LGBT related Radio and TV Programmes, 31st January - 6th February

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 31st
BBC Radio 2 - 10am: Jonathan Ross. Alan Carr guests
BBC Radio 2 - 5pm: Paul Gambaccini. US hits
BBC Radio 4 - 9am: Saturday Live. Clare Balding
BBC Radio 4 - And The Academy Award Goes To... The Godfather - Paul Gambaccini
BBC Radio 4 - 12.30pm: The News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig and Sue Perkins
BBC Radio 4 - 4pm: Weekend Woman’s Hour. Highlights
BBC Radio 4 - 9pm: The Grand Babylon Hotel. John Sessions in the lead role in Arnold Bennett’s drama
6 Music - 12midnight: BBC Introducing. Tom Robinson

Sunday 1st
BBC Radio 2 - 1pm: Elaine Page. Show tunes and music
BBC Radio 2 - 2.30: Dale Winton’s Pick of the Pops ’74 and ‘86
BBC Radio 4 - 12.04pm: Just a Minute. Sue Perkins guests
BBC Radio 4 - 1.30: Fry’s English Delight. Stephen Fry on the metaphor (rpt)
BBC Radio 4 - Last Word - features Angela Morley
BBC Radio 7 - 10pm: The News Quiz

Monday 2nd
BBC Radio 2 - 10.30pm: Viva Latino!
BBC Radio 4 - 9am: Start the Week. feat. Steven Berkoff (rpt 9.30pm)

Tuesday 3rd
BBC Radio 4 - 9.30: Darwin: My Ancestor. Ruth Padel on her great great grandfather
BBC Radio 4 - 4.30: Great Lives. Presented by Matthew Parris

Wednesday 4th
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30pm: I’ve Never Seen Star Wars. Marcus Brigstocke interviews anti-homophobe Barry Cryer
BBC Radio 4 - 11.15pm: The Correspondent

Friday 5th
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30pm: The News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig presents.
BBC Radio 4 - 11: Greta Lives (rpt)
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

Entertainment and documentaries
Saturday 31st
BBC1 - 6.40pm: Eurovision: Your Country Needs You. Graham Norton and Andrew Lloyd. Week 5
BBC1 - 7.50: National Lottery. Dale Winton
BBC1 - 1.40am: Jonathan Ross (rpt)
BBC2 - 5pm: The Diary of Ann Frank. Repeat
BBC2 - 10: QI. Extended edition from last night
ITV1 - 10.55am: Dancing on Ice: The skate-off
Living - 6pm: Will and Grace
Living - 3.55am: Queer Eye…
Watch - 8pm: Dr Who
Watch - 9: Torchwood
Sky Arts1 - 4.50pm: Freddie Mercury
Sky Arts2 - 7pm: The Divine Michelangelo
Bio - 12noon: House of Versace

Sunday 1st
BBC1 - 10am: The Big Questions. LGBT History Month starts with a topical question: Should we celebrate being gay or lesbian? Nicky Campbell hosts. From Bristol. Features Tony Fenwick
BBC4 - 7pm: Stephen Fry in America. SW
ITV1 - 6.55pm: Dancing on Ice
C4 - 10.05pm: The Sunday Night Project. Alan Carr. Martin Sheen guest presents
C4 - 11.10: The Madness of Boy George. 2006 documentary (rpt)
E4 - 10.50: Skins
More4 - 6.20pm: Come Dine with Me
Watch - 5pm: Dr Who

Monday 2nd
BBC1 - 11am: To Buy or Not to Buy. Kristian Digby
BBC3 - 7pm: Dr Who. Followed by Dr Who Confidential
ITV1 - 6am: GMTV. Richard Arnold
ITV1 - 9pm: Whitechapel. Murder stuff. Steve Pemberton plays a major role
C4 - 9am: Will and Grace
C4 - 5.30pm: Come Dine with Me
Dave - 9pm: QI
Living - 7pm and 12midnight: Will and Grace
Living - 3.55: Queer Eye…
Sky Arts1 - 10.25am: Freddie Mercury

Tuesday 3rd
BBC1 - 11am: To Buy or Not to Buy. Kristian Digby
BBC2 - 10pm: The culture Show. Features Bunuel and HBO, makers of Six Feet Under
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
C4 - 10: Shameless. New series
E4 - 11pm: Shameless
More4 - 9pm: Come Dine with Me
Living - 7pm and 1am: Will and Grace
Living - 3.55am: Queer Eye…
Watch - 9pm: Torchwood
Sky Arts2 - 8pm: The Ballet Boyz on Ice. Swan Lake

Wednesday 4th
BBC1 - 11am: To Buy or Not to Buy
BBC2 - 10: QI (rpt)
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
C4 - 11.05: Shameless (rpt)
Living - 7pm: Grey’s Anatomy
Living - 1am: Will and Grace
Living - 3.55am: Queer Eye…
Sky Arts1 - 10.05pm: Derek Jarman: Life as Art
Sky Arts2 - 2pm: Swan Lake
Bio - 11pm: Barry Manilow

Thursday 5th
BBC1 - 11am: Buy it, Sell it, Bank it?
BBC1 - 10.35: Question Time. Will Young is on the panel
BBC3 - 7pm: Dr Who. Followed by Dr Who Confidential
BBC3 - 10.30: The Undercover Princes. Reality show set in Brighton. One suitor is gay
BBC HD - 11pm: Beautiful People. School play
ITV1 - 6am: GMTV. Richard Arnold
C4 - 9am: Will and Grace
C4 - 5.30pm: Come Dine with Me
E4 - 10pm: Skins
More4 - 10pm: Brothers and Sisters
Dave - 10pm: QI
Living - 7pm Will and Grace
Living - 10pm: Grey’s Anatomy
Living - 3.55am: Queer Eye…
Sky Arts2 - 8am: Swan Lake

Friday 6th
BBC1 - 11am: To Buy or Not to Buy
BBC1 - 9pm: QI
BBC2 - 11.35: The Culture Show uncut. See Tuesday
BBC3 - 8.15pm: Dr Who
ITV1 - 6am: GMTV
ITV1 - 7.30: Coronation Street. Written by Jonathan Harvey. Has Carla rumbled Tony?
C4 - 9am: Will & Grace
C4 - 5.30pm: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 12.10am: The Sunday Night Project (rpt)
Living - 7pm: Will and Grace

Film and drama
Saturday 31st
Family - 8pm: Hairspray

Sunday 1st
ITV1 - 11.15pm: Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life
Indie - 9am: Fire
Indie - 8pm: Infamous

Wednesday 4th
Film 4 - 1.35am: Live Flesh. Almadóvar

Thursday 5th
Comedy - 8pm: I Now Pronounce You…
Film 4 - 7pm: Freaky Friday

Friday 6th
Drama - 10pm: Boys Don’t Cry