LGBT Related Radio and TV Programmes, 13th - 19th 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

The Twyborn Affair Radio 3 Sunday. Lip Service comes to an end.

Listings (times given are pm unless otherwise stated)

Saturday 13th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 6: Strictly Come Dancing
BBC2 - 10.15-12.45am: A Night with Neil Diamond
BBC2 - 12.45am: The Stephen K. Amos Show, Rpt.
ITV1 - 8: The X Factor
ITV1 - 9.30: Take That: Look Back, Don’t Stare. The re-unification of Gary and Robbie
C4 - 9.45am: Ugly Betty
C4 - 3.55: Come Dine with Me. Rpt.
C4 - 11.20: Comedy Roast. Horrible concept in which celebrities appear and are trounced by fellow celebtrities; like This is Your Life in reverse. Sharon Osbourne is roasted and Alan Carr is one of the roasters

Freeview
BBC3 - 11.50: Family Guy
BBC3 - 12.35am: American Dad
Dave - 8.20: QI
ITV2 - 6am and 10.55am: Corrie Omnibus
ITV2 - 8am: Emmerdale
E4 - 6.30: Ugly Betty

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
TCM - 5.15: A Passage to India. David lean take on the Forster novel (1984)

Sunday 14th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 10am: Sunday Morning Live. Topical debate
BBC1 - 7.30: Strictly Come Dancing Reesults
BBC2 - 7: The Great British Bake Off. Baking competition with Sue Perkins. Rpt. 5/6
ITV1 - 10am: X Factor. Rpt.
ITV1 - 12.30: Corrie Omnibus
ITV1 - 4.20: Downton Abbey. Rpt.
ITV1 - 7.45: X Factor
ITV1 - 10.45: Take That: Look Back, Don’t Stare. Rpt.
C4 - 9.25am: Hollyoaks Omnibus
C4 - 12noon: Ugly Betty
C4 - 10: Desperate Housewives. New series

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.15: American Dad
BBC3 - 11: Family Guy
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 - 8.55am: Gok’s Fashion Fix
E4 - 6: Glee
More4 - 4.40: Come Dine with Me

Satellite and Cable
Sky1 - 8.30: Modern Family
Discovery Real Time - 12noon: Come Dine with Me

Film
Drama/Romance - 4: Milk (2008)
Indie - 8: Taking Woodstock (2009) Comedy about a gay Jewish man who staged Woodstock in 1969. Stars Demetri Martin
TCM - 9.25: A Passage to India (1984)

Monday 15th
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. 2/3
C4 - 8.40am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
Five - 9.15am: The Wright Stuff. Stephen K. Amos on the panel
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 11: Family Guy
Dave - 9 and 11: QI
More4 - 10: High Society’s Favourite Gigolo. Profile of Leslie Hutchinson, Britain’s first black superstar, whose lovers included Edwina Mountbatten and Cole Porter
Fiver - 10.30: Sex and the City

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

Film
Classics - 6pm and 12midnight: The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Tuesday 16th

Terrestrial
ITV1 - 10.30: This Morning. John Barrowman guests
ITV1 - 11.20: Swingtown. 11/13
C4 - 8.40am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
Five - 9.15am: The Wright Stuff. Stephen K. Amos on the panel
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.30: Lip Service. 6/6. Frankie finds out the truth
BBC3 - 11.30: Family Guy
BBC3 - 1.15: Lip Service. 6/6
BBC HD - 10.30: Lip Service. 6/6
Dave - 6.40, 9 and 11.20: QI
ITV2 - 7: The Only Way is Essex 10/10
More4 - 2.20: Come Dine with Me
More4 - 9: Come Dine with Me
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

Wednesday 17th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 8.30: Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers
C4 - 8.20am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
Five - 9.15am: The Wright Stuff. Stephen K. Amos on the panel
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.55: Family Guy
BBC3 - 1.40: Lip Service. Rpt. 6/6
Dave - 9 and 11: QI
ITV2 - 8: Gossip Girl
E4 - 9: Ugly Betty
E4 - 10: Desperate Housewives
E4 - 12midnight: Ru Paul’s Drag Race

