List of Torchwood episodes
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Torchwood
is a British science fiction television
programme created by Russell T Davies. The series is a spin-off from Davies' 2005 revival of the long-running science fiction programme Doctor Who
.
and BBC HD
with all subsequent episodes of that series shown at 22h on Sunday evenings.
repeat, aired the next day at an earlier time. The first five episodes of series two were originally shown on BBC Two and BBC HD. Episodes "Reset" to "Fragments" were premiered on BBC Three, to be shown on BBC Two and BBC HD a week later. The final episode "Exit Wounds" was exclusively premiered on BBC Two and BBC HD, not being shown previously on BBC Three. Where there are two viewers figures listed, the first is for the premiere BBC Three airing and the second is for the BBC Two airing. The value in parenthesis is the total (note that this does not necessarily mean unique viewers as some might have watched both broadcasts).
Recurring guest stars in the second series have included returning Doctor Who
cast member Freema Agyeman
as Martha Jones
for three episodes (from "Reset" to "A Day in the Death"), and American actor and Buffy star James Marsters
as villain Captain John Hart in the series premiere and its final two episodes. Episodic guest stars have included New Zealand
/US TV
actor Alan Dale
(Neighbours
, The O.C.
, Lost
, Ugly Betty
) as Aaron Copley ("Reset"), and British actors Richard Briers
(The Good Life, Monarch of the Glen) as Parker ("A Day in the Death"), theatrical actress Nikki Amuka-Bird
as Beth ("Sleeper"), Bryan Dick
as Adam, Nerys Hughes
(The Liver Birds
) as Brenda Williams ("Something Borrowed"), and Ruth Jones
(Little Britain
, Gavin and Stacey) as Nikki Bevan ("Adrift").
of five, one-hour episodes under the banner title Children of Earth
, and was broadcast over one week from 6 July 2009 on BBC One, from 7 July 2009 on UK-TV in Australia, from 20 July 2009 on BBC America
, from 20 July 2009 on Space in Canada, and from 28 December 2010 on AXN Sci Fi
from 28 December 2010, with Peter Bennett
as the producer.
and US premium entertainment network Starz Entertainment. It premiered in the United States on Starz on 8 July 2011, in Canada on Space on 9 July, and in the UK on 14 July. Writers for the series were Russell T Davies, John Shiban
, Doris Egan
, Jane Espenson
, John Fay
and Ryan Scott
. The series was initially announced under the banner title Torchwood: The New World, but by January 2011 was changed to Torchwood: Miracle Day. A web-based story titled Web of Lies ties in with the series.
The reported Starz viewership numbers combine the figures for the network's first two broadcasts of each episode.
's Big Bang Day, commemorating the official activation of the Large Hadron Collider
, The Afternoon Play on BBC Radio 4
featured a Torchwood audio drama called "Lost Souls" in September 2008. Radio 4 broadcast three further audio dramas in The Afternoon Play slot in July 2009, set during the gap between Series 2 and 3.
Three more radio episodes were recorded in Los Angeles, and broadcast in July 2011. They were collectively called The Lost Files
. The first two were set between Series 2 and 3 and the third, "The House of the Dead", six months after Series 3.
Torchwood
Torchwood is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. The series is a spin-off from Davies's 2005 revival of the long-running science fiction programme Doctor Who. The show has shifted its broadcast channel each series to reflect its growing audience, moving from...
is a British science fiction television
Science fiction on television
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programme created by Russell T Davies. The series is a spin-off from Davies' 2005 revival of the long-running science fiction programme Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
.
Series overview
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Series 1 (2006–2007)
The first two episodes of Series 1 of Torchwood premiered on 22 October 2006 on BBC ThreeBBC Three
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and BBC HD
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with all subsequent episodes of that series shown at 22h on Sunday evenings.
