LGBT related Radio and TV Programmes, 30th October - 5th November

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

Stephen Fry’s memoirs on Radio 4 and Stephen K. Amos on BBC2 Friday night

Listings (times given are pm unless otherwise stated)

Saturday 30th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 6.25: Strictly Come Dancing
BBC2 - 3.40: The Great British Bake off. Cooking challenge presented by Mel and Sue. 1/6 Rpt.
BBC2 - 9.45: The Making of Elton John: Madman across the Water
BBC2 - 10.45: Elton John: Electric Prom
BBC2 - 11.45: Elton John at the BBC
BBC2 - 12.45am: The Stephen K. Amos Show, Rpt.
ITV1 - 8: The X Factor
C4 - 9.50am: Ugly Betty
C4 - 3.55: Come Dine with Me. Rpt.

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.30: Family Guy
BBC3 - 11.15: American Dad
BBC HD - 6: Strictly Come Dancing
BBC HD - 10.45: Elton John: Electric Prom
BBC HD - 11.45: QI XL
BBC HD - 12.45am: The Stephen K. Amos Show. Rpt.
Dave - 9: QI
ITV2 - 6am and 10.55am: Corrie Omnibus
ITV2 - 8am: Emmerdale

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

Film
Sci-Fi Horror - 11.10: The Silence of the Lambs. Jodie Foster

Sunday 31st

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 10am: Sunday Morning Live. Topical debate
BBC1 - 7.30: Strictly Come Dancing
BBC2 - 10: Psychoville: Halloween Special
ITV1 - 9.25am: X Factor. Rpt.
ITV1 - 1: Corrie Omnibus
ITV1 - 4.55: Downton Abbey. Rpt.
ITV1 - 8: X Factor
ITV1 - 9: Downton Abbey
ITV1 - 11.15: Whitechapel. Rpt.
C4 - 9.30am: Hollyoaks Omnibus
C4 - 12.05: Ugly Betty
C4 - 7 ;The Genius of British Art 5/6 Modern Times. Includes Francis Bacon and an interview with Grayson Perry
C4 - 10: Desperate Housewives. New series
Five - 3.15: The Canterville Ghost. Film adaptation of Wilde’s comic story set in the States (1996)

Freeview
BBC3 - 10: American Dad
BBC3 - 10.45: Family Guy
BBCHD - 7.30: Strictly Come Dancing
BBCHD - 10: Psychoville: Halloween Special
BBC4 - 7.30: How to Get a Head in Sculpture. With Maggi Hambling. Rpt
Dave - 7: Stephen Fry in America
ITV2 - 10: The Only Way is Essex
E4 - 6: Glee
More4 - 5.05: Come Dine with Me
Film4 - 6.40: Ever After: A Cinderella Story. Drew Barrymore (1998)
Film4 - 12.50am: The Innocents. Deborah Kerr (1961)

Satellite and Cable
Sky1 - 8.30: Modern Family
Discovery Real Time - 12noon: Come Dine with Me
History UK - 9pm: The People Speak - includes Ian McKellen, Tom Robinson and Rupert Everett

Film
Drama/Romance - 6am: West Side Story

Monday 1st

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 11.15: The Graham Norton Show. Rpt.
BBC2 - 11.20: A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss 2/3
ITV1 - 9: Whitechapel
C4 - 8.25am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 6.30: Hollyoaks. Amy struggles to understand Ste is gay
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 11.30: Family Guy
BBC HD - 10.30: QI XL
BBC HD - 11.15: The Graham Norton Show. Rpt.

Satellite and Cable
FX - 9: Family Guy
Discovery Real Time - 3: Come Dine with Me

Film
Drama/Romance - 11.45am and 11.30: Milk. Sean Penn’s award-winning portrayal of the USA’s first out gay councillor (2008)
Modern Greats - 10.30: Thelma and Louise (1991)
Classics - 7am: Pillow Talk. Day/Hudson (1959)

Tuesday 2nd

Terrestrial
BBC2 - 11.20: A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss 3/3 Rpt.
ITV1 - 11.35: Swingtown. 9/13
C4 - 8.25: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 6.30: Hollyoaks. Amy catches Ste and Brendan embracing
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.30: Lip Service. 4/6. Law breaking, internet dating and introducing the new woman to the folks
BBC3 - 11.30: Family Guy
BBC3 - 1.20: Lip Service. 4/6
BBC HD - 10.30: Lip Service. 4/6
Dave - 9: QI XL
Dave - 12midnight: QI XL
ITV2 - 7: The Only Way is Essex. Double helping. Whoopie-doo!
E4 - 7: Hollyoaks
More4 - 2.20: Come Dine with Me
More4 - 9 and 11.40: Come Dine with Me
Fiver - 11: Sex in the City

