LGBT related Radio and TV Programmes, 18th - 23rd 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 17th
BBC Radio 2 - 1pm: Does the Team Think? Comedy panel game with Julian Clary
BBC Radio 2 - 5pm: Paul Gambaccini. US hits
BBC Radio 4 - 12.30pm: The News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig and Sue Perkins
BBC Radio 4 - 4pm: Weekend Woman’s Hour. Highlights
6 Music - 12midnigh:t BBC Introducing. Tom Robinson

Sunday 18th
BBC Radio 2 - 1pm: Elaine Page. Show tunes and music
BBC Radio 2 - 2.30: Dale Winton’s Pick of the Pops ’65 and ‘88
BBC Radio 4 - 12.04pm: Just a Minute. Graham Norton guests
BBC Radio 4 - 12.30: The Food Programme. Egon Ronay
BBC Radio 4 - 1.30: Puccini: Touched by the Little Finger of the Almighty
BBC Radio 4 - 3: The Grand Babylon Hotel. Edwardian serial thriller with John Sessions leading the cast
BBC Radio 7 - 6.30pm: The Canterville Ghost
BBC Radio 7 - 10pm: The News Quiz (rpt)

Monday 19th
BBC Radio 2 - 10.30pm: Viva Latino!
BBC Radio 4 - 10.45am & 7.45pm: All Passion Spent. Adaptation of Vita Sackville West novel
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30pm: Just a Minute. Julian Clary guests

Tuesday 20th
BBC Radio 4 - 10.45am & 7.45pm: All Passion Spent. Adaptation of Vita Sackville West novel

Wednesday 21st
BBC Radio 4 - 10.45am & 7.45pm: All Passion Spent. Adaptation of Vita Sackville West novel
BBC Radio 7 - 11pm: Eddie Izzard: The Definite Article. Recorded at The Shaftesbury Theatre

Thursday 22nd
BBC Radio 4 - 10.45am & 7.45pm: All Passion Spent. Adaptation of Vita Sackville West novel
BBC Radio 4 - 11.30am: Five Meet to make up Myths. Gyles Brandreth examines the connections between 5 Victorian male authors – Oscar Wilde included

Friday 23rd
BBC Radio 4 - 10.45am & 7.45pm: All Passion Spent. Adaptation of Vita Sackville West novel
BBC Radio 4 - 4.30: The Film Programme. Gus Van Sant on Milk
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30pm: The News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig presents
6 Music - 7pm: Tom Robinson
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

Entertaining and documentaries
Saturday 17th
BBC1 - 6.35pm: Your Country Needs You. Graham Norton and Andrew Lloyd Webber go 2nd class X Factor
BBC2 - 10.20pm: QI. Extended edition from last night
ITV2 - 6am: Corrie Omnibus. First hour written by Jonathan Harvey
E4 - 12.10pm: Ugly Betty
E4 - 9pm: Derren Brown; Something Wicked This Way Comes. Repeat of last week’s show from the gay illusionist who claims not to be clairvoyant
Living - 6pm: Will and Grace
Living - 3.55am: Queer Eye…
Sky Arts1 - 6.10pm: Truman Capote

Sunday 18th
BBC1 - 2.15am: City Uncovered. Evan Davis analyses the role of the banks in the current economic crisis (rpt)
BBC3 - 7pm: Dr Who. Followed by Dr Who Confidential
BBC3 - 10: Family Guy
BBC4 - 7pm: Stephen Fry in America. Mississippi
ITV1 - 7.10: Dancing on Ice. Camp as it gets
C4 - 10pm: The Sunday Night Project. Alan Carr. Catherine Tate guest presents
E4 - 12.10pm: Ugly Betty
More4 - 6.15pm: Come Dine with Me
Living - 12noon: Will and Grace
Living - 3.55: Queer Eye…
Sky Arts - 11.35am: The Singing Sculpture: Gilbert and George
Sky Arts - 12noon: What the Dickens?

