: Waterloo Road. New series from the dysfunctional school with the dysfunctional pupils and the dysfunctional staff
Indie - 8.25pm: Notes on a Scandal. Judi Dench as the vindictive lesbian in this controversial drama

Thursday 8th
BBC1 - 7pm: Diary of Ann Frank
Indie - 10pm: Volver

Friday 9th
BBC1 - 7pm: Diary of Ann Frank. Final part
BBC1 - 11.55pm: Ruthless People. Wacky comedy with Danny DeVito and Bette Midler
BBC4 - 7.30pm: Anne Frank Remembered
More4 - 9pm: The Talented Mr Ripley
Indie - 12.30am: Happiness. Controversial black comedy
TCM - 6.50pm: Arsenic and Old Lace