| No | Title | Code | Writer | Director | Original airdate | Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | "Everything Changes Everything Changes (Torchwood) "Everything Changes" is the first episode of the British science fiction television programme Torchwood, which was first broadcast on 22 October 2006.-Synopsis:Police constable Gwen Cooper comes across the mysterious organisation known as Torchwood... " |
1.1 | Russell T Davies | Brian Kelly Brian Kelly (director) Brian Kelly is a British television director. He has worked on several high-profile British television drama series, including Sea of Souls, Taggart, Monarch of the Glen and Holby City. In 2006 he took charge of directing the first block of episodes of the Doctor Who spin-off series... |
22 October 2006 | 2.519 |
| 02 | "Day One Day One (Torchwood) "Day One" is the second episode of the first series of the British science fiction television series Torchwood. Written by Chris Chibnall and directed by Brian Kelly, the episode was first broadcast on the digital channel BBC Three on 22 October 2006 with the series pilot, "Everything Changes", and... " |
1.2 | Chris Chibnall Chris Chibnall Chris Chibnall is a British playwright, television writer and producer. He is best known for his work on the science-fiction series Torchwood.... |
Brian Kelly | 22 October 2006 | 2.498 |
| 03 | "Ghost Machine Ghost Machine (Torchwood) "Ghost Machine" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Torchwood. It is the third episode of the first series, which was broadcast on 29 October 2006.-Synopsis:... " |
1.3 | Helen Raynor Helen Raynor Helen Raynor is a British television and theatre writer and script editor. From 2004 until 2007 she was one of the script editors of the revived version of the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who, working on its first three series... |
Colin Teague Colin Teague Colin Teague is a British television director, who trained at Redroofs Theatre School in Maidenhead. He is most associated with Doctor Who, being the first person to have directed for the main show and both of its spin-offs, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures... |
29 October 2006 | 1.767 |
| 04 | "Cyberwoman Cyberwoman "Cyberwoman" is the fourth episode of the first series of the British science fiction television series Torchwood. Written by Chris Chibnall and directed by James Strong, the episode was first broadcast on the digital channel BBC Three on 5 November 2006, and later repeated on terrestrial channel... " |
1.4 | Chris Chibnall | James Strong James Strong (director) James Strong is a British television director and writer. He has directed episodes of the shows Holby City and Doctors, as well as six episodes of Doctor Who and two episodes of its spin-off series Torchwood... |
5 November 2006 | 1.391 |
| 05 | "Small Worlds Small Worlds (Torchwood) "Small Worlds" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Torchwood. It is the fifth episode of the first series, which was broadcast on 12 November 2006... " |
1.5 | Peter J. Hammond Peter J. Hammond Peter J. Hammond is a British television writer.-Career:He began writing for television in the 1960s, working on BBC police dramas such as Dixon of Dock Green and Z-Cars, the latter of which he served as script editor on for a year from 1969 to 1970... |
Alice Troughton Alice Troughton Alice Troughton is a British television director. Her work on Doctor Who makes her only the second person to direct episodes of Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.... |
12 November 2006 | 1.264 |
| 06 | "Countrycide Countrycide "Countrycide" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Torchwood. It is the sixth episode of the first series, which was broadcast on 19 November 2006-Synopsis:... " |
1.6 | Chris Chibnall | Andy Goddard Andy Goddard Andy Goddard is a British television director who was nominated for a BAFTA and won a gold Hugo Award in 1997 for his work on Little Sisters.- Director :*Little Sisters *Yabba Yabba Ding Ding *Rice Paper Stars... |
19 November 2006 | 1.217 |
| 07 | "Greeks Bearing Gifts Greeks Bearing Gifts (Torchwood) "Greeks Bearing Gifts" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Torchwood. It is the seventh episode of the first series, which was broadcast on 26 November 2006.-Synopsis:... " |
1.7 | Toby Whithouse Toby Whithouse Toby Whithouse is an English actor, stand-up comedian and screenwriter. His highest-profile work has been the creation of the BBC Three supernatural television series Being Human. He also created the Channel 4 television drama series No Angels , and has written for BBC One's Hotel Babylon and... |
Colin Teague | 26 November 2006 | 1.305 |
| 08 | "They Keep Killing Suzie They Keep Killing Suzie "They Keep Killing Suzie" is an episode in the British science fiction television series Torchwood. It is the eighth episode of the first series, which was broadcast on 3 December 2006.-Synopsis:... " |
1.8 | Paul Tomalin Paul Tomalin - Selected filmography :* Torchwood** They Keep Killing Suzie - 2006, co-written with Dan McCulloch.- External links :... & Dan McCulloch Dan McCulloch -Selected filmography:*Torchwood**They Keep Killing Suzie - 2006, co-written with Paul Tomalin.*The Stronger - 2007, producer*Tony - 2009, producer*Endeavour -2011, producer, -External links:... |
