LGBT Related Radio and TV Programmes, 6th - 12th November - 5th December

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

Goodbye to Jack Duckworth and Downton Abbey

Hello to Sue Perkins and Giles Coren doing The Good Life for real

Listings (times given are pm unless otherwise stated)

Saturday 6th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 6.15: Strictly Come Dancing
BBC2 - 12.45am: The Stephen K. Amos Show, Rpt.
ITV1 - 7.45: The X Factor
C4 - 3.55: Come Dine with Me. Rpt.

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.15: Family Guy
BBC3 - 11: American Dad
BBC HD - 9.30: The Road to Coronation Street. Rpt.
BBC4 - 10.30: Mad Men
Dave - 8.20: QI
ITV2 - 6am and 10.55am: Corrie Omnibus
ITV2 - 8am: Emmerdale
E4 - 6.30: Ugly Betty
E4 - 10: Comedy Gala. Alan Carr is in the line up

Satellite and cable
Comedy Central Extra - 9am: Frasier
FX - 9 and 11.30: Family Guy
Discovery Real Time - 4.30: Come Dine with Me

Film
Crime Thriller - 1.15am: Silence of the Lambs. Jodie Foster
Classics - 8am: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Classics - 7: Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Sunday 7th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 10am: Sunday Morning Live. Topical debate
BBC1 - 7.30: Strictly Come Dancing
BBC2 - 6: The Great British Bake Off. Baking competition with Sue Perkins. Rpt.
BBC2 - 8: Stephen Fry and The Great Oil Spill. Fry revisits Louisiana to examine the impact of the BP disaster with zoologist Mark Carwardine
ITV1 - 9.25am: X Factor. Rpt.
ITV1 - 2.35: Corrie Omnibus
ITV1 - 4.55: Downton Abbey. Rpt.
ITV1 - 8: X Factor
ITV1 - 9: Downton Abbey 7/7
C4 - 9.20am: Hollyoaks Omnibus
C4 - 12.05: Ugly Betty
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 - 8: Stephen Fry and The Great Oil Spill. Fry revisits Louisiana to examine the impact of the BP disaster with zoologist Mark Carwardine
Dave - 7: Stephen Fry in America
ITV2 - 10 and 11.35: The Only Way is Essex. 9/10. So good it’s on twice
E4 - 7.50am: How to Look Good Naked
E4 - 8.50am: Gok’s Fashion Fix
E4 - 6: Glee
More4 - 5.05: Come Dine with Me

Satellite and Cable
Sky1 - 8.30: Modern Family
Sky Arts1 - 11: Curtis and Don: A Love Story Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy’s life-long relationship is examined
Gold - 11.05: The Thin Blue Line
Discovery Real Time - 12noon: Come Dine with Me
Bio - 6am: Sinead O’Connor

Monday 8th
BBC1 - 11.15: The Graham Norton Show. Rpt.
BBC2 - 9: Giles and Sue Live The Good Life. 35 years after the sit-com first came to the screen, Giles Coren and Sue Perkins do self-sufficiency for real. 1/3
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 11.30: Family Guy
BBC HD - 11.30: The Road to Coronation Street. Rpt.
Dave - 9 and 11: QI

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

Tuesday 9th

Terrestrial
BBC2 - 11.20: Stephen Fry and the Great Oil Spill. Rpt.
ITV1 - 11.35: Swingtown. 9/13
C4 - 8.25: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.30: Lip Service. 5/6. Cat receives some shocking information
BBC3 - 11.30: Family Guy
BBC3 - 1.15: Lip Service. 5/6
BBC HD - 10.30: Lip Service. 4/6
Dave - 6.40, 9 and 12.20: QI
ITV2 - 7: The Only Way is Essex
More4 - 2.20: Come Dine with Me
More4 - 9: Come Dine with Me
More4 - 10: True Stories: Joan Rivers – A Piece of Work
More4 - 11.55: Joan Rivers Comedy Roast
Film4 - 4.30: An Affair to Remember. Cary Grant
Fiver - 11: Sex in the City

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

Film
Drama/Romance - 12.25am: Milk
Modern Greats - 9.40: Thelma and Louise

Wednesday 10th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 8.30: Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers
C4 - 8.20am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.30: Family Guy
BBC3 - 11.10 and 2.10am: Lip Service. Rpt. 5/6
BBC4 and HD - 10: Mad Men
Dave - 11: QI
ITV2 - 8: Gossip Girl
ITV2 - 10: The Only Way is Essex. Last one
E4 - 9: Ugly Betty
E4 - 10: Desperate Housewives
E4 - 1.50am: Ru Paul’s Drag Race

Satellite and Cable
FX - 9: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 3: Come Dine with Me

Film
Modern Greats - 9.50: A Beautiful Mind

Thursday 11th
ITV1 - 9: Monte Carlo or Bust. Julian Clary is amongst the professional contestants
C4 - 8.20am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 10.30: True Blood
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 11: Family Guy
BBC HD - 11: Lip Service. Rpt.
Dave - 9: QI

Satellite and Cable
Sky1 - 8: Modern Family
FX - 9: Family Guy
FX - 10: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 3 and 8: Come Dine with Me

Film
Classics - 3: Spartacus

Friday 12th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 8.30: QI
BBC1 - 10.35: The Graham Norton Show
BBC2 - 10: The Stephen K. Amos Show
ITV1 - 7: Emmerdale. Jackson tells Aaron he never wants to see him again
ITV1 - 9: Paul O’Grady Live. Julie Walters and Katy Perry. Last in series
C4 - 8.25am: Frasier
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. 9/10
E4 - 11.05: Desperate Housewives
More4 - 2.20: Come Dine with Me
Film4 - 5: Carry On Up The Khyber
Fiver - 11: Sex and the City

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

Film
Comedy - 10: Bruno
Classics - 9.45: Rebel without a Cause

Radio

Saturday 6th
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 US Hits
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 - 8.05: The Comedy Controller. Ned Sherrin

Sunday 7th
BBC Radio 2 - 1: Elaine Page. Stage musicals
BBC Radio 2 - 5: Paul O’Grady
BBC Radio 3 - 8: Free Thinking. Debate from The Sage Gateshead includes Fiona Shaw
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

Monday 8th
BBC Radio 1 - 4: Scott Mills
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am and 12.30am: Autobiography of Mark Twain
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30: Just a Minute

Tuesday 9th
BBC Radio 1 - 4: Scott Mills
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am and 12.30am: Autobiography of Mark Twain
BBC Radio 7 - 7.30: Counterpoint. Ned Sherrin

Wednesday 10th
BBC Radio 1 - 4: Scott Mills
BBC Radio 4 - 8: The Moral Maze. 4/9

Thursday 11th
BBC Radio 1 - 4: Scott Mills
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davis

Friday 12th
BBC Radio 1 - 4: Scott Mills
BBC Radio 2 - 10: Dale’s Best of the CMAs. That’s Dale Winton and country music awards
BBC Radio 4 - 4: Last Word
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30: The News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig hosts the last in the series
BBC Radio 4 - 9: A History of the World in 100 Objects. Omnibus
6 Music - 7: Tom Robinson

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 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