LGBT Related Radio and TV Programmes, 2nd – 8th August

Posted on: August 3rd, 2008 by History Month

>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.
Enjoy!

Some of the radio programmes listed below can be listened to again via the Listen Again facility of the BBC’s website while some of the television programmes will remain available also for a week on the BBC’s iplayer.

Radio
Saturday 2nd
BBC Radio 2 – 5-7pm: Paul Gambaccini
6 Music – 12midnight: BBC Introducing… New acts presented by Tom Robinson

Sunday 3rd
BBC Radio 2 – 2.30pm: Pick of the Pops. 1974 and ‘81 charts with Dale Winton
BBC Radio 2 – 4.30pm: Richard Allinson. Features Amy LaVere

Monday 4th
6 Music – 1am: New Music with Tom Robinson
BBC Radio 7 – 1.15pm: Gielgud’s Letters. Read by Derek Jacobi

Tuesday 5th
BBC Radio 7 – 1.15pm: Gielgud’s Letters. Read by Derek Jacobi

Wednesday 6th
BBC Radio 7 – 8am & 7pm: Beyond our Ken
BBC Radio 7 – 1.15pm: Gielgud’s Letters. Read by Derek Jacobi

Thursday 7th
BBC Radio 7 – 1.15pm: Gielgud’s Letters. Read by Derek Jacobi

Friday 8th
BBC Radio 4 – 3pm: Ramblings. Clare Balding on walking holidays
6 Music – 7pm: New Music with Tom Robinson
BBC Radio 7 – 1.15pm: Gielgud’s Letters. Read by Derek Jacobi

Television

Entertainment and documentaries
Saturday 2nd
ITV3 – 7.30pm: Cadfael. Derek Jacobi plays a monk detective
UKTV Gold – 10.05am: Dr Who
UKTV Gold – 9pm: Muriel’s Wedding
Living – 10pm: Hotel Babylon
Living 2 – 1am: Queer Eye for the Straight Guy

Sunday 3rd
BBC3 – 7.10pm: Dr Who, followed by Dr Who Confidential (rpt.)
BBC4 – 12.40pm: Neil Diamond at Glastonbury
E4 – 11pm: Shameless
UK TV Gold – 8.50am and 1.40am: Dr Who
Biography – 6pm: Dolly Parton

Monday 4th
BBC3 – 7pm: Dr Who, followed by Dr Who Confidential
BBC3 – 10pm: Little Britain. The one with gay trekkies
C4 – 12.55pm: Will and Grace
Dave – 11.40pm: QI
UKTV Gold – 4pm: Dr Who
Living – 7pm: Will and Grace. Pilot episode
Living – 10pm: Hotel Babylon
Living 2 – 10pm: Exposed: Lindsay Lohan
Living 2 – 2am: Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
Virgin1 – 10pm: Room 101. Stephen Fry
Sky Arts – 6pm: Simon Callow’s Classical Destinations (HD)

Tuesday 5th
BBC3 – 7pm: Dr Who followed by Dr Who Confidential (rpt.)
BBC4 – 7.35pm: Batman. The camp ‘60’s one
C4 – 12.55pm: Will and Grace
Living – 7pm and 1am: Will and Grace
Sky Arts – 12noon: Nina Simone

Wednesday 6th
BBC3 – 7pm: Dr Who followed by Dr Who Confidential (rpt.)
BBC4 – 7.35pm: Batman
ITV1 – 3pm: Daily Cooks Challenge. Guests gay icon Mica Paris
C4 – 12.55: Will and Grace
C4 – 10pm: Dangerous Jobs for Girls. Brit women have a go at being lumberjacks in Canada.
UKTV Gold – 7.10am and 4pm: Dr Who
Sky Arts – 8pm: Profile of Andy Warhol
Sky Arts – 9pm: A Very Peculiar Practice
Biography – 12midnight: Ricki Lake

Thursday 7th
BBC3 – 9.30pm: Snog, marry avoid?
C4 – 12.55pm: Will and Grace
Five – 10pm and 1am: Grey’s Anatomy
E4 – 10.35pm: Alan Carr’s Celebrity Ding Dong
Dave – 10pm: QI
Living – 7pm: Will and Grace
Virgin 1 – 9pm: Kinky and Proud
Sky Arts – 8pm: Andy Warhol
Biography – 8am: Ricki Lake

Friday 8th
BBC1 – 12.45pm: Olympics Opening Ceremony. Here we go…
BBC2 – 10pm: QI.
BBC4 – 10pm: Joan Armatrading at Glastonbury
ITV1 – 12.30pm: Loose Women. With Dame Edna Everage
C4 – 12.30pm: Will and Grace
UKTV Gold – 7.05am and 4pm: Dr Who
Living – 7pm: Will and Grace
Virgin1 – 9pm: Kinky and Proud
Sky Arts – 1pm: Andy Warhol
Sky Arts – 9.50pm: Salome. Oscar Wilde’s play produced as part of a Steven Berkoff special night

Film and Drama
Saturday 2nd
Sky Indie – 11.20am and 8pm: Wilde. Stephen Fry and Jude Law

Sunday 3rd
Drama – 10.10pm: Boys Don’t Cry

Tuesday 5th
Sky Indie – 8pm: Wilde. Stephen Fry and Jude Law
Sky Indie – 10pm: This Year’s Love. Rough and tumble romcom set in Camden. Some lesbian interest
BBC4 – 10.30pm: A Waste of Shame. William Boyd drama explores Shakespeare’s sonnets. Rupert Graves stars as the troubled bisexual bard. Originally shown in 2005
ITV1 – 10.40pm: Kingdom. Stephen Fry plays the East Anglian lawyer (rpt.)

Wednesday 6th
Sky Indie – 6.15pm: Fire. 1996 Indian drama about a lesbian relationship.
Screen 2 – 4.35pm: Rent

Thursday 7th
Drama – 8pm: Infamous. Toby Jones plays Truman Capote

Friday 8th
Sky Indie – 9am: Wilde. Stephen Fry and Jude Law