LGBT related Radio and TV Programmes, 26th June - 2nd July

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

Of course if we had out lesbian and gay footballers and tennis players this week would be a different story!

Listings (times given are pm unless otherwise stated)

Saturday 26th

Terrestrial

BBC1 - 10: National Lottery. Dale Winton
C4 - 4.05: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 10: Big Bro

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.15: Glastonbury. The Pet Shop Boys
BBC3 - 11.50: Family Guy
Dave - 10.10: QI

Satellite and cable
Sky 1 - 7: Pineapple Dance Studios
Comedy Central - 9am: Frasier
Comedy Central - 10am: Everybody Loves Raymond
FX - 11.30: Family Guy
Bio - 10: Ricky Martin

Film
Classics - 1.50am: Pillow Talk. Doris Day and Rock Hudson

Sunday 27th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 10am: The Big Questions
C4 - 8: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 9: Big Bro
C4 - 10: Alan Carr: Chatty Man

Freeview
BBC3 - 10: Family Guy
Dave - 10.10: QI
E4 - 9: Desperate Housewives
More4 - 5.10: Come Dine with Me

Satellite and cable
Sky1 - 7: Pineapple Dance Studios

Monday 28th
BBC1 - 10.35: The Graham Norton Show
BBC2 - 9: Mary Queen of Shops. Mary Portas presents
C4 - 10.30am: Everybody Loves Raymond
C4 - 12.35: Will and Grace
C4 - 10: Big Bro
C4 - 11.40: Alan Carr: Chatty Man rpt.

Freeview
BBC3 - 11: Family Guy
BBCHD - 10.35: The Graham Norton Show
Dave - 10.10: QI
E4 - 11: Shameless
More4 - 12.05am: Brothers and Sisters

Satellite and Cable
Sky1 - 7.30: Pineapple Dance Studios
FX - 9: Family Guy
FX - 9.30: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 2: Come Dine with Me

Film
Classics - 7.15: Wizard of Oz
TCM - 6.30: The Trials of Oscar Wilde. Peter Finch as the eponymous subject. Made in 1960, when male homosexuality was illegal in the UK

Tuesday 29th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 10.35 Alan Yentob meets Dian Athill
BBC1 - 11.35: The Graham Norton Show. Rpt.
ITV1 - 7: Emmerdale. Aaron and Jackson the morning after
C4 - 8.30am: Frasier
C4 - 10.35am: Everybody Loves Raymond
C4 - 8: Gok’s Fashion Fix
C4 - 10: Big Bro

Freeview
BBC3 - 11: Family Guy
Dave - 10.10: QI
More4 - 9: Come Dine with Me

Satellite and cable
Sky Arts1 - 7: Andy Warhol’s Factory People
FX - 9: Family Guy
FX - 9.30: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 2: Come Dine with Me

Wednesday 30th

Terrestrial
C4 - 8.15am: Frasier
C4 - 10.30am: Everybody Loves Raymond
C4 - 9: Big Bro
C4 - 10: Desperate Housewives

Freeview
BBC3 - 11: Family Guy
BBC3 - 11.45: American Dad
Dave - 10.10: QI
More4 - 2.20: Come Dine with Me

Satellite and Cable
Sky Arts1 - 7: Andy Warhol’s Factory People
FX - 9: Family Guy
FX - 9.30: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 2: Come Dine with Me
Bio - 8: Boy George

Thursday 1st
C4 - 8.25am: Frasier
C4 - 10.30am: Everybody Loves Raymond
C4 - 1: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 10: Big Bro
C4 - 11.15: Skins

Freeview
BBC3 - 11: Family Guy
Dave - 10.10: QI
E4 - 10.30: Alan Carr: Chatty Man. Rpt.
More4 - 10: Southland

Satellite and Cable
Sky1 - 9.30: Modern family
Living - 9: Grey’s Anatomy
FX - 10: American Dad
FX - 9 & 11.05: Family Guy
Discovery Real Time - 2 & 8: Come Dine with Me
Film - 11.45am & 11.35: Milk

Friday 2nd

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 10.35: Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
ITV1 - 7.30: Coronation Street. Jonathan Ross wrote this one
C4 - 8.30: Frasier
C4 - 10.40am: Everybody Loves Raymond
C4 - 10.35: Big Bro
Five - 11.05: Grey’s Anatomy

Freeview
BBC3 - 11.50: Family Guy
Dave - 10.10: QI
E4 - 9: Gok’s Fashion Fix
E4 - 10: Supersize vs. Superskinny
More4 - 2.20: Come Dine with Me

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

Film
Classics - 9: Ben Hur. Watch Tony Curtis seduce an unwitting Charlton Heston

Radio

Saturday 26th
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 2 - 10: Glastonbury. With The Pet Shop Boys
BBC Radio 4 - 6.07: Ramblings. Clare Balding is still on the South Downs Way. Someone ought to send out a rescue party
BBC Radio 4 - 10: Excess Baggage. Sandi Toksvig
BBC Radio 4 - 4: Weekend Woman’s Hour
BBC Radio 4 - 5.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davis

Sunday 27th
BBC Radio 2 - 1: Elaine Page. Stage musicals
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: Last Word

Monday 28th
BBC Radio 3 - 11: Couples. Frederick Raphael on couples since Adam and Eve. All straight? I hope not!
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am: The History of the World in 100 Objects

Tuesday 29th
BBC Radio 2 - 10: The Glory of Glam
BBC Radio 3 - 11: Couples
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am: The History of the World in 100 Objects
BBC Radio 4 - 11: The Odd Half-Hour. Stand-up show includes Stephen K. Amos

Wednesday 30th
BBC Radio 2 - 10: The Glory of Glam. Part 2 of 2
BBC Radio 3 - 11: Couples. Hemingway and Scott Fitzgerald. No they weren’t.
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am: The History of the World in 100 Objects
BBC Radio 4 - 8: The Moral Maze. Bear pit debate that often touches on LGBT issues; often very negatively
BBC Radio 4 - 11: The Odd Half-Hour. Stand-up show includes Stephen K. Amos

Thursday 1st
BBC Radio 3 - 11: Couples. DH Lawrence
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am: The History of the World in 100 Objects
BBC Radio 4 - 3: Ramblings. See Saturday
BBC Radio 4 - 7.15: Front Row. Another Caravaggio biography
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davis

Friday 2nd
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am: The History of the World in 100 Objects
BBC Radio 4 - 4: Last Word
BBC Radio 7 - 12noon & 7: Round the Horne

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