James Strong | 3 December 2006 | 1.123 |
| 09 | "Random Shoes Random Shoes "Random Shoes" is an episode in the British science fiction television series Torchwood, which was broadcast on 10 December 2006. It is the ninth episode of the first series.-Synopsis:... " |
1.9 | Jacquetta May Jacquetta May Jacquetta May is a British actress, writer and theatre director.The Kent born actress worked in theatre for ten years after leaving Bristol University, with one short television role as a vengeful wife in the ITV police drama The Bill... |
James Erskine | 10 December 2006 | 1.081 |
| 10 | "Out of Time Out of Time (Torchwood) "Out of Time" is an episode in the British science fiction television series Torchwood, which was broadcast on 17 December 2006. It is the tenth episode of the first series.- Synopsis :... " |
1.10 | Catherine Tregenna Catherine Tregenna Catherine Tregenna is a Welsh playwright, television scriptwriter and actress.She wrote the play Art and Guff, co-wrote the series Cowbois ac Injans and four episodes of the BBC's science fiction drama Torchwood: "Out of Time", "Captain Jack Harkness", "Meat" and "Adam"... |
Alice Troughton | 17 December 2006 | 1.031 |
| 11 | "Combat Combat (Torchwood) "Combat" is an episode in the British science fiction television series Torchwood, which was broadcast on 24 December 2006. It is the eleventh episode of the first series. Weevils are being abducted by humans. As Owen goes undercover to find out who is committing these crimes, he meets Mark Lynch... " |
1.11 | Noel Clarke Noel Clarke Noel Anthony Clarke is an English actor, director and screenwriter from London. He is best known for playing Wyman Norris in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Mickey Smith in Doctor Who... |
Andy Goddard | 24 December 2006 | 0.826 |
| 12 | "Captain Jack Harkness" | 1.12 | Catherine Tregenna | Ashley Way Ashley Way Ashley Way is a film and television director born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1971.-Director:*Filligoggin *Belonging *Hoodlum & Son *Doctor Who... |
1 January 2007 | 1.232 |
| 13 | "End of Days End of Days (Torchwood) "End of Days" is the thirteenth episode and the first series finale of the British science fiction television series Torchwood. It originally aired on BBC Three on 1 January 2007, alongside the previous episode, "Captain Jack Harkness". The episode was written by Chris Chibnall and directed by... " |
1.13 | Chris Chibnall | Ashley Way | 1 January 2007 | 1.232 |
Series 2 (2008)
Series 2 of Torchwood was filmed from April to November 2007 for broadcast starting on 16 January 2008. Due to audience demand, younger fans had the opportunity to watch an edited pre-watershedWatershed (television)
In television, the term watershed denotes the time period in a television schedule during which programs with adult content can air....
repeat, aired the next day at an earlier time. The first five episodes of series two were originally shown on BBC Two and BBC HD. Episodes "Reset" to "Fragments" were premiered on BBC Three, to be shown on BBC Two and BBC HD a week later. The final episode "Exit Wounds" was exclusively premiered on BBC Two and BBC HD, not being shown previously on BBC Three. Where there are two viewers figures listed, the first is for the premiere BBC Three airing and the second is for the BBC Two airing. The value in parenthesis is the total (note that this does not necessarily mean unique viewers as some might have watched both broadcasts).
Recurring guest stars in the second series have included returning Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
cast member Freema Agyeman
Freema Agyeman
Freema Agyeman is a British actress who is best known for playing Martha Jones, former companion of the Tenth Doctor in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, and itsspin-off series Torchwood...
as Martha Jones
Martha Jones
Martha Jones is a fictional character played by Freema Agyeman in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its spin-off series, Torchwood. She is a companion of the Tenth Doctor in Doctor Who, replacing Rose Tyler...
for three episodes (from "Reset" to "A Day in the Death"), and American actor and Buffy star James Marsters
James Marsters
James Wesley Marsters is an American actor and musician. Marsters first came to the attention of the general public playing the popular character Spike, a platinum-blond yobbish English vampire in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off series, Angel from 1997 to 2004...
as villain Captain John Hart in the series premiere and its final two episodes. Episodic guest stars have included New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
/US TV
Television in the United States
Television is one of the major mass media of the United States. Ninety-nine percent of American households have at least one television and the majority of households have more than one...
actor Alan Dale
Alan Dale
Alan Hugh Dale is a New Zealand actor. As a child, Dale developed a love of theatre and also became a rugby player. After retiring from the sport he took on a number of professions to support his family, before deciding to become a professional actor at the age of 27. With work limited in New...