Satellite and Cable
FX - 9: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 3: Come Dine with Me
Bio - 10: George Michael

Film
Modern Greats - 10.05am: Thelma and Louise (1991)
Classics - 10: Spartacus (1960)
TCM - 9: Nell. Jodie Foster as an adolescent who grew up in the woods (1994)

Thursday 18th

C4 - 8.40am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 6.30: Hollyoaks
C4 - 10.30: True Blood
C4 - 11.05: Eight out of Ten Cats. Dr Christian Jessen joins the blokey panel show
Five - 9.15am: The Wright Stuff. Stephen K. Amos on the panel
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 11: Family Guy
BBC3 - 3.45: Lip Service. Rpt.
BBC HD - 11.30: Lip Service. Rpt.
Dave - 9: QI
Fiver - 11: Sex in the City

Satellite and Cable
Sky1 - 8: Modern Family
Sky Arts1 - 10.20: Film: Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars (1973)
FX - 9: Family Guy
FX - 10: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 3 and 8: Come Dine with Me
Bio - 5: George Michael

Film
Showcase - 11.45: The Silence of the Lambs. Jodie Foster (1991)

Friday 19th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 7: Children in Need. Whole evening dedicated to raising money for the charity. John Barrowman and the cast of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert are among the evening’s treats, as well as gay-friendly Kylie Minogue and McFly
ITV1 - 7: Emmerdale
ITV1 - 7.30: Coronation Street. Jonathan Harvey wrote this one
C4 - 8.25am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 8: Come Dine with Me
Five - 9.15am: The Wright Stuff. Stephen K. Amos on the panel
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 11.30: Family Guy
BBCHD - 8: Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers
Dave - 7.20, 9.40 and 1am: QI
E4 - 7: Hollyoaks. Ste outs Brendan
E4 - 9: How to Look Good Naked
E4 - 11.05: Desperate Housewives
More4 - 2.20: Come Dine with Me
Fiver - 10.45: Sex and the City

Satellite and Cable
Sky2 - 8.30: Modern Family
Discovery Real Time - 3 and 8: Come Dine with Me

Film
Classics - 6.50am: Pillow Talk. Hudson/Day comedy (1959)

Radio

Saturday 13th
BBC Radio 2 - 10am: The Graham Norton Show
BBC Radio 2 - 6: Going Out with Alan Carr
BBC Radio 4 - 12.30: News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig. Last in series
BBC Radio 4 - 4: Weekend Woman’s Hour
BBC Radio 4 - 5.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davis

Sunday 14th
BBC Radio 2 - 5: Paul O’Grady
BBC Radio 3 - 8: Drama on 3: The Twyborn Affair. Adaptation of Patrick White’s 1979 novel of sexual identity in the Second World War
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 15th
BBC Radio 2 - 5am: Clare Balding
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30: Just a Minute Julian Clary guests
BBC Radio 7 - 7: Round the Horne

Tuesday 16th
BBC Radio 2 - 5am: Clare Balding
BBC Radio 3 - 12noon: Composer of the Week: Britten
BBC Radio 4 - 2.15: Afternoon Play: Chatterton: The Allington Solution. Exploring the mysterious life and death of the poet and Romantics’ hero Thomas Chatterton
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30: The Odd half Hour. Sketch show featuring Stephen K. Amos
BBC Radio 7 - 7.30: Counterpoint. Ned Sherrin

Wednesday 17th
BBC Radio 2 - 5am: Clare Balding
BBC Radio 4 - 8: The Moral Maze. 5/9

Thursday 18th
BBC Radio 2 - 5am: Clare Balding
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davis

Friday 19th
BBC Radio 2 - 5am: Clare Balding
BBC Radio 2 - 8: Friday Night is Music Night. Focusing on musicals such as Cabaret and Kiss of the Spiderwoman
BBC Radio 4 - 4: Last Word
BBC Radio 4 - 9: A History of the World in 100 Objects. Omnibus
6 Music - 7: Tom Robinson

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