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

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!

LGBT TV and radio

Er... there’s still an election on!

Listings (times given are pm unless otherwise stated)

Saturday 8th

Terrestrial

BBC1 - 2.30: Rugby league commentated by Clare Balding
BBC1 - 6: Dr Who
BBC1 - 6.45: Over the Rainbow
ITV1 - 9: The Prisoner. Stars Ian McKellen
C4 - 3.55: Come Dine with Me

Freeview
BBC3 - 7: Dr Who Confidential
BBCHD - 6: Dr Who
BBCHD - 6.45: Over the Rainbow
BBCHD - 8.10: Dr Who Confidential
E4 - 9: The Full Monty. 1997 Film

Satellite and cable
Sky 2 - 9am: Pineapple Dance Studios. Fly on the Wall series based on the idea that gay men being camp is entertaining in itself
Watch - 7: Dr Who
Living - 8 &11am: Will and Grace
FX - 8: American Dad
FX - 9: Family Guy
Discovery Real Time - 4.30: Come Dine with Me

Sunday 9th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 10am: The Big Questions. Religious and moral issues debate
BBC1 - 7.15: Over the Rainbow
ITV1 - 9.25: Corrie Omni. Blanche’s funeral and Norris’s Misery experience provide camp entertainment. Includes a Jonathan Harvey episode with a cameo by June Whitfield
ITV1 - 10.45: South Bank Show Revisited. Judi Dench. Not sure whether she should be here or not really
C4 - 1.25: Glee. Repeat from Friday
C4 - 8: Come Dine with Me

Freeview
BBC3 - 8: Dr Who
BBC3 - 8.45: Dr Who Confidential
BBC3 - 10.40: Family Guy
BBCHD - 11.30: Beautiful People. Repeat
More4 - 5.15: Come Dine with Me

Satellite and cable
Sky1 - 8am: Pineapple Dance Studios
Sky1 - 6: Pineapple Dance Studios
Sky1 - 12midnight: Pineapple Dance Studios
Sky Arts2 - 8.55: Judy Garland Duets
Living - 8am: Will and Grace
Living - 11am: Will and Grace
Living - 6: Grey’s Anatomy
Comedy Central Extra - 10am: The King of Queens
Comedy Central Extra - 6: Frasier
Comedy Central Extra - 9: Sex and the City
Comedy Central - 1.40am: South Park
Discovery Real Time - 12.30: Come Dine with Me

Film Channels
Drama/Romance - 6: Mamma Mia!

Monday 9th
BBC1 - 10.50: The Graham Norton Show
BBC2 - 7.30: TOTP 80’s Special. Includes Culture Club among others
C4 - 8am: Frasier
C4 - 8.30am: Will and Grace
C4 - 10: Derren Brown Investigates. The magician turns his hand to tackling charletans

Freeview
BBC3 - 11.30: Family Guy
BBCHD - 10.35: The Graham Norton Show
BBCHD - 11.20: Dr Who
Dave - 9 & 11.40: QI
E4 - 9: Glee
More4 - 2.20: Come Dine with Me
Film4 - 11: Y Tu Mama Tambien

Satellite and Cable

Comedy Central - 5.10: Frasier
FX - 9: Family Guy
FX - 9.30: American Dad

Film Channels
Showcase - 8: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

Tuesday 10th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 11.05: The Graham Norton Show. Rpt.
C4 - 8am: Frasier
C4 - 8.30am: Will and Grace
C4 - 10: Shameless. Time this ended. It’s just become a sequence of shocking vignettes

Freeview
BBC3 - 11: Family Guy
Dave - 9: QI
E4 - 9: The Full Monty

Satellite and cable
Sky Arts1 - 4am: Derek Jarman: Life as Art
Sky Arts2 - 8.45am: Judy Garland
FX - 9: Family Guy
FX - 11: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 2: Come Dine with Me

Film Channels
Showcase - 8: West Side Story
Indie - 7.50: Milk. Sean Penn as the eponymous 1970s gay councillor for the Castro district

Wednesday 11th

Terrestrial
BBC2 - 10: QI
ITV1 - 7: Emmerdale. Chas and Paddy want to keep Aaron out of prison
C4 - 8am: Frasier
C4 - 8.30am: Will and Grace
C4 - 11.05: Shameless. Rpt.