(Neighbours
Neighbours
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
, The O.C.
The O.C.
The O.C. is an American teen drama television series that originally aired on the Fox television network in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 21, 2007, running a total of four seasons...
, Lost
Lost (TV series)
Lost is an American television series that originally aired on ABC from September 22, 2004 to May 23, 2010, consisting of six seasons. Lost is a drama series that follows the survivors of the crash of a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, on a mysterious tropical island...
, Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which premiered on ABC on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series revolves around the character Betty Suarez and is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela soap opera Yo soy Betty, la fea...
) as Aaron Copley ("Reset"), and British actors Richard Briers
Richard Briers
Richard David Briers, CBE is an English actor whose career has encompassed theatre, television, film and radio.He first came to prominence as George Starling in Marriage Lines in the 1960s, but it was in the following decade when he played Tom Good in the BBC sitcom The Good Life that he became a...
(The Good Life, Monarch of the Glen) as Parker ("A Day in the Death"), theatrical actress Nikki Amuka-Bird
Nikki Amuka-Bird
Nikki Amuka-Bird is a Nigerian born British actress of the stage and screen. Her theatrical credits include Welcome to Thebes ; Twelfth Night ; World Music ; Top Girls ; A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest and The Servant of Two Masters Nikki Amuka-Bird is a Nigerian born British actress of the...
as Beth ("Sleeper"), Bryan Dick
Bryan Dick
Bryan Dick is an English actor, who has starred in multiple motion pictures, television series, and stage productions in both the United Kingdom and United States.-Background:...
as Adam, Nerys Hughes
Nerys Hughes
Nerys Hughes , is a Welsh actress, known primarily for her television roles.Nerys Hughes was born in Rhyl, . She studied drama at Rose Bruford College. She is best known for the role of Sandra Hutchinson in the enormously successful BBC TV series The Liver Birds which ran from 1969 to 1978 with a...
(The Liver Birds
The Liver Birds
The Liver Birds is a British situation comedy, set in Liverpool, Merseyside, North-West of England, which aired on BBC1 from 1969 to 1978, and again in 1996. It was created by Carla Lane and Myra Taylor. The two Liverpool housewives had met at a local writers club and decided to pool their talents...
) as Brenda Williams ("Something Borrowed"), and Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones is a Welsh TV actress and writer. She starred in and co-wrote the multi-award winning TV comedy Gavin & Stacey and has appeared in many other successful comedies over recent years...
(Little Britain
Little Britain
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, Gavin and Stacey) as Nikki Bevan ("Adrift").
| No | Title | Code | Writer | Director | Original airdate | Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (Torchwood) "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" is the first episode of the second series of British science fiction television series Torchwood, which was broadcast by BBC Two on 16 January 2008.... " |
2.1 | Chris Chibnall | Ashley Way | 16 January 2008 | 4.219 |
| 15 | "Sleeper Sleeper (Torchwood) "Sleeper" is the second episode of the second series of British science fiction television series Torchwood, which was first broadcast by BBC Two on 23 January 2008. A specially edited pre-watershed repeat was shown the following day.-Synopsis:... " |
2.2 | James Moran James Moran (writer) James Moran is a British screenwriter for television and film, who wrote the horror-comedy Severance. He works in the horror, comedy, science-fiction, historical fiction and spy thriller genres.-Breaking in:... |
Colin Teague | 23 January 2008 | 3.782 |
| 16 | "To the Last Man To the Last Man (Torchwood) "To the Last Man" is the third episode of the second series of British science fiction television series Torchwood, which was broadcast by BBC Two on 30 January 2008.-Synopsis:... " |
2.3 | Helen Raynor | Andy Goddard | 30 January 2008 | 3.511 |
| 17 | "Meat Meat (Torchwood) "Meat" is the fourth episode of the second series of British science fiction television series Torchwood, which was broadcast by BBC Two on 6 February 2008.-Synopsis:... " |
2.4 | Catherine Tregenna | Colin Teague | 6 February 2008 | 3.282 |
