LGBT related Radio and TV Programmes, 24th - 30th April

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!

The soaps have queered up en masse. In Weatherfield, Sophie and Sian kissed and the sky didn’t fall in. In Walford, Syed and Christian have more than kissed and the sky is going to fall in. In Emmerdale, Aaron punched up his secret lover and tried to gas himself in the garage. It all blows up in Eastenders this week.

Listings (times given are pm unless otherwise stated)

Saturday 24th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 6.20: Dr Who
BBC1 - 7.05: Over the Rainbow
BBC2 - 8.15: Malcolm McLaren: Artful Dodger. Tribute featuring the New York Dolls
ITV1 - 9: The Prisoner. Stars Ian McKellen
C4 - 3.55: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 11.40: The Aristocats. Eddie Izzard in a comedy documentary on how to deliver the world’s filthiest joke

Freeview
BBC3 - 7.05: Dr Who Confidential
BBCHD - 6.20: Dr Who
BBCHD - 7.05: Over the Rainbow
BBCHD - 8.25: Dr Who Confidential
ITV2 - 6am: Coronation Street Omnibus
ITV2 - 8.10: Emmerdale Omnibus
ITV2 - 11: Coronation Street Omnibus

Satellite and cable
Sky Arts 1 -10: Born to Boogie. T Rex
Sky 2 - 9am: Pineapple Dance Studios. Fly on the Wall series based on the idea that gay men being camp is entertaining in itself
Living - 8 &11am: Will and Grace
Comedy Classics - 9am & 1pm: Frasier
FX - 8: American Dad
FX - 9: Family Guy
Discovery Real Time - 4.30: Come Dine with Me

Film Channels
Classics - 3am: Giant. James Dean and Rock Hudson
TCM - 11.15: Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert. Sheer brilliance

Sunday 25th

Terrestrial
ITV1 - 9.25am: Coronation Street Omnibus
ITV1 - 10.15: South Bank Show Revisited. Stephen Sondheim, who wrote the lyrics of West Side Story
C4 - 8: Come Dine with Me

Freeview
BBCHD - 8: Dr Who
BBCHD - 8.45: Dr Who Confidential
BBCHD - 11.05: American Dad
ITV2 - 6am: Emmerdale Omnibus
More4 - 5.05: Come Dine with Me
Virgin1 - 11: Sexcetera. Aspects of human sexuality

Satellite and cable
Sky2 - 8am: Pineapple Dance Studios
Sky2 - 6: Pineapple Dance Studios
Sky2 - 1am: Pineapple Dance Studios
Gold - 9.55: Absolutely Fabulous
Living - 8am: Will and Grace
Living - 11am: Will and Grace
Living - 6: Grey’s Anatomy

Film Channels
Classics - 3.50: Spartacus. Epic with homo-erotic moments

Monday 26th

Terrestrial

BBC1 - 8: Eastenders. The truth is out
BBC1 - 10.50: The Graham Norton Show
C4 - 8.20am: Frasier
C4 - 8.50am: Will and Grace
C4 - 12.35: Will and Grace

Freeview
BBC3 - 8.30: Eastenders: Christian and Syed. Interviews and footage
BBC3 - 10: Eastenders. Rpt from BBC1 show
BBC3 - 10.30: Eastenders: Christian and Syed. Interviews and footage
BBCHD - 8: Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers. Food you can actually make
E4 - 9: Glee
More4 - 2.20: Come Dine with Me
Film4 - 9: X-Men. Ian McKellen as bad mutant to Patrick Stewart’s good mutant

Satellite and Cable
FX - 9.30: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 8: Come Dine with Me

Tuesday 27th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 7.30: Eastenders. The fallout
BBC1 - 11.30: The Graham Norton Show. Rpt.
ITV1 - 7: Emmerdale. Chas tries to help Aaron
C4 - 8.20am: Frasier
C4 - 8.50am: Will and Grace
C4 - 10: Shameless

Freeview
Dave - 9: QI
E4 - 11: Shameless. Gay 5-a-side anyone?
Film4 - 9: X-Men – The last Stand

Satellite and cable
Gold - 2.15: The Thin Blue Line
Gold - 8.40: The Thin Blue Line
Sky Arts2 - 2: Peter Grimes
Sky Arts2 - 10.20: Swan Lake
Discovery Real Time - 11: Come Dine with Me

Wednesday 28th

Terrestrial
BBC2 - 10: QI
ITV1 - 7: Emmerdale. Aaron snubs Chas but she is tenacious
C4 - 8.20am: Frasier
C4 - 8.50am: Will and Grace
C4 - 8: Three in a Bed. John and Andrew’s gay B&B
C4 - 11.05: Shameless. Rpt.

