ITV1 Queers the Pitch this Thursday

Something queer is going down at ITV1 tonight.

Emmerdale's two-hander at 7 and 8pm has Aaron's much publicised coming out while, over on Corrie, Rosie Webster is getting more and more excited about her best mate's return to Weatherfield at 8.30.

In the middle of all these goings on, ITV1 is boadcasting a Tonight programme about the increase in homophobic attacks in the UK, presented by Rugby international and LGBT History Month patron Gareth Thomas. Afraid to Be Gay was scheduled for transmission last week but was postponed till this Thursday.

Due to a technical glitch we were unable to bring you the LGBT TV and Radio Listings last week. Normal service will be resumed next week. Our apologies to all.

New legislation to protect LGB people

The Scottish parliament has passed legislation that will make hate crime a factor in prosecuting people who attack LGB and/or disabled people, bringing it in line with legislation south of the border.

The Offences (Aggravation by Prejudice) (Scotland) Act 2009, passed by Holyrood on Wednesday was also the first Act proposed by the Green Party in Scotland to be brought into law.

For more information, read the article here on the Herald's website.

At the other end of the country, Guernsey politicians have agreed to lower the age of consent for gay men from 18 to 16, bringing the law into line with that for heterosexuals and lesbians.

Read the full article on PinkNews here.

Finally, a law criminalising stirring up homophobic hatred in England and Wales came into effect on Tuesday.

Read the full article on PinkNews here.

Bulletin No 70

The latest edition of the LGBT History Month bulletin is now available, as usual packed-full of news, information, notices of upcoming events and quotations.

To access the latest bulletin please click on one of the links below:
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You can view all previous bulletins here or register to our mailing list here.

LGBT related Radio and TV Programmes, 13th - 19th 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.

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.
ITV1 airs a documentary on homophobia. See Thursday

TV
New
George Michael on Bio 11pm Saturday.
Sunday there’s George Michael at 10am and Freddie Mercury at 11am and 5pm Bio. Gay men dancing on Pineapple Dance Studios 6pm Sky1. Mad Men BBC4 11pm.
Corrie on ITV1 7.30pm Monday is written by Jonathan Harvey. Gimme Gimme Gimme Gold 10.40pm.
On Tuesday QI BBC2 10pm and Mad Men 11.20.
Part 2 of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit dramatised on BBC4 10.30pm Tuesday.
Wednesday: Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man 8pm BBC3.
ITV1 airs a documentary on homophobia. Tonight: Afraid to Be Gay with LGBT History Month patron Gareth Thomas at 7.30pm Thursday. Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man on BBC3 Thursday 10.30pm. This is the final part of 3 and the most up-to-date version. The other showings are all repeats.
BBC1 airs Sport Relief all evening Friday. Dr Christian on Embarrassing Bodies C4 9pm. Stephen Fry in the docile Kingdom at 9pm ITV3

Ongoing
Come Dine with Me at 4.25 on C4 and QI XL 9.15 BBC2 Saturday. Dr Who/Torchwood back to back on Watch from 8. C4 repeats Chatty Man with Alan Carr at 11.55. Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man 10.40 BBC3.
The Big Questions is on BBC1 at 10am on Sunday; LGBT content unknown. Glee on C4 at 5.30pm. Jason Gardiner on Dancing on Ice at 7.15 and 9.30pm on ITV1.
C4 airs Will and Grace every morning at 9.20am. 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.
On Monday: Dr Who on BBC3 at 7pm and on Watch at 8pm. Women on BBC4 9pm features feminist icons. More Glee on E4 at 9pm.
Shameless on C4 10pm Tuesday (repeated Wednesday 11).
BBC4 airs Mad Men at 10pm Wednesday. Elton John 2am Sky Arts1. Peter Grimes 2am Sky Arts2.
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 Dr. Who Watch 8pm.

Films
On Sunday there’s The Broken Hearts Club: a Romantic Comedy on C4 at 1.25am and Giant Screen 1 10.35am.
Monday Milk on Drama 8pm.
Silence of the Lambs 10.40pm Sci/Fi Horror Tuesday.
My Best Friend’s Wedding E4 9pm Wednesday.
West Side Story Classics 9pm Friday. Lesbian Vampire Killers at midnight on Sky Premiere/HD is a “highly amusing romp” according to Radio Times. We’ll be the judge of that. The incontrovertibly brilliant Priscilla: Queen of the Desert on TCM 9pm and 1.15am.

