Torchwood

# Popular Australian blog TV Tonight reported this week that Torchwood: Children of Earth will be making its Australian debut (on a free-to-air channel) in the New Year. National TV station ABC2 is the place in the week beginning Sunday, 3rd January 2010 for 5 hours of the best Torchwood storyline to date. Starring John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness, Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper and Gareth David-Lloyd as Ianto Jones, Torchwood: Children of Earth also features a superb performance from... Read Full Story

Aliens have possessed the Earth's children and all of humanity is under threat. There's a planet to save, a government conspiracy to defeat and some tangled relationship dilemmas to sort out. Sounds like a job for Torchwood. The BBC's top-secret team of alien hunters is back for a third series, led by Capt. Jack Harkness (John Barrowman), an immortal, omnisexual adventurer with a cheeky grin and a World War II military overcoat. "Torchwood: Children of Earth," a miniseries running over five nights starting Monday on BBC America, aims to provide an intense burst of adrenaline to viewers hooked on the show's distinctive blend of ... Read Full Story

CAPTAIN JACK HARKNESS could return to Earth on an emergency mission for the last episodes of David Tennant's Doctor Who at the end of this year. And he could also appear in the next series of the hit show, with new Time Lord Matt Smith keen to cross paths with John Barrowman's immortal Torchwood character. Captain Jack was last seen transporting himself into space to start a new life at the end of the Torchwood miniseries Children of Earth. The actor now appears to be hinting that Captain Jack may return for David Tennant's final adventure as Doctor Who before newcomer Matt Smith moves ... Read Full Story

Pansexual sexpot, unkillable action hero ( Torchwood, Doctor Who ) , popular show host, openly gay actor, happily married man, Show tune belter, am-radio cover singer ( Another Side; Music, Music, Music) ; possible Captain America (fingers crossed): The Scottish born , American raised, British resident John Barrowman can do it all. And now he proves he can do it all...in heels as well. Barrowman is receiving rave reviews across the pond as Zara in the West End revival of La Cage Aux Folles. The fabulous drag numbers and heartfelt story have made the play and its many film incarnations a endearing classic (except ... Read Full Story

John Barrowman's latest autobiography (best get a new shelf put up, he ain't going nowhere...) is titled I Am What I Am, written with his sister Carole. Scots paper The Daily Record have featured excerpts from the Torchwood stars book, and one of my favourites follows below. There's lots to read in the extract, which includes Mr Barrowman's reaction to his "radio flash" known as "Ballgate" (which rather sounds like a suburb of Glasgow) his appearance as a judge on reality... Read Full Story