LGBT related Radio and TV Programmes, 14th - 20th March

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 14th
BBC Radio 2 - 10am: Jonathan Ross. The Pet Shop Boys guest
BBC Radio 2 - 5pm: Paul Gambaccini. US Hits
BBC Radio 4 - 2.30: Saturday Play: Ripley’s Game 3/5 in the Ripley season
BBC Radio 4 - 4pm: Weekend Woman’s Hour. Highlights
BBC Radio 4 - 5.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davis
BBC Radio 4 - 11: Counterpoint. Paul Gambaccini presents the music buffs’ quiz
6 Music - 12midnight: BBC Introducing. Tom Robinson

Sunday 15th
BBC Radio 2 - 1pm: Paul O’Grady. Show tunes and music.
BBC Radio 2 - 2.30: Dale Winton’s Pick of the Pops ’69 and ‘87
BBC Radio 4 - 4.30pm:Lawrence Ferlinghetti: A Reluctant Beat
BBC Radio 4 - 11pm: The Film Programme. Sally Ann Field talks about Saturday Night, Sunday Morning

Monday 16th
BBC Radio 2 - 9.30am: Ken Bruce. Spotlight on The Pet Shop Boys album Yes
BBC Radio 2 - 11.30: Third Reich and Roll. Stephen Fry explains the Nazis’ bizarre contribution to rock n’ roll; magnetic tape recording
BBC Radio 4 - 1.30pm: Counterpoint. Paul Gambaccini presents the music quiz
BBC Radio 4 - 2.15: Afternoon Play: Where Three Roads Meet. John Hurt plays Sigmund Freud and Oedipus in Sarah Vickers’ adaptation of her own novel. LGBT content unknown
BBC Radio 4 - 7.15: Front Row. Mathew Horne and James Cordon on their controversial film Lesbian Vampire Killers
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davis (rpt)

Tuesday 17th
BBC Radio 2 - 9.30am: Ken Bruce. Spotlight on The Pet Shop Boys album Yes
BBC Radio 4 - 9am: Call Yourself a Feminist? Bettany Hughes examines feminism in Thatcher’s Britain, with contributions from Linda Bellos and Beatrix Campbell. Repeated at 9.30pm

Wednesday 18th
BBC Radio 2 - 9.30am: Ken Bruce. Spotlight on The Pet Shop Boys album Yes
BBC Radio 7 - 11pm: Eddie Izzard. Sexie Show

Thursday 19th
BBC Radio 2 - 9.30am: Ken Bruce. Spotlight on The Pet Shop Boys album Yes
BBC Radio 4 - 11pm: The Personality Show. Guests include Sue Perkins

Friday 20th
BBC Radio 2 - 9.30am: Ken Bruce. Spotlight on The Pet Shop Boys album Yes
BBC Radio 4 - 8pm: Any Questions. Includes the homophobic Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael Nazir-Ali
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
Monday – Friday 3-5pm: Danny Baker. With Amy Lamé or Baylen Leonard

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

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 14th
BBC3 - 9pm: Rough Trade at the BBC. Includes performance by The Smiths and Antony and the Johnsons (rpt)
C4 - 4pm: Come Dine with Me (rpt)
E4 - 9pm: Skins. Triple
Gold - 11pm: A Bit of Fry and Laurie
Fiver - 11.35pm: Gay, Straight or Taken. Here is the format; courtesy of Wikipedia: A female contestant goes on a group date at a spa or resort with three men. Shortly after meeting the men, the contestant receives a cell phone call from a woman who advises her that one of the three men is her boyfriend. Moments later she receives a second call from a man informing her that another of the men is his boyfriend. Now she must try to figure out which man is gay, which one is straight but taken, and which one is straight and available. During the course of the date, the contestant has the opportunity to spend "alone time" with each of the men, selecting activities which she believes will give her clues as to the sexuality and relationship status of each. At the end of the date, the contestant prepares to announce her decision, but before she can the girlfriend and boyfriend of the two involved men appear on the scene. The contestant then announces which man she believes is gay, which is taken, and which is available. If the contestant correctly chooses the straight and available man, the two of them win a vacation together. If she is wrong, the man she picks wins the trip with his partner.
Living - 12noon: Will and Grace
Watch - 8pm: Dr Who. Captain Jack (John Barrowman) flies in
Watch - 9: Torchwood