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 13th
BBC Radio 2 - 10am Jonathan Ross. Includes a feature on the current West End production of Private Lives
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: The Karen Carpenter Story
BBC Radio 4 - 6.07: Ramblings. Clare Balding
BBC Radio 4 - 10: Excess Baggage. Sandi Toksvig
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 14th
BBC Radio 2 - 1pm: Elaine Page. Stage and film music show. Guests John Barrowman
BBC Radio 2 - 5: Paul O’Grady
BBC Radio 4 - 7.05am: Sunday. Religious programme that often deals with LGBT issues
BBC Radio 4 - 12.04pm: Just a Minute. Sue Perkins guests
BBC Radio 4 - 2.45: The Secrets of the Art and the Artist: Caravaggio (1/3) - Roger Law embarks on a journey to understand the controversial artist.
BBC Radio 4 - 4.30: Poetry Please
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: Last Word
BBC Radio 7 - 8: Henry James’ Portrait of a Lady. Read by Miriam Margolyes

Monday 15th
BBC Radio 1 - 6.30am: Chris Moyles. Features Aled
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am: Book of the Week. Chopin: Prince of the Romantics

Tuesday 16th
BBC Radio 1 - 6.30am: Chris Moyles. Features Aled
BBC Radio 2 - 10.30pm: Michael Ball meets Dolly Parton
BBC Radio 2 - 11.30: Behind the Brel: The Story of the Musical Genius. Marc Almond on Jacques Brel
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am: Book of the Week. Chopin: Prince of the Romantics
BBC Radio 7 - 2.30pm: Alan Bennett’s telling Tales

Wednesday 17th
BBC Radio 1 - 6.30am: Chris Moyles. Features Aled
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am: Book of the Week. Chopin: Prince of the Romantics
BBC Radio 4 - 8: The Moral Maze. Content unknown
BBC Radio 7 - 2.30pm: Alan Bennett’s telling Tales

Thursday 18th
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: Book of the Week. Chopin: Prince of the Romantics
BBC Radio 4 - 3pm: Ramblings. Clare Balding
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: The Bottom Line. With Evan Davies
BBC Radio 7 - 2.30pm: Alan Bennett’s telling Tales

Friday 19th
BBC Radio 1 - 6.30am: Chris Moyles. Features Aled
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am: Book of the Week. Chopin: Prince of the Romantics
BBC Radio 4 - 4pm: Last Word
BBC Radio 4 - 9: History of the World in 100 Objects
6 Music - 7.30: Tom Robinson
BBC Radio 7 - 2.30pm: Alan Bennett’s telling Tales
BBC Radio 7 - 7pm: Stop Messing About!
BBC Radio 7 - 7.30: The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket

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

Radio North Manchester 106.6 FM
Sundays - 11am: Passport. Also look out for their women's programmes

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

David Vilaseca Dies

David Vilaseca
1964 - 2010

David, professor of Hispanic studies and queer theory at Royal Holloway, University of London, died after being run on his bike over by a skip lorry on 9 February. He was 46 years old.

Read his obituary in The Guardian here.

A Day in Hand Takes Third Place in Pink Paper Awards

A Day in Hand took third place in the Pink paper event awards. Its founder David Watkins would like to thank all those who supported this new, ground-breaking international event.

Manchester Pride and Brighton Pride came first and second respectively.

MET Advisory Group Seeks new Members

The LGBT Independent Advisory Group to the Metropolitan Police is recruiting new members.

The deadline for applications is this Thursday.

We’d be grateful if you would circulate this reminder amongst your networks.

More information about the LGBT Advisory Group and the vacancies can be found on the website www.lgbtag.org.uk

LGBT related Radio and TV Programmes, 6th - 12th 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.

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.
Gay, Gifted and Black. Stephen K. Amos waltzes into prime time telly on BBC1 Saturday night. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit dramatised on BBC4 10.30pm Tuesday. Kristian Digby was a great TV presenter and broadcasting talent taken well before his time.

TV
New
Stephen K. Amos on Let’s Dance for Sport Relief BBC1 7.15pm Saturday. Lady Gaga guests on Jonathan Ross BBC1 12.45. Bette Midler in concert in Las Vegas BBC2 7pm. Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man repeated BBC3 11.25.
Desmond Tutu (he of “No Outsiders”) on Songs of Praise 5pm BBC1 Sunday. If you can’t sleep without knowing who won the Oscars, they’re live on Sky Premiere at 1am. Gay men dancing on Pineapple Dance Studios 6pm Sky1.
QI repeated on BBC2 10pm Monday. Women on BBC4 9pm features feminist icons.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit dramatised on BBC4 10.30pm Tuesday.
Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers BBC1 7.30pm Wednesday. Stephen Fry on Shrink Rap More4 10pm. Ricky Martin Bio Midnight and 6am Thursday.
Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man on BBC3 Thursday 10.30pm.
Eurovision: Your Country Needs You with Graham Norton BBC1 8.30pm Friday. Dr Christian on Embarrassing Bodies C4 9pm. Dale Winton guests on Chris Moyles’s Quiz Night C4 10pm.