Monday 19th
BBC1 - 11am: To Buy or Not to Buy. Kristian Digby
BBC3 - 7pm: Dr Who. Followed by Dr Who Confidential
ITV1 - 6am: GMTV. Richard Arnold
C4 - 9am: Will and Grace
C4 - 5.30pm: Come Dine with Me. New series
E4 - 12.10pm: Ugly Betty
More4 - 12.02am: Brothers and Sisters
Dave - 9pm: QI
Living - 7pm & 12midnight: Will and Grace
Living - 3.55: Queer Eye…
Sky Arts - 12.40am: Andy Warhol

Tuesday 20th
BBC1 - 11am: To Buy or Not to Buy. Kristian Digby
BBC3 - 7pm: Dr Who. Followed by Dr Who Confidential
BBC HD - 11pm: Torchwood
ITV1 - 6am: GMTV. Richard Arnold
C4 - 9am: Will and Grace
C4 - 5.30pm: Come Dine with Me
E4 - 8.35am: Ugly Betty
E4 - 12.15pm: Ugly Betty
More4 - 9pm: Come Dine with Me
Dave - 9pm: QI
Living - 7pm &1am: Will and Grace
Living - 3.55am: Queer Eye…
Watch - 9pm: Torchwood

Wednesday 21st
BBC1 - 11am: Buy it, Sell it, Bank it?
BBC2 - 9pm: City Uncovered. Evan Davis
BBC2 - 10: QI (rpt)
BBC3 - 7pm: Dr Who. Followed by Dr Who Confidential
ITV1 - 6am: GMTV. Richard Arnold
C4 - 9: Will and Grace
C4 - 5.30: Come Dine with Me
Dave - 9pm: QI
Living - 7pm: Grey’s Anatomy
Living - 1am: Will and Grace
Living - 3.55am: Queer Eye…
Sky Arts1 - 8pm: Andy Warhol’s Factory People

Thursday 22nd
BBC1 - 11am: Buy it, Sell it, Bank it?
BBC3 - 7pm: Dr Who. Followed by Dr Who Confidential
BBC3 - 10.30: The Undercover Princes. Reality show set in Brighton. One suitor is gay
ITV1 - 6am: GMTV. Richard Arnold
E4 - 10pm: Skins
More4 - 10pm: Brothers and Sisters
Dave - 9pm: QI
Living - 7pm: Will & Grace
Living - 10pm: Grey’s Anatomy
Living - 3.55am: Queer Eye…
Sky Arts1 - 10am: Andy Warhol’s Factory People

Friday 23rd
BBC1 - 11am: To Buy or Not to Buy
BBC1 - 9pm: QI
BBC1 - 10.35: Jonathan Ross. Out of exile. Stephen Fry guests
BBC3 - 8.30pm: Dr Who. Followed by Dr Who Confidential
ITV1 - 6am: GMTV
C4 - 9am: Will & Grace
C4 - 5.30: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 11.35: The Sunday Night Project (rpt)
Living - 7pm: Will and Grace
Living - 3.55am: Queer Eye…
Sky Arts2 - 12midnight: Gilbert and George
Bio - 6 & 11am: Alan Bates

Film and drama
Sunday 17th
BBC2 - 12midnight: Gods and Monsters. Ian McKellen as gay horror director James Whale
C4 - 11pm: Volver

Monday 19th
Family - 2.45 & 8pm: Hairspray

Tuesday 20th
Comedy - 1.25 & 8pm: I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. This channel continues to repeat and repeat this offensive film

Wednesday 21st
Classics - 9pm: Lover Come Back. Hudson/Day comedy from ‘61
Modern Greats - 8pm: The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I’ll get you a satanic mechanic!
TCM - 3pm: (TCM2 9pm) Arsenic and Old Lace

Thursday 22nd
Indie - 11am: La Vie en Rose

Friday 23rd
Film4 - 7.05pm: Just My Luck. Romcom with Lindsay Lohan