Torchwood: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Captain Jack Harkness is a man from the 51st century trapped in the past who leads the last remnants of the Torchwood Institute, a top secret British agency outside the government whose job it is to investigate alien goings on in the world, act in mankind's best interest, and, if needed, be the Earth's last line of defense.

Series details

• Title: Torchwood
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 2006-10-22
• Final broadcast date listed: 2011-09-09
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: STARZ
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 53 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8.1/10
• TVMaze ID: 659

Cast and credited roles

• John Barrowman — Captain Jack Harkness
• Eve Myles — Gwen Cooper
• Kai Owen — Rhys Williams
• Gareth David-Lloyd — Ianto Jones
• Burn Gorman — Dr. Owen Harper
• Naoko Mori — Toshiko Sato
• Mekhi Phifer — Rex Matheson
• Alexa Havins Bruening — Esther Drummond
• Bill Pullman — Oswald Danes
• Freema Agyeman — Martha Jones
• Indira Varma — Suzie Costello

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2006-10-22; final listed air date 2007-01-05; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 2008-01-16; final listed air date 2008-04-04; episode order: 13.
• Season 3: premiered 2009-07-06; final listed air date 2009-07-10; episode order: 5.
• Season 4: premiered 2011-07-08; final listed air date 2011-09-09; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Torchwood on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.