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.30: Family Guy
More4 - 2.20: Come Dine with Me

Satellite and Cable
Sky1 - 7.30: Pineapple Dance Studios
Sky2 - 10: Pineapple Dance Studios. Extended repeat
FX - 9: Family Guy
FX - 9.30: American Dad
FX - 11.10: True Blood
Discovery Real Time - 2: Come Dine with Me
Bio - 6: Barry Manilow

Thursday 12th
BBC1 - 7.30: Eastenders. Syed is in despair
ITV1 - 7.30: Tonight: Afraid to Be Gay? Gareth Thomas on homophobia in this twice postponed transmission
C4 - 8am: Frasier
C4 - 8.30am: Will and Grace

Freeview
BBC3 - 11: Family Guy
BBC3 - 11.45: American Dad!
E4 - 11: Glee
More4 - 10: Brothers and Sisters
Film4 - 9: The Simpsons Movie

Satellite and Cable
Sky1 - 8: Modern Family
Sky Arts1 - 11.30: Freddie Mercury Tribute
Living - 9: Grey’s Anatomy
FX - 10: American Dad
FX - 11.05: Family Guy
Discovery Real Time - 2: Come Dine with Me

Friday 14th

Terrestrial
BBC2 - 8.30: QI
ITV1 - 7: Emmerdale. Aaron features highly; in clink, presumably
C4 - 8am: Frasier
C4 - 8.30am: Will and Grace
C4 - 1.05: Come Dine with Me
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
BBC3 - 11.30: Family Guy
BBC4 - 10: Shirley Bassey Night
Dave - 10.10: QI XL

Satellite and Cable
Comedy Central - 9am: Frasier
FX - 10: True Blood
Discovery Real Time - 2: Come Dine with Me

Film Channels
Drama Romance - 2 and 8: Mamma Mia!

Radio

Saturday 8th
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 guest Sue Perkins
BBC Radio 4 - 4: Weekend Woman’s Hour
BBC Radio 4 - 11: Counterpoint. Paul Gambaccini

Sunday 9th
BBC Radio 2 - 6am: Good Morning Sunday. Bel Mooney among the guests
BBC Radio 2 - 1: Elaine Page. Stage musicals
BBC Radio 2 - 5: Paul O’Grady
BBC Radio 4 - 4: Open Book. Often has LGBT content
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: Last Word. Ditto
BBC Radio 7 - 4.30: The News Quiz

Monday 10th
BBC Radio 2 - 7am: Graham Norton. Covering for Chris Evans

Tuesday 11th
BBC Radio 2 - 7am: Graham Norton. Covering for Chris Evans
BBC Radio 4 - 4.30: Great Lives. Matthew Parris talks to Sarah Hogg about factory owner Lady Charlotte Guest

Wednesday 12th
BBC Radio 2 - 7am: Graham Norton. Covering for Chris Evans
BBC Radio 4 - 2.15: Brief Lives. Drama

Thursday 13th
BBC Radio 2 - 7am: Graham Norton. Covering for Chris Evans

Friday 14th
BBC Radio 2 - 7am: Graham Norton. Covering for Chris Evans
BBC Radio 4 - 4: Last Word
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30: The News Quiz
BBC Radio 4 - 11: Great Lives. Matthew Parris
6 Music - 7: Tom Robinson
BBC Radio 7 - 12noon & 7: Stop Messing About!

Local and web

If you want us to tell everyone about your radio broadcasts, email fenwicktony[at]hotmail.com

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