LGBT related Radio and TV Programmes, 16th - 22nd October

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

Lip Service on BBC3!

Listings (times given are pm unless otherwise stated)

Saturday 16th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 6: Strictly Come Dancing
BBC2 - 9.45: QI XL
ITV1 - 7.30: The X Factor
C4 - 9.50am: Ugly Betty
C4 - 3.55: Come Dine with Me. Rpt.

Freeview
BBC3 - 11.15: Family Guy
BBC3 - 12midnight: American Dad
BBC HD - 6: Strictly Come Dancing
BBC HD - 10.30: QI XL
BBC4 - 10.30: Mad Men
BBC4 - 11.15: Crooked House. By and with Mark Gatiss
ITV2 - 6am and 10,55am: Corrie Omnibus. Sophie and Sian try to deal with Rosie nearly burning the Webster’s house down
ITV2 - 8am: Emmerdale. Jackson opens his eyes
E4 - 6.30: Ugly Betty
More4 - 6.55: Grand Designs. Pet Shop Boys ex-manager Tom Watkins moves to Hastings with his partner Darron
Film4 - 6.45: Ever After...A Cinderella Story. Stars Drew Barrymore

Satellite and cable
Comedy Central Extra - 9am: Frasier
FX - 8am: American Dad
FX - 10.15 and 11.30: Family Guy
Discovery Real Time - 4.30: Come Dine with Me
Bio - 8: Drew Barrymore

Film
Showcase - 6.10: the Wizard of Oz. Dorothy and her friends
Classics - 6.20: West Side Story. There’s a Place for Us

Sunday 17th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 7.30: Strictly Come Dancing
BBC1 - 10am: The Sunday Morning Show - Peter Tatchell faced shock jock John Gaunt
ITV1 - 9.25am: X Factor. Rpt.
ITV1 - 1: Corrie Omnibus
ITV1 - 4.55: Downton Abbey. Rpt.
ITV1 - 8: X Factor. With Joe McElderry
ITV1 - 9: Downton Abbey. Upstairs Downstairs meets Glee, with Maggie Smith thrown in
C4 - 9.30am: Hollyoaks Omnibus
C4 - 12.05: Ugly Betty
C4 - 10: Desperate Housewives. New series
Five - 7.05: Film: 50 First Dates. Stars Drew Barrymore (2004)

Freeview
BBC3 - 10: American Dad
BBC3 - 10.45: Family Guy
BBCHD - 7.30: Strictly Come Dancing
Dave - 7: Stephen Fry in America
ITV2 - 10: The Only Way is Essex. These characters are supposed to be real but they are such stereotypes and they play it up so much for the cameras that it’s hard to believe
E4 - 6: Glee
More4 - 5.05: Come Dine with Me

Satellite and Cable
Sky1 - 8: Modern Family

Monday 18th

ITV1 - 9: Whitechapel
C4 - 8.20am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 11.30: Family Guy
BBC4 - 9: A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss.2/3. Home Counties Horror
E4 - 7: Hollyoaks

Satellite and Cable
Sky Arts1 - 12.10am: What the Dickens?
FX - 9: Family Guy
Discovery Real Time - 3: Come Dine with Me

Film
Drama/Romance - 11.45: West Side Story
Classics - 9am: Pillow Talk. Rock Hudson/Doris Day (1959)

Tuesday 19th

Terrestrial
ITV1 - 12.30: Loose Women. Gok Wan guests
C4 - 8.20: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 6.30: Hollyoaks
C4 - 8: Wedding House
C4 - 11.05: Three Minute Wonder: The Jarman Award
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.30: Lip Service. White middle-class lesbians in Glasgow
BCC3 - 11.30: Family Guy
BBC HD - 10.30: Lip Service
Dave - 9: QIXL
Dave - 12midnight: QI XL
E4 - 7: Hollyoaks
More4 - 2.20: Come Dine with Me
Film4 - 6.15: Anna and the King. Jodie Foster (1999)

Satellite and Cable
Sky Arts1 - 12midnight: What the Dickens?
Sky2 - 8.30: Modern Family
Sky Arts2 - 6: Brian Sewell’s Grand Tour
FX - 10: Family Guy
Discovery Real Time - 3: Come Dine with Me

Wednesday 20th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 8: Waterloo Road
C4 - 8.20am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 11: Family Guy
BBC3 - 11.50 and 2.50am: Lip Service. A chance to catch up – or watch again – the 2nd part of this lesbian drama
BBC4 & HD - 10: Mad Men
ITV2 - 8: Gossip Girl
ITV2 - 10: The Only Way is Essex
E4 - 9: Ugly Betty
E4 - 1.15am: Ru Paul’s Drag Race

Satellite and Cable
Sky Arts1 - 12midnight: What the Dickens?
Gold - 10.40: Gimme Gimme Gimme
Living - 3.50am: Pete Burns’s PA
FX - 9: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 3: Come Dine with Me

Film
Crime/Thriller - 11.50: Silence of the Lambs. Jodie Foster (1991)
Drama/Romance - 12.30: West Side Story (1961)

Thursday 21st
ITV1 - 10.30: This Morning. Jonathan Grof from Glee pops in
ITV1 - 12.30: Loose Woman. With Paul O’Grady
IVT1 - 7.30: Tonight: Cyber Bullying
C4 - 8.20am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 6.30: Hollyoaks
C4 - 10.20: True Blood
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours. Another gay soap story

