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