| 18 | "Adam Adam (Torchwood) "Adam" is the fifth episode of the second series of British science fiction television series Torchwood, which was broadcast by BBC Two on 13 February 2008.-Synopsis:Torchwood encounter an alien, Adam, who has the ability of memory manipulation... " |
2.5 | Catherine Tregenna | Andy Goddard | 13 February 2008 | 3.793 |
| 19 | "Reset Reset (Torchwood) "Reset" is the sixth episode of the second series of British science fiction television series Torchwood, which was first broadcast by BBC Three on 13 February 2008, immediately after the broadcast of "Adam" on BBC Two... " |
2.6 | J.C. Wilsher | Ashley Way | 13 February 2008 | 0.849 / 3.223 (4.072) |
| 20 | "Dead Man Walking Dead Man Walking (Torchwood) "Dead Man Walking" is the seventh episode of the second series of British science fiction television series Torchwood. It was broadcast by BBC Three and BBC HD on 20 February 2008; it made its terrestrial debut on BBC Two on 27 February.-Synopsis:... " |
2.7 | Matt Jones Matt Jones (writer) Matthew David Jones is a British television writer and producer, who has worked on a variety of popular drama programmes for several television networks in the UK.... |
Andy Goddard | 20 February 2008 | 1.009 / 3.308 (4.317) |
| 21 | "A Day in the Death A Day in the Death "A Day in the Death" is the eighth episode of the second series of British science fiction television series Torchwood, which was broadcast by BBC Three on 27 February 2008... " |
2.8 | Joseph Lidster Joseph Lidster Joseph Lidster is an English television writer best known for his work on the Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.-Biography:His debut work was the audio play The Rapture for Big Finish Productions in 2002... |
Andy Goddard | 27 February 2008 | 1.180 / 3.081 (4.261) |
| 22 | "Something Borrowed Something Borrowed (Torchwood) "Something Borrowed" is the ninth episode of the second series of British science fiction television series Torchwood. It was broadcast by BBC Three on 5 March 2008 and repeated on BBC Two one week later.-Synopsis:... " |
2.9 | Phil Ford Phil Ford (writer) Phil Ford is a British television writer. He was the head writer for the second series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, broadcast in 2008, and wrote "The Waters of Mars", one of the 2009 special episodes of Doctor Who, with Russell T Davies.-Television:... |
Ashley Way | 5 March 2008 | 0.980 / 2.765 (3.745) |
| 23 | "From Out of the Rain From Out of the Rain "From Out of the Rain" is the tenth episode of the second series of British science fiction television series Torchwood. It was broadcast by BBC Three on 12 March 2008, and repeated on BBC Two one week later.- Synopsis :... " |
2.10 | Peter J. Hammond | Jonathan Fox Bassett | 12 March 2008 | 0.951 / 2.897 (3.848) |
| 24 | "Adrift Adrift (Torchwood) "Adrift" is the eleventh episode of the second series of British science fiction television series Torchwood, which was broadcast by BBC Three on 19 March 2008, and by BBC Two on 21 March 2008.-Plot:... " |
2.11 | Chris Chibnall | Mark Everest | 19 March 2008 | 0.972 / 2.520 (3.492) |
| 25 | "Fragments Fragments (Torchwood) "Fragments" is the twelfth and penultimate episode of the second series of British science fiction television series Torchwood, which was broadcast by BBC Three on 21 March 2008.-Synopsis:... " |
2.12 | Chris Chibnall | Jonathan Fox Bassett | 21 March 2008 | 0.717 / 2.976 (3.693) |
| 26 | "Exit Wounds Exit Wounds (Torchwood) "Exit Wounds" is the thirteenth and final episode of the second series of British science fiction television series Torchwood, and was broadcast on BBC Two on 4 April 2008.-Synopsis:... " |
2.13 | Chris Chibnall | Ashley Way | 4 April 2008 | 3.125 |
Series 3: Children of Earth (2009)
The third series is a miniseriesMiniseries
A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
of five, one-hour episodes under the banner title Children of Earth
Children of Earth
Children of Earth is the banner title of the third series of the British television science fiction series Torchwood, which broadcast for five episodes on BBC One in 2009. The series had new producer Peter Bennett and was directed by Euros Lyn, who had considerable experience on the revived Doctor...
, and was broadcast over one week from 6 July 2009 on BBC One, from 7 July 2009 on UK-TV in Australia, from 20 July 2009 on BBC America
BBC America
BBC America is an American television network, owned and operated by BBC Worldwide, and available on both cable and satellite.-History:The channel launched on March 29, 1998, broadcasting comedy, drama and lifestyle programs from BBC Television and other British television broadcasters like ITV and...