Satellite and Cable
Sky2 - 8.30: Modern Family
FX - 10: Family Guy
Discovery Real Time - 3: Come Dine with Me

Film
Classics - 7: Spartacus
Classics - 2am: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

Wednesday 3rd

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 8.30: Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers. New series
ITV1 - 10.30am: This Morning. Graham Norton plugs his new book
C4 - 8.20am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 6.30: Hollyoaks. Ste hides Brendan’s violent nature from Amy
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.50: Family Guy
BBC3 - 11.40 and 2.40am: Lip Service. Rpt. 3/6
Dave - 10.15: QI
ITV2 - 8: Gossip Girl
ITV2 - 10: The Only Way is Essex
E4 - 9: Ugly Betty
E4 - 10: Desperate Housewives
E4 - 1.10am: Ru Paul’s Drag Race

Satellite and Cable
Sky Arts2 - 12noon: Simon Callow’s Classical Destinations
Gold - 10.40: Gimme Gimme Gimme
FX - 9: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 3: Come Dine with Me

Film
Classics - 7: A Place in the Sun. Montgomery Clift (1951)

Thursday 4th

Terrestrial
C4 - 8.20am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 6.30: Hollyoaks
C4 - 11.05: True Blood
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 11: Family Guy
BBC HD - 11: Lip Service. Rpt.
Dave - 8.50: QI
E4 - 6.55: Hollyoaks
Film4 - 12.05am: Dance with a Stranger. Stars Rupert Everett (1984)

Satellite and Cable
Sky1 - 8: Modern Family
Gold - 10.40: Gimme Gimme Gimme
FX - 9: Family Guy
FX - 10: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 3 and 8: Come Dine with Me
Bio - 3: Take That

Film
Comedy - 10.05: Brüno (2009)

Friday 5th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 8.30: QI
BBC1 - 10.35: The Graham Norton Show. Joan Rivers and The Pet Shop Boys
BBC2 - 10: The Stephen K. Amos Show
ITV1 - 8.30: Coronation Street. Scripted by Jonathan Harvey
ITV1 - 9: Paul O’Grady Live. David Walliams guests and McFly perform
C4 - 8.25am: Frasier
C4 - 1.15: Carry on Dick. Corn and vulgarity (1974)
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
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: The Stephen K. Amos Show
Dave - 7.20, 9.40 and 1am: QI
ITV2 - 9: The Only Way is Essex
E4 - 11.05: Desperate Housewives
More4 - 2.20: Come Dine with Me
Film4 - 2.55: An Affair to Remember. Cary Grant (1957)
Film4 - 7: Big Business. Lily Tomlin (1988)
Fiver - 11: Sex and the City

Satellite and Cable
Gold - 10.40: Gimme Gimme Gimme
Discovery Real Time - 3 and 8: Come Dine with Me

Film
Showcase - 5.45: Milk (2008)
Classics - 11.55: Spartacus (1960)
Classics - 1.10am: Pillow Talk (1959)

Radio

Saturday 30th
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: Radio 2’s Electric Proms. Neil Diamond live
BBC Radio 2 - 10: Electric Proms Aftershow. With Elton John
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 7 - 11: Lady Chatterley’s Lover
BBC Radio 7 - 2.30am: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Sunday 31st
BBC Radio 2 - 1: Elaine Page. Stage musicals
BBC Radio 2 - 5: Paul O’Grady
BBC Radio 4 - 7.10am: Sunday. Religious topical programme that often takes on LGBT issues
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: Last Word
BBC Radio 4 - 11: The Film Programme. Lisa Cholodenko talks about The Kids Are All Right
6 Music - 12noon: The First Time. Interview with Neil Tennant
BBC Radio 7 - 4.30: The News Quiz

Monday 1st
BBC Radio 1 - 4: Scott Mills
BBC Radio 4 - 11am: Grayson on His Bike. Grayson Perry crosses Bavaria on a pink bike. Wearing Pink. With his Teddy bear Alan Measles.
BBC Radio 4 - 11: Words, Words, Words. Su Perkins on Samuel Johnson
BBC Radio 7 - 9.45: Time for Verse. Benjamin Zephaniah and Carol Ann Duffy

Tuesday 2nd
BBC Radio 1 - 4: Scott Mills
BBC Radio 2 - 10: Bay City Babylon. Profile of 70’s Scots sensation The Bay City Rollers
BBC Radio 7 - 7.30: Counterpoint

Wednesday 3rd
BBC Radio 1 - 4: Scott Mills
BBC Radio 4 - 8: The Moral Maze. 2/9

Thursday 4th
BBC Radio 1 - 4: Scott Mills
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davis

Friday 5th
BBC Radio 1 - 4: Scott Mills
BBC Radio 4 - 4: Last Word
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30: The News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig
BBC Radio 4 - 9: A History of the World in 100 Objects. Omnibus

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