Freeview
BBC3 - 8: Little Britain Abroad
BBC3 - 11.05: Family Guy
BBC4 - 11: A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss. Rpt.
Dave - 9.40: QI
E4 - 7: Hollyoaks
Film4 - 12.05am: Dance with a Stranger. Stars Rupert Everett (1984)

Satellite and Cable
Sky1 - 8: Modern Family
Sky Arts1 - 11.35: Björk
Sky Arts1 - 12midnight: What the Dickens
Living - 3.50am: Pete Burns’s PA
FX - 9: Family Guy
FX - 10: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 3 and 8: Come Dine with Me

Film
Classics - 7: The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Classics - 9: Rebel without a Cause (1955)

Friday 22nd

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 8.30: QI
BBC1 - 10.35: The Graham Norton Show. The morphing process is complete!
BBC2 - 10: The Rob Brydon Show. Stephen Fry guests
ITV1 - 9: Paul O’Grady Live
C4 - 8.25am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 6.30: Hollyoaks
C4 - 8: Come Dine with Me
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 11.30: Family Guy
BBCHD - 8.30: QI
BBCHD - 10.35: The Graham Norton Show
Dave - 7.20, 9.40 and 1am: QI
ITV2 - 9: The Only Way is Essex
E4 - 9: How to Look Good Naked
E4 - 11.05: Desperate Housewives
Film4 - 9: East is East. Challenging comedy drama with an early take on the Syeed/Christian story (1999)
Fiver - 11: Sex and the City

Satellite and Cable
Sky Arts1 - 12midnight: What the Dickens?
Discovery Real Time - 3 and 8: Come Dine with Me

Film
Showcase - 11.45: Bruno (2009)

Radio

Saturday 16th
BBC Radio 2 - 10am: The Graham Norton Show
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: The Comedy Hour: Live at The Hackney Empire. Black History Month stand-up special hosted by Stephen K. Amos
BBC Radio 4 - 6.07am: Ramblings. Clare Balding in the Pentland Hills
BBC Radio 4 - 9.00: Saturday Live - Colm Tóibín gives us his Inheritance Tracks
BBC Radio 4 - 12.30: 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 - 9: Classic Serial: Goodbye to Berlin 2/2

Sunday 17th
BBC Radio 2 - 1: Elaine Page. Stage musicals
BBC Radio 2 - 5: Paul O’Grady
BBC Radio 3 - 8: Drama on Three: The Unfortunates. Adaptation of BS Johnson’s ‘book in the box’ which has homoerotic overtones
BBC Radio 4 - 7.10am: Sunday. Religious topical programme that often takes on LGBT issues
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: Last Word
BBC Radio 7 - 4.30: The News Quiz
BBC Radio 7 - 6: The Devil in Amber. Mark Gatiss reads from his own novel
BBC Radio 7 - 9.15: Short Stories by D.H. Lawrence. Rawdon’s Roof

Monday 18th
BBC Radio 2 - 10: The Musical. 7/8
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am and 7.45pm: A History of the World in 100 Objects. Neil McGregor
BBC Radio 4 - 10: Woman’s Hour. With Gok Wan
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: Analysis. Turkey: Staying Secular Insha’Allah
BBC Radio 7 - 3.30: The Color Purple. Dramatisation of the Alice walker novel

Tuesday 19th
BBC Radio 2 - 10: Jac Holzman’s Elektra Story. The history of Elektra Records presented by Paul Gambaccini. 3/3
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am and 7.45pm: A History of the World in 100 Objects. Neil McGregor on David Hockney’s 1966 portrayal of gay love
BBC Radio 4 - 7.15: Front Row. Stephen Sondheim
BBC Radio 7 - 3.30: The Color Purple. Dramatisation of the Alice walker novel
BBC Radio 7 - 7.30: Counterpoint

Wednesday 20th
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am and 7.45pm: A History of the World in 100 Objects. Neil McGregor
BBC Radio 4 - 8: The Moral Maze. Return of the topical bear-pit. 1/9
BBC Radio 4 - 11: Ida Barr: Artificial Hip-Hop
6 Music - 1: Nemone. Scissor Sisters picking tunes
BBC Radio 7 - 3.30: The Color Purple. Dramatisation of the Alice walker novel

Thursday 21st
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am and 7.45pm: A History of the World in 100 Objects. Neil McGregor
BBC Radio 4 - 3: Ramblings. Repeated from Saturday
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davis
6 Music - 1: Nemone. Scissor Sisters picking tunes
BBC Radio 7 - 3.30: The Color Purple. Dramatisation of the Alice walker novel

Friday 22nd
BBC Radio 2 - 9.30: Ken Bruce. With The Pet Shop Boys
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am and 7.45pm: A History of the World in 100 Objects. Neil McGregor
BBC Radio 4 - 10am: Woman's Hour - Jeannette Winterson
BBC Radio 4 - 4: Last Word
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30: The News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig
BBC Radio 4 - 11: A Good Read. Rpt.
6 Music - 7: Tom Robinson
BBC Radio 7 - 3.30: The Color Purple. Dramatisation of the Alice walker novel

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 9pm: LGBT Citizen

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