, from 20 July 2009 on Space in Canada, and from 28 December 2010 on AXN Sci Fi
AXN Sci Fi
AXN Sci-Fi is a European movie channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment. It is available in Italy, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine, Russia, Romania, Kazakhstan and Bulgaria on Sky Italia, Boom TV, Bulsatcom, Cyfra Plus, Cyfrowy Polsat, Digi TV, Dolce, iNES, Max TV and N...
from 28 December 2010, with Peter Bennett
Peter Bennett (producer)
Peter Bennett is a British television producer, although he has predominantly worked as a first assistant director. His credits as a first AD include numerous feature films, such as The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, Alexander and Syriana, as well as the television series Minder, Agatha Christie's...
as the producer.
| No | Title | Code | Writer | Director | Original airdate | Viewers (including HD) in millions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Children of Earth Children of Earth Children of Earth is the banner title of the third series of the British television science fiction series Torchwood, which broadcast for five episodes on BBC One in 2009. The series had new producer Peter Bennett and was directed by Euros Lyn, who had considerable experience on the revived Doctor... , "Day One" |
3.1 | Russell T Davies | Euros Lyn Euros Lyn Euros Lyn is a television director. He was born in 1971 and educated at Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera and the University of Manchester.To date, he has directed nine episodes of Doctor Who. He won the BAFTA Cymru award for Best Director for "Silence in the Library" and the 2007 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic... |
6 July 2009 | 6.472 (6.601) |
| 28 | Children of Earth, "Day Two" | 3.2 | John Fay John Fay (writer) John Fay is an award-winning British television writer, and playwright from Merseyside. He is known for his work on television soap operas Brookside and Coronation Street as well as his later work on original dramatic production.-Television career:... |
Euros Lyn | 7 July 2009 | 6.136 (6.248) |
| 29 | Children of Earth, "Day Three" | 3.3 | Russell T Davies & James Moran | Euros Lyn | 8 July 2009 | 6.397 (6.557) |
| 30 | Children of Earth, "Day Four" | 3.4 | John Fay | Euros Lyn | 9 July 2009 | 6.756 (6.883) |
| 31 | Children of Earth, "Day Five" | 3.5 | Russell T Davies | Euros Lyn | 10 July 2009 | 6.581 (6.732) |
Series 4: Miracle Day (2011)
Series 4 is a ten-episode co-production between BBC Cymru Wales, BBC WorldwideBBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995. In the year to 31 March 2010 it made a profit of £145m on a turnover of £1.074bn. The company had made a profit of £106m...
and US premium entertainment network Starz Entertainment. It premiered in the United States on Starz on 8 July 2011, in Canada on Space on 9 July, and in the UK on 14 July. Writers for the series were Russell T Davies, John Shiban
John Shiban
John Shiban is an Emmy Award nominated American television writer and producer. He worked in both capacities on The X-Files and its spin-off The Lone Gunmen, Star Trek: Enterprise, Smallville, Supernatural, Legend of the Seeker, Breaking Bad and The Vampire Diaries...
, Doris Egan
Doris Egan
Doris Egan is an American screenwriter, producer, and writer. She has worked on Smallville, Dark Angel, and House as well as many other television programs.-Gate of Ivory trilogy:...
, Jane Espenson
Jane Espenson
Jane Espenson is an American script writer and television producer who has worked on both situation comedies and serial dramas. She had a five-year stint as a writer and producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and shared a Hugo Award for her writing on the episode "Conversations with Dead People"...
, John Fay
John Fay (writer)
John Fay is an award-winning British television writer, and playwright from Merseyside. He is known for his work on television soap operas Brookside and Coronation Street as well as his later work on original dramatic production.-Television career:...
and Ryan Scott
Ryan Scott
Ryan Scott is an English sprint runner from Henleaze who competes in the 100 metres.His first international appearances for Great Britain came in 2007. He ran in the 60 metres at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships, but was disqualified in the final while his running mates Jason...
. The series was initially announced under the banner title Torchwood: The New World, but by January 2011 was changed to Torchwood: Miracle Day. A web-based story titled Web of Lies ties in with the series.
