GBBO's Sandi taking part in BBC's Gay Britannia season
Great British Bake Off recently enlisted Sandi Toksvig to host the show's Channel 4 version, but she'll be working at the BBC while contributing to their Gay Britannia season.
Marking the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act, Gay Britannia will air programmes to celebrate the LGBTQ community and challenge prejudices.
The Sexual Offences Act 1967 partially decriminalised homosexual acts that took place in private between two men over the age of 21.
The season will see a host of shows and documentaries across BBC platforms charting the cultural impact and history of the LGBTQ community in Britain.
Bake Off's new co-host Sandi is set to front a documentary called Gluck featuring one of her favourite artists, 1930s painter Hannah 'Gluck' Gluckstein, and how she defied definitions of gender and sexuality during her career.
Sherlock's Mark Gatiss and former Line of Duty actor Daniel Mays will also be contributing to the season.
Years and Years singer Olly Alexander will present a BBC Three show looking at mental health issues in the LGBT community in Olly Alexander: Growing Up Gay.
On BBC Four, Prejudice and Pride: The People's History Of LGBTQ Britain will be hosted by Susan Calman and Stephen K Amos.
Other shows include drama Against The Law (starring Mays), Man In An Orange Shirt based on the best-selling novel by Patrick Gale, and Is It Safe To Be Gay In The UK? – a programme examining the rise in attacks on gay and transgender people.
Patrick Holland, Channel Controller BBC Two, said: "This is a rich and compelling set of programmes that challenge us all.
"From the heart-breaking testimony of the men who lived through the years before partial decriminalisation in Against The Law and Patrick Gale's intensely personal Man In An Orange Shirt, to a documentary revealing the experience of people facing discrimination in the UK today, this season is a powerful examination of how far we have come – whilst also exploring how much further we have to travel."
Content will appear on BBC Two, BBC Four, BBC Online and BBC radio.
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