Sunday 15th
BBC2 - 1pm: Escape to the Country. Presented by Alistair Appleton
BBC2 - 11.30: Graham Norton Uncut
C4 - 8pm: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 9pm: Peter Kay: Raider of the Pop Charts. Stars Matt Lucas
More4 - 5.45pm: Come Dine with Me
Dave - 9 and 11.50pm: QI
Fiver - 11.35pm: Gay, Straight or Taken?
Watch - 5pm: Dr Who
Bio - 11pm: Lindsay Lohan’s Most Shocking Moments

Monday 16th
BBC3 - 7pm: Dr Who. Followed by Dr Who Confidential
ITV1 - 6am: GMTV. Richard Arnold
C4 - 8.30am: Frasier
C4 - 9: Will and Grace
C4 - 5pm: Paul O’Grady
More4 - 12.10am: Brothers and Sisters
Five - 9am: The Wright Stuff. Scott Capurro guests
Dave - 9pm: QI

Tuesday 17th
BBC3 - 7pm: Dr Who. Followed by Dr Who Confidential
BBC HD - 11pm: Torchwood
ITV1 - 6am: GMTV. Richard Arnold
ITV1 - 10.35pm: South bank Show. Follows Will Young as he promotes his latest album
C4 - 8.30am: Frasier
C4 - 9: Will and Grace
C4 - 5pm: Paul O’Grady
C4 - 10: Shameless
E4 - 11pm: Shameless
E4 - 12.10am: Skins
More4 - 9pm: Come Dine with Me
Watch - 9pm: Torchwood
Sky Arts2 - 1am: Art of Francis Bacon

Wednesday 18th
BBC2 - 12.10am: How to Write a Mills and Boon. Stella Duffy shows us how.
ITV1 - 6am: GMTV. Richard Arnold
C4 - 8.30am: Frasier
C4 - 9am: Will and Grace
C4 - 5pm: Paul O’Grady
C4 - 11.05: Shameless (rpt)
E4 - 11pm: Skins
Dave - 12.10pm: Graham Norton
Living - 8pm: Grey’s Anatomy

Thursday 19th
BBC2 - 10pm: The Graham Norton Show
BBC4 - 9pm: Tom Driberg and Me. William G Stewart, whom we know as the presenter of 15 to 1, digs under the surface to find out if his former boss from the 1960’s, Labour MP Tom Driberg, was spying for the KGB. As a gay man who died in 1976, Driberg’s reputation is lost in a fog of rumours and allegations. Repeated at 11pm
ITV1 - 6am: GMTV. Richard Arnold
C4 - 8.30am: Frasier
C4 - 9: Will and Grace
C4 - 5pm: Paul O’Grady
E4 - 10pm: Skins
E4 - 11.10: Alan Carr: The Tooth Fairy Live
More4 - 10pm: Brothers and Sisters
Dave - 11pm: QI
Living - 10pm: Grey’s Anatomy

Friday 20th
BBC1 - 9pm: QI
BBC3 - 8.50pm: Dr Who
ITV1 - 6am: GMTV
C4 - 8.30am: Frasier
C4 - 9: Will & Grace
C4 - 5pm: Paul O’Grady

Film and drama
Saturday 14th
Classics - 1pm and 9pm: Some Like it Hot
Modern Greats - 12.40pm and 1.55 pm: The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Sunday 15th
Comedy - 6.25pm: Carry on Colombus. 1992 revamp with Julian Clary
Family - 8pm: Hairspray
Indie - 1.35pm: La Vie en Rose

Tuesday 16th
Comedy - 8pm: St Trinian’s. 2007 remake with Rupert Everett in the role of Alistair Sims

Wednesday 17th
Comedy - 10pm: I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.
Screen One - 8pm: My Best Friend’s Wedding. Rupert Everett

Thursday 18th
Indie - 10pm: La Vie en Rose
Screen One - 8pm: Hairspray