The reported Starz viewership numbers combine the figures for the network's first two broadcasts of each episode.
| No | Title | Code | Writer | Director | Original airdate | Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | "The New World The New World (Torchwood) "The New World" is the first episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Torchwood, and was broadcast in the United States on Starz on 8 July 2011, in Canada on Space on 9 July 2011, and in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 14 July 2011.-Synopsis:In Kentucky, convicted... " |
101 | Russell T Davies | Bharat Nalluri Bharat Nalluri Bharat Nalluri is a British television director, best known for his work with the independent production company Kudos Film & Television in the 2000s and early 2010s. For Kudos, he has directed episodes of Spooks, Life on Mars, Hustle , and Outcasts: all for transmission on BBC One... |
8 July 2011 (US) 14 July 2011 (UK) |
1.51 (US) 6.59 (UK) |
| 33 | "Rendition Rendition (Torchwood) "Rendition" is the second episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Torchwood, and was broadcast in the United States on Starz on 15 July 2011, in Canada on Space on 16 July 2011, and in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 21 July 2011.-Synopsis:As Rex brings the... " |
102 | Doris Egan Doris Egan Doris Egan is an American screenwriter, producer, and writer. She has worked on Smallville, Dark Angel, and House as well as many other television programs.-Gate of Ivory trilogy:... |
Billy Gierhart Billy Gierhart Bill "Billy" Gierhart is an American television director and former steadicam operator.For many years he worked a steadicam operator on the television series Pacific Blue, Huff, Swingtown and The Shield, making his directorial debut on the latter series penultimate episode "Possible Kill Screen" in... |
15 July 2011 (US) 21 July 2011 (UK) |
0.98 (US)5.75 (UK) |
| 34 | "Dead of Night Dead of Night (Torchwood) "Dead of Night" is the third episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Torchwood, and was broadcast in the United States on Starz on 22 July 2011, in Canada on Space on 23 July 2011, and in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 28 July 2011.-Plot summary:Rex and Esther ... " |
103 | Jane Espenson Jane Espenson Jane Espenson is an American script writer and television producer who has worked on both situation comedies and serial dramas. She had a five-year stint as a writer and producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and shared a Hugo Award for her writing on the episode "Conversations with Dead People"... |
Billy Gierhart | 22 July 2011 (US) 28 July 2011 (UK) |
1.02 (US) 5.49 (UK) |
| 35 | "Escape to L.A. Escape to L.A. "Escape to L.A." is the fourth episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Torchwood, and was broadcast in the United States on Starz on 29 July 2011, in Australia on UKTV on 30 July 2011, in Canada on Space on 30 July 2011, and in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 4... " |
104 | Jim Gray (story) Jim Gray and John Shiban John Shiban John Shiban is an Emmy Award nominated American television writer and producer. He worked in both capacities on The X-Files and its spin-off The Lone Gunmen, Star Trek: Enterprise, Smallville, Supernatural, Legend of the Seeker, Breaking Bad and The Vampire Diaries... (screenplay) |
Billy Gierhart | 29 July 2011 (US) 4 August 2011 (UK) |
0.94 (US) 5.19 (UK) |
| 36 | "The Categories of Life The Categories of Life "The Categories of Life" is the fifth episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Torchwood, and was first broadcast in the United States on Starz on 5 August 2011 and in the UK on 11 August.-Plot summary:... " |
105 | Jane Espenson | Guy Ferland Guy Ferland Guy Ferland is an American film and television director.-Career:After Alfred Hitchcock's 1946 film Notorious inspired him to become a filmmaker, Ferland went on to study cinema production at the University of Southern California's School of Cinema and Television, graduating in 1988, and received... |
5 August 2011 (US) 11 August 2011 (UK) |
1.02 (US) 5.17 (UK) |
| 37 | "The Middle Men The Middle Men "The Middle Men" is the sixth episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Torchwood, and was broadcast in the United States on Starz on 12 August 2011.-Plot summary:... " |
106 | John Shiban | Guy Ferland | 12 August 2011 (US) 18 August 2011 (UK) |
0.88 (US)4.60 (UK) |
| 38 | "Immortal Sins Immortal Sins "Immortal Sins" is the seventh episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Torchwood, and was broadcast in the United States on Starz on 19 August 2011.-Plot summary:... " |
107 | Jane Espenson | Gwyneth Horder-Payton Gwyneth Horder-Payton Gwyneth Horder-Payton is an American film and television director.Since the late 1980s, she worked as an assistant director on a number of notable films namely Pacific Heights, The Doors, Raising Cain, I Love Trouble, Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco and number of other films.She made her... |
