LGBT related Radio and TV Programmes, 8th - 14th August

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.

Some of the programmes listed below will be available online on the respective network's websites.

Enjoy!

Owt on’t’telly?

A round up of LGBT progs and personalities on British TV.

TV
New
Boo hiss to ITV last week for That’s What I Call Television: the repeated show about our TV past. It featured the remaining bits and pieces of the cast of the original Crossroads and said loads about Noele Gordon without once mentioning that she was a lesbian. This Saturday we have a basinful of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No 1 in B Flat minor in The Proms at 7pm on BBC2. The same channel broadcasts The Culture Show, which deals with Almadóvar’s Broken Embraces, at 11.40pm. ITV repeats An Audience with Neil Diamond at 7.20pm. Watch is besieged with Dr Who and Torchwood all evening and Sky Arts 2 repeats Francis Bacon at 6pm.
E4 repeats Ugly Betty on Sunday at 6pm.
Stephen K. Amos guests on Daily Cooks Challenge on ITV1 at 3pm Wednesday. Su Pollard is on the same show at the same time on Thursday, and Christopher Biggins guests on As Seen on TV on BBC1 at 8pm.

Ongoing
C4’s BB is airing its first gay romance, forming between Charlie the Geordie ex-Mr Gay UK entrant and Rodrigo, the devout Christian bisexual from Brazil. They’re both seriously cute and at least one of them seems to be on his way to victory. Charlie’s even-temperedness when everyone is fighting around him is endearing, as is Rodrigo’s sense of fair play. In the meantime, Lisa the Birmingham lesbian and David the Bradford gay have bonded as best mates. Alan Carr interviews Frank Skinner and Peter Andre Chatty Man on C4 at 10pm Sunday. The Wire 11.20pm Tuesday andWednesday on BBC2. Ugly Betty on C4 at 10pm Wednesday and Skins at 11 on Wednesday. A repeat of Kingdom,with Stephen Fry, is on ITV1 at 9pm Friday.
Usually there’s some LGBT content on The Big Questions on BBC1 on Sunday morning at 10am. Ellen is on Fiver every weekday morning at 6. Come Dine with Me at 5.30pm on C4. Dr Who on BBC3 every evening at 7, QIon Dave and Will & Grace on Living every day.

Films
Rupert Everett in Best Friend’s Wedding on E4 at 9pm Saturday (and Wednesday 9pm), plus Mamma Mia onScreen 1 at 8pm and Rocky Horror Picture Show on Indie at 11.55pm.
On Sunday there’s Carry on Doctor at 11am on Film 4. The Bourne Ultimatum on Modern Greats Monday at 8pm.New adaptation of Brideshead Revisited, with Waugh’s homosexual relationship made explicit rather than implicit, is on Premiere, 10.35pm on Tuesday.
St Trinians on Wednesday 8pm on Comedy. Philadelphia on Fiver at 8pm Thursday, plus La Vie en Rose on Indie at9am and 5.05pm. Cary Grant in I Was a Male War Bride on Film 4 3.10pm Friday.

Radio
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.

Saturday 8th
BBC Radio 2 - 1pm: Dale Winton’s Pick of the Pops 69 and 85. How many years are there?
BBC Radio 2 - 6: Going out with Alan Carr
BBC Radio 2 - 8: Paul Gambaccini’s US hits
BBC Radio 2 - 10: The G-Word. On gothic rock
BBC Radio 4 - 10am: Excess Baggage. Sandi Toksvig

Sunday 9th
BBC Radio 4 - 7.05am: Sunday. Religious programme that often deals with LGBT issues
BBC Radio 4 - 4.30pm: Poetry Please. Tennyson
BBC Radio 2 - 8.30: Last Word. Weekly obituary that has included LGBT figures in the past
BBC Radio 4 - 9: Face the Facts. Beaten by the Bullies. John Waite on people who won’t go to school because of the bullying.

Monday 10th
BBC Radio 2 - 2pm: Dale Winton
BBC Radio 2 - 11.30: Dave Pearce’s Disco Anthems
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am and 12.30am: Bluestockings. Miriam Margolyes reads the account of women who determined that they should have a university education in the 19th century
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30: Just a Minute. Stephen Fry guests
BBC Radio 4 - 10.45: Book at Bedtime: The Whole Day Through by Patrick Gale
BBC Radio 4 - 11.30: Hairspray and Harmonies. Kit Hesketh Harvey stalks the Ladies Barbershop Quartet contest

Tuesday 11th
BBC Radio 2 - 2pm: Dale Winton
BBC Radio 2 - 10.30: The Art of Laughter. Analysis of comedy with Stephen Fry and Matt Lucas amongst others
BBC Radio 4 - 9am: Fry’s English Delight. Stephen Fry on English usage
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am and 12.30am: Bluestockings. Miriam Margolyes reads the account of women who determined that they should have a university education in the 19th century
BBC Radio 4 - 10.45: Book at Bedtime: The Whole Day Through by Patrick Gale
BBC Radio 4 - 11pm: Heresy. With Su Perkins

Wednesday 12th
BBC Radio 4 - 9.30am: Very Amazing: Behind the Scenes at the V&A
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am and 12.30am: Bluestockings. Miriam Margolyes reads the account of women who determined that they should have a university education in the 19th century
BBC Radio 4 - 10.45: Book at Bedtime: The Whole Day Through by Patrick Gale

Thursday 13th
BBC Radio 2 - 10.30: Does the Team Think? Rhona Cameron guests in the panel query show
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am and 12.30am: Bluestockings. Miriam Margolyes reads the account of women who determined that they should have a university education in the 19th century
BBC Radio 4 - 10.45: Book at Bedtime: The Whole Day Through by Patrick Gale

Friday 14th
BBC Radio 2 - 2pm: Dale Winton
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am and 12.30am: Bluestockings. Miriam Margolyes reads the account of women who determined that they should have a university education in the 19th century
BBC Radio 4 - 4: Last Word
6 Music - 7pm: Tom Robinson
BBC Radio 7 - 7pm: Round the Horne
BBC Radio 4 - 10.45: Book at Bedtime: The Whole Day Through by Patrick Gale

Local

For a global classification of queer radio on line:
http://radiotime.com/Search.aspx?query=gay&so=26,52,78 and
http://radiotime.com/Search.aspx?query=Lesbian
Gay Internet Radio Live (G.I.R.L.) is on the air 24 hours a day with dance music from the US at www.gayinternetradiolive.com.

Wythenshaw 97.2 FM, a community radio station, airs a lesbian and gay radio magazine programme once weekly, according to Out North West Magazine published by the Lesbian and Gay Foundation in Manchester. Podcast http://www.tuesdaynightout.co.uk/

GayRadio-UK is a new online radio station in Blackpool and promises a variety of LGBT programming. The audio stream is at www.gayradiouk.com. Guests iunclude lesbian actress Amanda Barrie, gay icon Su Pollard and radical actor Richie Tomlinson. Daily programmes are uploaded at the most popular gay podcast site on the net, Feast of Fun www.feastoffools.net, with a speech based programme of LGBT guests, news digest and light-hearted discussion.

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

Last Tuesday of the month - 6pm
Out in South London - local LGBT radio show with Rosie Wilby and guests
Listen online at www.southcityradio.org