Freeview
BBC3 - 11.25: Eastenders: Christian and Syed. Yet again
BBC3 - 5.20am: Eastenders: Christian and Syed. Anybody would think they invented it!
ITV2 - 6am: Emmerdale
ITV2 - 9.25am: Emmerdale
E4 - 11.15am: Ugly Betty
More4 - 2.20: Come Dine with Me
Film4 - 11am: Appointment in London. 1952 movie with Dirk Bogarde

Satellite and Cable
Gold - 8.40: The Thin Blue Line
Comedy Central - 9am: Frasier
Comedy Central - 11: Sex and the City
FX - 9: Family Guy
FX - 9.30: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 11: Come Dine with Me
Bio - 8: Ricky Martin (pre-coming out?)
Bio - 10: Elton John
Bio - 12.30am: Ricky Martin (pre-coming out?)
Bio - 4am: Elton John

Film Channels

Drama/Romance - 11.30am & 8: Mamma Mia!
Classics - 11.35: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? This is one sick film!

Thursday 29th
BBC1- 2.15: Escape to the Country. Alistair Appleton
BBC1 - 7.30: Eastenders. Syed’s father-in-law comes to town with plans to send him into the next world
C4 - 8.20am: Frasier
C4 - 8.50am: Will and Grace
C4 - 12.35: Will and Grace

Freeview
BBC3 - 10: Eastenders. Rpt.
E4 - 11: Glee

Satellite and Cable
Gold - 8.40: The Thin Blue Line
Living - 8am: Will and Grace
Living - 9: Grey’s Anatomy
FX - 9: Family Guy
FX - 10: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 8: Come Dine with Me
Bio - 4: Elton John

Film Channels
Classics - 9.35: East of Eden. James Dean

Friday 30th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 8.30: QI
C4 - 8.20am: Frasier
C4 - 8.50am: Will and Grace
C4 - 12.35: Will and Grace
C4 - 8: Glee
C4 - 9: Embarrassing Bodies: Kids. Dr Christian investigates
Five - 9: The Mentalist
Five - 10: Grey’s Anatomy

Freeview
BBC3 - 9: Dr Who
BBC3 - 9.45: Dr Who Confidential
Dave - 10.10: QI XL
E4 - 11.15: Ugly Betty

Satellite and Cable
Gold - 2.20: The Thin Blue Line
Gold - 8.40: The Thin Blue Line
Living - 8am: Will and Grace

Radio

Saturday 24th
BBC Radio 2 - 1: Pick of the Pops. Dale Winton
BBC Radio 2 - 6: Going Out with Alan Carr
BBC Radio 2 - 8: Paul Gambaccini
BBC Radio 4 - 12.30: The News Quiz Sandi Toksvig and Sue Perkins
BBC Radio 4 - 4: Weekend Woman’s Hour
BBC Radio 4 - 11: Counterpoint. Paul Gambaccini

Sunday 25th
BBC Radio 2 - 11am: Weekend Wogan. Graham Norton guests
BBC Radio 2 - 1: Elaine Page. Stage musicals
BBC Radio 2 - 5: Paul O’Grady
BBC Radio 7 - 4.30: The News Quiz

Tuesday 27th
BBC Radio 4 - 11.30am: Charles Hawtrey, That Funny Man with the Glasses. Anecdotes and memories
BBC Radio 4 - 3.45: The Simple Life. Singles talk about their issues, including gay stereotyping

Thursday 29th
BBC Radio 4 - 2.15: Afternoon Play Bette and Joan and Baby Jane. Catherine Tate and Tracy-Ann Oberman play the two viragos in a dramatisation of the making of the truly horrific Whatever Happened to baby Jane?

Friday 30th
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30: The News Quiz

Local and web

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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