19 August 2011 (US) 25 August 2011 (UK) |
0.92 (US) 4.48 (UK) |
| 39 | "End of the Road End of the Road (Torchwood) "End of the Road" is the eighth episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Torchwood, and was first broadcast in the United States on Starz on 26 August 2011.-Plot summary:... " |
108 | Ryan Scott (story) Jane Espenson & Ryan Scott (screenplay) |
Gwyneth Horder-Payton | 26 August 2011 (US) 1 September 2011 (UK) |
1.17 (US) 4.64 (UK) |
| 40 | "The Gathering The Gathering (Torchwood) "The Gathering" is the ninth and penultimate episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Torchwood, and was first broadcast in the United States on Starz on 2 September 2011.-Plot summary:... " |
109 | John Fay | Guy Ferland | 2 September 2011 (US) 8 September 2011 (UK) |
1.05 (US) 4.63 (UK) |
| 41 | "The Blood Line The Blood Line "The Blood Line" is the tenth and final episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Torchwood, and was first broadcast in the United States on Starz on 9 September 2011.-Plot summary:... " |
110 | Russell T Davies (story) Russell T Davies & Jane Espenson (screenplay) |
Billy Gierhart | 9 September 2011 (US) 15 September 2011 (UK) |
0.95 (US) 5.13 (UK) |
Radio plays (2008–2011)
As part of the BBCBBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's Big Bang Day, commemorating the official activation of the Large Hadron Collider
Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. It is expected to address some of the most fundamental questions of physics, advancing the understanding of the deepest laws of nature....
, The Afternoon Play on BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
featured a Torchwood audio drama called "Lost Souls" in September 2008. Radio 4 broadcast three further audio dramas in The Afternoon Play slot in July 2009, set during the gap between Series 2 and 3.
Three more radio episodes were recorded in Los Angeles, and broadcast in July 2011. They were collectively called The Lost Files
The Lost Files (Torchwood)
The Lost Files is a series of three radio dramas released prior to the fourth series of Torchwood, a British science fiction television series which airs on the BBC. These dramas aired as BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Play on the 11,12 and 13 July 2011 and feature the regular cast.-External links:**...
. The first two were set between Series 2 and 3 and the third, "The House of the Dead", six months after Series 3.
| Title | Writer | Director | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Lost Souls Lost Souls (Torchwood) "Lost Souls" is an original BBC Radio 4 audio play written by Joseph Lidster and is a spin-off from the British science fiction television series Torchwood, itself a spin-off from Doctor Who. It aired on 10 September 2008 in the Afternoon Play slot as part of Radio 4's Big Bang Day which celebrated... " |
Joseph Lidster | Kate McAll Kate McAll Kate McAll is Executive Producer, Radio Drama at BBC Wales. There she is a radio director and producer for BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4. Her credits include How I Live Now and The Worst Journey in the World , along with seven Torchwood radio episodes.-Radio Plays:Sources:* * * -References:... |
10 September 2008 |
| "Asylum Asylum (Torchwood) "Asylum" is an original BBC Radio 4 audio play written by Anita Sullivan and is a spin-off from the British science fiction television series Torchwood, itself a spin-off from Doctor Who. This episode aired on the 1 July 2009 on BBC Radio 4... " |
Anita Sullivan | 1 July 2009 | |
| "Golden Age Golden Age (Torchwood) "Golden Age" is an original BBC Radio 4 audio play written by James Goss and is a spin-off from the British science fiction television series Torchwood, itself a spin-off from Doctor Who. This episode aired on the 2 July 2009 on BBC Radio 4... " |
James Goss | 2 July 2009 | |
| "The Dead Line The Dead Line "The Dead Line" is the last of four radio dramas released prior to the third series of Torchwood, a British science fiction television series which airs on the BBC... " |
Phil Ford | 3 July 2009 | |
| The Lost Files The Lost Files (Torchwood) The Lost Files is a series of three radio dramas released prior to the fourth series of Torchwood, a British science fiction television series which airs on the BBC. These dramas aired as BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Play on the 11,12 and 13 July 2011 and feature the regular cast.-External links:**... : "The Devil and Miss Carew" |
Rupert Laight | 11 July 2011 | |
| The Lost Files: "Submission" | Ryan Scott | 12 July 2011 | |
| The Lost Files: "The House of the Dead" | James Goss | 13 July 2011 |
External links
- Official Website at BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
- Official Website at Starz