LGBT related Radio and TV Programmes, 19th - 26th 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.

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 is rubbish this week but radio’s good. Is Radio 4 covertly celebrating LGBT History Month?

TV
New
Behind the Scenes of True Blood on Saturday FX at 10pm.
The BAFTAs on BBC1 at 9pm Sunday. Gay men dancing on Pineapple Dance Studios 6pm Sky1.
Christopher Biggins on Titchmarsh ITV1 at 5. BBC4 airs Mad Men at 10pm Wednesday.
John Barrowman on GMTV Thursday.

Ongoing
Come Dine with Me at 4.25 on C4 and QI XL 10.15 BBC2 Saturday. Dr Who/Torchwood back to back on Watch from 7 on BBC3. Nurse Jackie ends its first series at 11pm BBC4 (don’t worry; there’s another one). C4 repeats Chatty Man with Alan Carr at 11.35.
The Big Questions is on BBC1 at 10am on Sunday; LGBT content unknown. Glee on C4 at 5.30pm. Jason Gardiner oozes pus on Dancing on Ice at 6.45 and 8.50pm on ITV1.
C4 airs Will and Grace every morning at 8.55am. The Wright Stuff Five at 9.15am every weekday often has an LG guest. Come Dine with Me weekdays 5.30pm on C4 and at 9pm Monday More4. Glee 5.30pm C4.
Nurse Jackie at 10pm BBC2 Monday. Dr Who on BBC3 at 7pm and Torchwood on Watch at 8pm. More Glee on E4 at 9pm.
Shameless C4 10pm Tuesday (repeated Wednesday 11).
Alan Carr Chatty Man C4 10pm Thursday. Skins on E4 at 10pm, followed by Glee. Brothers and Sisters on More4 at 10.
On Friday there’s QI on BBC1 at 8.30pm. Dr Who 8.10 BBC3. Torchwood Watch 8pm.

Films
Ziigy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars on Sky Arts1 at 9pm and St Trinians on Family Saturday 9.45pm.
On Monday there’s Mamma Mia! on Family at 9.45pm and Jodie in Silence of the Lambs on Drama at 10.40pm.
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything Julia Newmar at 4.05am Tuesday (i.e. Wednesday). Also on Wednesday, West Side Story on Screen 1 at 10am.
On Thursday, Mamma Mia! on Family at 8pm and the camp 60’s classic Modesty Blaise at 9pm on Classics.

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 19th
BBC Radio 2 - 1pm: Dale Winton’s Pick of the Pops
BBC Radio 2 - 6: Going Out with Alan carr
BBC Radio 2 - 8: Paul Gambaccini
BBC Radio 2 - 10: Simply Red: Stars in the RADIO Theatre. Archive SR concert presented by Paul Gambaccini
BBC Radio 4 - 6.07: Ramblings. Clare Balding in Anglesey with the North Wales Gay Outdoors Club
BBC Radio 4 - 10.30: And the Academy award Goes to…Paul Gambaccini on the genius of The Deer Hunter
BBC Radio 4 - 12.30pm: News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig presents
BBC Radio 4 - 4pm: Weekend Woman’s Hour
BBC Radio 4 - 5.30: The Bottom Line
BBC Radio 4 - 6.15: Loose Ends. Content unknown
BBC Radio 4 - 10.15: the Moral Maze. Content unknown

Sunday 20th
BBC Radio 2 - 1pm: Elaine Page. Stage and film music show
BBC Radio 2 - 5: Paul O’Grady
BBC Radio 4 - 6.05am: Something Understood. Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks on the challenges of the 21st century
BBC Radio 4 - 7.05am: Sunday. Religious programme that often deals with LGBT issues
BBC Radio 4 - 2.45pm: Head to Head. Edward Stourton with archive footage of the ‘70’s debate between Clive James and Gore Vidal and the impact of Christianity
BBC Radio 4 - 4.30: Poetry Please
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: Last Word
BBC Radio 7 - 4.30pm: News Quiz
BBC Radio 7 - 8: Henry James’ Portrait of a Lady. Read by Miriam Margolyes

Monday 21st
BBC Radio 1 - 6.30am: Chris Moyles. Features Aled
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am: Around the World in a Hundred Objects
BBC Radio 4 - 2.15pm: Afternoon Play. Torchwood: Lost Souls
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30: Just a Minute. Graham Norton guests
BBC Radio 7 - 9pm: Henry James’ Portrait of a Lady. Read by Miriam Margolyes

Tuesday 22nd
BBC Radio 1 - 6.30am: Chris Moyles. Features Aled
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am: Around the World in a Hundred Objects
BBC Radio 4 - 11.30: The Ballet Russes in England. ½: What Did Britain Do for Diaghilev?
BBC Radio 7 - 9pm: Henry James’ Portrait of a Lady. Read by Miriam Margolyes

Wednesday 23rd
BBC Radio 1 - 6.30am: Chris Moyles. Features Aled
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am: The History of the World in 100 Objects
BBC Radio 4 - 4pm: Thinking Allowed. Why Do Men Go with prostitutes? Julie Bindel contributes to the discussion
BBC Radio 4 - 8: The Moral Maze. Content unknown
BBC Radio 7 - 9pm: Henry James’ Portrait of a Lady. Read by Miriam Margolyes
BBC Radio 7 - 11: Eddie Izzard: The 2003 Sexy Show

Thursday 24th
BBC Radio 1 - 6.30am: Chris Moyles. Features Aled
BBC Radio 2 - 10pm: The Comedy Hour. 1/6: And the Winner Is…Matt Lucas presents his own comedy awards (The Lucases) to his own favourite comedians
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am: The History of the World in 100 Objects
BBC Radio 4 - 3: Ramblings. Clare Balding in Anglesey with the North Wales Gay Outdoors Club
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30pm: The Bottom Line. With Evan Davies

Friday 25th
BBC Radio 1 - 6.30am: Chris Moyles. Features Aled
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am: The History of the World in 100 Objects
BBC Radio 4 - 4: Last Word
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30: News Quiz. Presented by Sandi Toksvig
6 Music - 7.30: Tom Robinson
BBC Radio 7 - 7pm: Stop Messing About!
BBC Radio 7 - 7.30: The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket
BBC Radio 7 - 9: Clare Balding in Anglesey with the North Wales Gay Outdoors Club
BBC Radio 7 - 11.30: Intimate Contact with Julian Clary

Local and online

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