Ongoing
Come Dine with Me at 4.25 on C4 and QI XL 9.15 BBC2 Saturday. Dr Who/Torchwood back to back on Watch from 8. C4 repeats Chatty Man with Alan Carr at 12.20.
The Big Questions is on BBC1 at 10am on Sunday; LGBT content unknown. Glee on C4 at 5.30pm. Jason Gardiner on Dancing on Ice at 7.15 and 9.45pm on ITV1. Also on Sunday, Mad Men BBC4 11pm repeated Wednesday 10pm.
C4 airs Will and Grace every morning at 8.50am. 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.
On Monday: Dr Who on BBC3 at 7pm and on Watch at 8pm. More Glee on E4 at 9pm.
Shameless on 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 Dr. Who Watch 8pm.

Films
Colin Farrel as Alexander the Great on ITV1 Saturday 10.30pm.
On Sunday there’s Derek Jacobi in Henry V on BBC2 at 2pm and Montgomery Clift in From Here to Eternity on Five at 3.05.
Monday Victim 2.40pm Film4 and Mamma Mia! Screen1 8pm.
The Talented Mr Ripley Film4 11.25pm Wednesday, after Psycho (4.30pm & 12.45am) and Silence of the Lambs 10.40pm Sci/Fi Horror Wednesday. St. Trinians 8pm Family Thursday

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 6th
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: The Karen Carpenter Story
BBC Radio 4 - 6.07: Ramblings. Clare Balding
BBC Radio 4 - 10: Excess Baggage. Sandi Toksvig returns now that The News Quiz is over
BBC Radio 4 - 10.30: And the Academy award Goes to…Paul Gambaccini on the genius of Unforgiven
BBC Radio 4 - 2.30pm: The Saturday Play: Vincent Price and the Horror of the English Bloodbeast
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 - 8: Archive on 4: Hate against Hope. The East End takes on the National Front in the 1970s
BBC Radio 4 - 10.15: the Moral Maze. Content unknown

Sunday 7th
BBC Radio 2 - 1pm: Elaine Page. Stage and film music show
BBC Radio 2 - 5: Paul O’Grady
BBC Radio 4 - 7.05am: Sunday. Religious programme that often deals with LGBT issues
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 8th
BBC Radio 1 - 6.30am: Chris Moyles. Features Aled
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30pm: Just a Minute. Sue Perkins guests
BBC Radio 4 - 10.45pm: Book at Bedtime - Trespass by Rose Tremain
BBC Radio 7 - 9pm: Henry James’ Portrait of a Lady. Read by Miriam Margolyes

Tuesday 9th
BBC Radio 1 - 6.30am: Chris Moyles. Features Aled
BBC Radio 2 - 10.30pm: Michael Ball meets Dolly Parton
BBC Radio 4 - 10.45pm: Book at Bedtime - Trespass by Rose Tremain
BBC Radio 7 - 9pm: Henry James’ Portrait of a Lady. Read by Miriam Margolyes

Wednesday 10th
BBC Radio 1 - 6.30am: Chris Moyles. Features Aled
BBC Radio 4 - 8: The Moral Maze. Content unknown
BBC Radio 4 - 10.45pm: Book at Bedtime - Trespass by Rose Tremain
BBC Radio 7 - 9pm: Henry James’ Portrait of a Lady. Read by Miriam Margolyes

Thursday 11th
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 - 11.30: Capturing America: Mark Lawson’s History of Modern American Literature. 5/8 Making Sex Safe. Features Armistead Maupin
BBC Radio 4 - 3pm: Ramblings. Clare Balding
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: The Bottom Line. With Evan Davies
BBC Radio 4 - 10.45pm: Book at Bedtime - Trespass by Rose Tremain
BBC Radio 7 - 9pm: Henry James’ Portrait of a Lady. Read by Miriam Margolyes

Friday 12th
BBC Radio 1 - 6.30am: Chris Moyles. Features Aled
BBC Radio 4 - 4pm: Last Word
BBC Radio 4 - 9: Round the World in 100 Objects
BBC Radio 4 - 10.45pm: Book at Bedtime - Trespass by Rose Tremain
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 - 9pm: Henry James’ Portrait of a Lady. Read by Miriam Margolyes
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

Radio North Manchester 106.6 FM
Sundays - 11am: Passport. Also look out for their women's programmes

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