LGBT related Radio and TV Programmes, 5th - 11th June

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

World Cup Kicks off on Friday. All those testosterone spurting heterosexual players with (or without) there shopaholic, cocktail sipping WAGs. Stereotyping aside, there’s nothing on telly this week. Hope the weather’s good.

Listings (times given are pm unless otherwise stated)

Saturday 5th

Terrestrial

BBC1 - 7.30: National Lottery. Dale Winton
ITV1 - 7.30: Britain’s Got Talent – The End
C4 - 3.55: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 7: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Ian McKellen

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.05: Family Guy
BBC3 - 10.50: American Dad
Sky3 - 1: Hairspray: The Musical

Satellite and cable
Comedy Central - 9am: Frasier
Comedy Central - 10am: Everybody Loves Raymond
FX - 8: American Dad
FX - 9: Family Guy

Sunday 6th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 10am: The Big Questions
BBC1 - 8: The British TV Awards. Graham Norton at The London Palladium. Stephen Fry and John Hurt are up for an award
C4 - 1: Glee. Repeat from Friday

Freeview
BBC3 - 10: Family Guy
BBC HD - 11.55: Beautiful People
BBC4 - 7: Joan Sutherland: The Reluctant Prima Donna
E4 - 9: Desperate Housewives
More4 - 5.10: Come Dine with Me
Film4 - 9: Tina; What’s Love Got to Do with It?

Satellite and cable
Sky1 - 7: Pineapple Dance Studios
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

Film
Classics - 10.30: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Indie - 3.50: Milk

Monday 7th
BBC1 - 10.50: The Graham Norton Show
BBC2 - 7: Tammy Wynette: ‘til I Can Make It on My Own
C4 - 7am: everybody Loves Raymond
C4 - 7.50am: Frasier
C4 - 10.35am: Will and Grace

Freeview
BBC3 - 11.20: Family Guy
BBCHD - 10.35: The Graham Norton Show
BBC4 - Storyville: Valentino; The Last Emperor. Profile of fashion designer Valentino Garavani
Dave - 9: QI
E4 - 9: Glee
E4 - 10: Gleeful. Real life Glee, if you please
More4 - 12midnight: Brothers and Sisters

Satellite and Cable
Gold - 10.40: Gimme Gimme Gimme
Comedy Central - 5.10: Frasier
FX - 9: Family Guy
FX - 9.30: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 2: Come Dine with Me
Bio - 3: Lindsay Lohan

Tuesday 8th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 11.05: The Graham Norton Show. Rpt.
BBC1 - 11.50: James Dean. Biopic
C4 - 7am: Everybody Loves Raymond
C4 - 7.50am: Frasier
C4 - 10.35am: Will and Grace
C4 - 8: Gok’s Fashion Fix

Freeview
BBC3 - 11.20: Family Guy
Dave - 9: QI
Sky3 - 6: Hairspary: The Musical
More4 - 9 and 11.30: Come Dine with Me

Satellite and cable
Sky1 - 11am: Pineapple Dance Studios
Gold - 10.40: Gimme Gimme Gimme
FX - 9: Family Guy
FX - 11: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 2: Come Dine with Me

Wednesday 9th

Terrestrial
BBC2 - 10: QI. Rpt.
C4 - 7am: Everybody Loves Raymond
C4 - 7.50am: Frasier
C4 - 10.35am: Will and Grace
C4 - 9: Big Brother Launch. Oh yes!
C4 - 10.35: Desperate Housewives. John Barrowman as the heterosexual from Hell

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.30: Family Guy
BBC3 - 11.15: American Dad
ITV2 - 9: Alexander. Colin Farrell as the Hellenic hero
E4 - 9: Derren Brown: Evening of Wonders
Sky3 - 6: Hairspray: The Musical
More4 - 2.20: Come Dine with Me

Satellite and Cable
Sky Arts2 - 7am: Brian Sewell’s Grand Tour
FX - 9: Family Guy
FX - 9.30: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 2: Come Dine with Me

Thursday 10th
C4 - 10.35am: Will and Grace
C4 - 10: Big Bro
C4 - 11.10: Skins

Freeview
BBC3 - 11: Family Guy
Sky3 - 6: Hairspray: The Musical
More4 - 10: Brothers and Sisters

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

Friday 11th

Terrestrial
C4 - 10.35am: Will and Grace
C4 - 12.25: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 8: Glee
C4 - 9: Big Bro
Five - 9: The Mentalist
Five - 10: Grey’s Anatomy

Freeview
BBC3 - 12.05am: Family Guy
Dave - 10.10: QI
E4 - 9: Gok’s Fashion Fix
More4 - 2.20: Come Dine with Me

Satellite and Cable
Discovery Real Time - 2: Come Dine with Me

Film
Premiere - 10: Bruno. Sacha Baron Cohen paradoxically challenges and fuels international homophobia at the same time. There are two versions of this movie on release in the UK. This is the ‘18’ one

Radio

Saturday 5th
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 - 6.07: Ramblings. Clare Balding on the South Downs Way
BBC radio 4 - 12.30: The News Quiz Sandi Toksvig
BBC radio 4 - 4: Weekend Woman’s Hour
BBC radio 4 - 5.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davis
BBC radio 4 - 8: Archive on 4: The Mary Whitehouse Effect. Includes her use of the blasphemy law to destroy the Gay Times
BBC radio 4 - 11: Counterpoint. Paul Gambaccini

Sunday 6th
BBC radio 2 - 1: Elaine Page. Stage musicals
BBC radio 2 - 3: Sounds of the 70s. With Boy George
BBC radio 2 - 5: Paul O’Grady
BBC radio 4 - 8.30: Last Word. Ditto
BBC radio 7 - 4.30: The News Quiz

Monday 7th
BBC radio 4 - 9.45am: The History of the World in 100 Objects
BBC radio 4 - 10.45am: Leaving Normal. Gay couple Sammi and Luke suddenly have to become parents
BBC radio 4 - 1.30: Counterpoint. Paul Gambaccini
BBC radio 4 - 11pm: Off the Page: Shoulda Put A Ring On It - includes Stella Duffy on marriage (rpt)

Tuesday 8th
BBC radio 4 - 9.45am: The History of the World in 100 Objects
BBC radio 4 - 10.45am: Leaving Normal. Gay couple Sammi and Luke suddenly have to become parents

Wednesday 9th
BBC radio 4 - 9.45am: The History of the World in 100 Objects
BBC radio 4 - 10.45am: Leaving Normal. Gay couple Sammi and Luke suddenly have to become parents
BBC radio 4 - 8: The Moral Maze. Bear pit debate that often touches on LGBT issues; often very negatively

Thursday 10th
BBC radio 4 - 9.45am: The History of the World in 100 Objects
BBC radio 4 - 10.45am: Leaving Normal. Gay couple Sammi and Luke suddenly have to become parents
BBC radio 4 - 3: Ramblings. See Saturday
BBC radio 4 - 8.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davis
BBC radio 7 - 6: Oscar Wilde’s Canterville Ghost. Charming tale of the New World family that refuses to be haunted

Friday 11th
BBC radio 4 - 9.45am: The History of the World in 100 Objects
BBC radio 4 - 10.45am: Leaving Normal. Gay couple Sammi and Luke suddenly have to become parents
BBC radio 4 - 4: Last Word
BBC radio 4 - 6.30: The News Quiz
6 Music - 7: Tom Robinson
BBC radio 7 - 12noon & 7: Round the Horne

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