Get ready for a whole lot of gay TV coming from the UK

While you wait to see John Barrowman return as Captain Jack in the next season of Torchwood, BBC America will be keeping your Barrowmania satiated in March with (finally!) the US debuts of The Making of Me and Any Dream Will Do.

I've been wanting to see The Making of Me ever since hearing about it last summer. The special follows Barrowman as he asks the "nature or nurture" question about his own sexual orientation. The special looks at Barrowman's youth and has him take a DNA test looking to for a "gay gene". The special debuts on March 29.

Before The Making of Me, BBC America will debut Any Dream Will Do, a reality talent search that seeks to cast the role of Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. If twelve guys fighting over a theatrical role doesn't sound gay enough, the show is hosted by Graham Norton with Barrowman as one of the judges.

That's not the only gay TV coming from the UK, however...

BBC America also has the return of The Graham Norton Show set for March 14, which should be just around the time I start feeling withdrawal pains. Last season's highlight had to be Ricky Gervais and Thandie Newton reading a scene from Who's Nailing Pailin (really? they spelled "nailing" with the 'g'?), and I can't wait to see what he comes up with next.

Russell Tovey

The 1980s Life on Mars spin-off Ashes to Ashes is also coming to BBC America starting on March 7. While I haven't found any gay content to the series overall, Russell Tovey appears in one episode as the boyfriend of a suspected drug dealer. Much like how The Making of Me should make the wait for Torchwood go easier, that episode should hold us over while we wait for Tovey's bum-baring role on Being Human to make its debut.

The cast of No Heroics

BBC America isn't the only network bringing gay TV from the UK, however as it turns out ABC is adapting the superhero sitcom No Heroics. The series follows the mundane problems faced by superheroes, like paying "sidekick taxes" and trying to have a smoke break while still in costume. Among the No Heroics heroes is Timebomb, a gay man who mostly uses his ability to see into the future for his own gain.

No Heroics is being adapted by Jeff Greenstein, who has worked on Will & Grace and Desperate Housewives, along with Drew Pearce, who created the original series. Even if the pilot doesn't get picked up, I'm hoping that this gets an American network to pick up the original No Heroics.

I'm sure some of you have seen these series already. Are the performances in Any Dream Will Do worth tuning into, despite being able to look up the outcome? Is ABC up to the task of adapting No Heroics? Is there reason to check out Ashes to Ashes beyond Tovey's appearance?