LGBT related Radio and TV Programmes, 12th - 18th 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, Big Bro and Come Dine with Me. That’s about it!

Listings (times given are pm unless otherwise stated)

Saturday 12th

Terrestrial

BBC1 - 7.30: National Lottery. Dale Winton
C4 - 4.05: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 9.45: Big Bro. Now we know there’s a lesbian, a bi-man and a bi-woman in it

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.45: Family Guy
BBC3 - 11.30: American Dad
Dave - 10.10: QI
Sky3 - 1: Hairspray: The Musical

Satellite and cable
Sky 1 - 8: Pineapple Dance Studios
Comedy Central - 9am: Frasier
Comedy Central - 10am: Everybody Loves Raymond
FX - 8: American Dad
FX - 9: Family Guy

Film
Drama/Romance - 8: Mamma Mia!
Premiere - 10: Bruno. Opinion dividing mock-u-mentary

Sunday 13th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 10am: The Big Questions
C4 - 1.25: Glee. Repeat from Friday
C4 - 8: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 9: Big Bro

Freeview
BBC3 - 10: Family Guy
BBC HD - 2.55am: Beautiful People
BBC4 - 10: Mrs Henderson Presents. Touching and camp portrait of Laura Henderson, the widow who ran the Windmill and kept it open during the war, with nude women to keep up the brave soldiers’ morale. Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins and Will Young star. Directed by Stephen Frears
E4 - 9: Desperate Housewives
More4 - 5.10: Come Dine with Me

Satellite and cable
Sky1 - 7: Pineapple Dance Studios
Living - 8am: Will and Grace
Living - 6: Grey’s Anatomy
Comedy Central Extra - 6: Frasier
Comedy Central Extra - 9: Sex and the City
Bio - 8.30: Lindsay Lohan

Monday 14th
BBC1 - 10.35: The Graham Norton Show
C4 - 10.35am: Will and Grace
C4 - 10: Big Bro
C4 - 11.15: Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill

Freeview
BBC3 - 11: Family Guy
BBCHD - 10.35: The Graham Norton Show
BBC4 - Storyville: Valentino; The Last Emperor. Profile of fashion designer Valentino Garavani
Dave - 10.10: QI
E4 - 9: Glee
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 15th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 11.35: The Graham Norton Show. Rpt.
C4 - 8.35am: Frasier
C4 - 10.35am: Will and Grace
C4 - 8: Gok’s Fashion Fix
C4 - 10: Big Bro

Freeview
BBC3 - 11: Family Guy
Dave - 9: QI
More4 - 9 and 11.55: Come Dine with Me

Satellite and cable
FX - 9: Family Guy
FX - 9.30: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 2: Come Dine with Me

Film
Classics - 10.50: the Wizard of Oz. The film that led to the phrase ‘Friends of Dorothy’.

Wednesday 16th

Terrestrial
C4 - 8.30am: Frasier
C4 - 10.35am: Will and Grace
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 - 12.30am: What the Dickens?
FX - 9: Family Guy
FX - 9.30: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 2: Come Dine with Me

Film
Premiere - 10: Bruno
Modern Greats - 1.40am: Lenny

Thursday 17th
ITV1 - 8.30: Coronation Street. Jonathan Harvey scripted this one
C4 - 8.30am: Frasier
C4 - 10.35am: Will and Grace
C4 - 9: Big Bro
C4 - 11.10: Skins

Freeview
BBC3 - 11.05: Family Guy
BBCHD - 11.50: Torchwood
Dave - 10.10: QI
ITV2 - 11: Coronation Street. Rpt
Yesterday - 10: Who Do You think you Are? Julian Clary
E4 - 11: Glee
More4 - 10: Brothers and Sisters

Satellite and Cable
Sky1 - 8: Pineapple Dance Studios
Sky1 - 9.30: Modern family
Sky Arts1 - 12.30am: What the Dickens?
Living - 9: Grey’s Anatomy
FX - 10: American Dad
FX - 11.05: Family Guy
Discovery Real Time - 2 & 8: Come Dine with Me

Film
Classics - 9: Georgy Girl. With Alan Bates

Friday 18th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 10.35: Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. With the cast of Glee
BBC2 - 9.30: QI
C4 - 8.25: Frasier
C4 - 10.40am: Will and Grace. Last one ever made
C4 - 8.35: Glee
C4 - 9.35: Big Bro
Five - 10: Grey’s Anatomy

Freeview
BBC3 - 11.30: Family Guy
BBCHD - 10.35: As BBC1
Dave - 10.10: QI
Yesterday - 11: A Very British Sex Scandal
E4 - 9: Gok’s Fashion Fix
More4 - 2.20: Come Dine with Me
Film4 - 12.40am: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. Roddy McDowell

Satellite and Cable
Sky1 - 8: Pineapple dance Studios
Discovery Real Time - 2: Come Dine with Me

Radio

Saturday 12th
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 - 9: Saturday Live. Sian Norris about growing up with two mums.
BBC Radio 4 - 12.30: The News Quiz Sandi Toksvig. Last one
BBC Radio 4 - 4: Weekend Woman’s Hour
BBC Radio 4 - 5.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davis
BBC Radio 4 - 11: Counterpoint. Paul Gambaccini
BBC Radio 4 - 11.30: Poetry Please. Siegfried Sassoon
BBC Radio 7 - 7: Daphne du Maurier: Frenchman’s Creek

Sunday 13th
BBC Radio 2 - 1: Elaine Page. Stage musicals
BBC Radio 2 - 5: Paul O’Grady. With music by Lea DeLaria
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: Last Word. Ditto
BBC Radio 7 - 4.30: The News Quiz

Monday 14th
BBC Radio 2 - 9.30: Ken Bruce. With Cathy Dennis on Tracks of My Years
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am: The History of the World in 100 Objects
BBC Radio 4 - 1.30: Counterpoint. Paul Gambaccini

Tuesday 15th
BBC Radio 2 - 9.30: Ken Bruce. With Cathy Dennis on Tracks of My Years
BBC Radio 2 - 10: Ain’t Gonna Play Sun City. Music from the time when it wasn’t right to go to South Africa
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am: The History of the World in 100 Objects
BBC Radio 4 - 1.30: Tag Me Amadeus. Sue Perkins on sonic branding

Wednesday 16th
BBC Radio 2 - 9.30: Ken Bruce. With Cathy Dennis on Tracks of My Years
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

Thursday 17th
BBC Radio 2 - 9.30: Ken Bruce. With Cathy Dennis on Tracks of My Years
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am: The History of the World in 100 Objects
BBC Radio 4 - 3: Ramblings. See Saturday
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davis
BBC World Service - 12, 3pm and 8pm: Assignment - Gay Pride and Prejudice in Kenya

Friday 18th
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am: The History of the World in 100 Objects
BBC Radio 4 - 4: Last Word
6 Music - 7: Tom Robinson
BBC Radio 7 - 12noon & 7: Round the Horne
BBC World Service - 1am: Assignment - Gay Pride and Prejudice in Kenya (rpt)

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