Torchwood – Children Of Earth Off To A Thrilling Start

Captain Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper and Ianto Jones have returned for a brand-new adventure in Torchwood – Children Of Earth, a new five-part series for BBC One.

In the first part we have seen how an ordinary day has become a world of terror, as every single child in the world keens stopping delivering a message to all the governments of Earth: “We are coming”.

But as a trap closes around Captain Jack, sins of the past are returning, as long-forgotten events from 1965 threaten to reveal an awful truth.

Torchwood are forced underground, as the government takes swift and brutal action. With members of the team being hunted down, Britain risks becoming a rogue state, with the mysterious and powerful 456 drawing ever closer. With a “White Paper” issued for the assassination of key people like Captain Jack, secrets are trying to be hidden.

Captain Jack (John Barrowman), Gwen (Eve Myles) and Ianto (Gareth David-Lloyd) are helpless, as events escalate until humankind faces the end of civilisation itself.

Due to the popularity of the series, Torchwood has made a swift move from BBC Three to BBC Two, with the new instalment, Torchwood – Children Of Earth, finding itself on BBC One.

One epic story, told over five episodes. This new series seems already one of Torchwood’s greatest adrenalin-fuelled, high-octane adventures to date.

As they battle against the odds, do they stand a chance of saving humankind?

Torchwood – Children Of Earth is executive produced by Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner. The producer is Peter Bennett.

Torchwood – Children Of Earth written by Russell T Davies, John Fay (Mobile, Clocking Off, Coronation Street) and James Moran (Doctor Who, Torchwood) and directed by Euros Lyn (best director in Bafta Cymru TV Awards, Doctor Who, George Gently).

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