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Saturday 20th September 2008



Torchwood This Week - September 20, 2008
(posted 20th Sep 2008, 11:13am - TWIDW post #0748)
TORCHWOOD THIS WEEK
September 20, 2008 - Vol 2, No 37
The weekly guide to Torchwood transmissions.
by Benjamin F. Elliott
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/torchwood
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thisweekindoctorwho
Doctor Who schedule information is in This Week In Doctor Who
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thisweekindoctorwho .
Canada - SPACE http://www.spacecast.com is airing Torchwood in 65 minute timeslots. So make sure your recording device is scheduled to record Torchwood for 1 hour, 5 minutes instead of 1 hour. If you are in the Central and Mountain Time Zones and also plan to watch Doctor Who Series 4 on the CBC this fall, check your cable/satellite provider's channel lineup to make sure you have other regions of CBC. In those 2 time zones the 65 minute Torchwood broadcast on SPACE will overlap Doctor Who on CBC (9PM all time zones), and neither show has a repeat slot. Satellite customers should be fine and it is believed that most digital cable subscribers have multiple CBCs too, but the time to check your lineup is now, as opposed to the 19th of September. The conflict ends on 24 October when the series 2 finale airs.
UK - BBC HD http://www.bbc.co.uk/hd begins an encore of the Pre-
Watershed Versions of Series 2 this Saturday at 7:35PM BST. These
episodes have some sex, language, and violence removed, as they were
intended for BBC Two pre-watershed viewing.
Corrections and updates are welcome at torchwood-
owner@yahoogroups.com , TWIDW on AIM, and thebfe on Yahoo Messenger.
Torchwood Website - http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood
Australian Website - http://www.ten.com.au/ten/tv_torchwood.html
ITALY:
Jimmy http://www.jimmy140.it http://www.jimmy140.it/contenuti/serie/torchwood
Saturday 9:45AM, Sunday 7:10AM and 2:20PM and 10:35PM, Late Monday 4:10AM, Late Wednesday 1:35AM, Late Thursday 2:30AM, Saturday 27 September 9:20AM, Late 27 September 2:40AM, 28 September 1:20PM and 9:50PM CET 2-12 Frammenti (lots of airings over 2 weeks intead of 1 - hmm)
30 September 9PM CET 2-13 La fine e il principio
SWEDEN:
TV4 Plus http://www.tv4.se
Sunday 11:15PM CET 2-12 Fragments (65 minutes)
28 September 11:05PM CET 2-13 Exit Wounds (65 minutes)
CANADA:
SPACE http://www.spacecast.com
16:9 letterbox. Episodes only air once. Beware the episode descriptions on SPACE, as a big plot twist for Series 2 is revealed.
Friday 10PM EDT/7PM PDT/11:30PM Newfoundland 2-09 Something Borrowed (65 minutes)
3 October 10PM EDT/7PM PDT/11:30PM Newfoundland 2-10 From Out of the Rain (65 minutes)
10 October 10PM EDT/7PM PDT/11:30PM Newfoundland 2-11 Adrift (65 minutes)
17 October 10PM EDT/7PM PDT/11:30PM Newfoundland 2-12 Fragments (65 minutes)
24 October 10PM EDT/7PM PDT/11:30PM Newfoundland 2-13 Exit Wounds (65 minutes)
SPACE has rights to Series 2, but does not currently have rights to Series 1, as they are still held by the CBC. They will rest the show before airing a repeat run.
Ztele http://www.ztele.com/index.jsp
HD on Ztele HD, Dubbed in French. Series 2 airs Tuesdays 10PM plus repeats Fall 2008.
Torchwood expected to return after Jericho Season 2, and will have the same timeslots. Expected start date - Tuesday October 14 10PM EDT.
HD Net Canada http://www.hd.net
Complete, uncut episodes in High Definition (not the same schedule as HD Net US). It is not known if HD Net Canada will be able to purchase later series of Torchwood yet. BBC America's exclusive US deal will not affect Canada.
Monday 7PM and 11PM EDT/4PM and 8PM PDT 1-11 Combat
29 September 7PM and 11PM EDT/4PM and 8PM PDT 1-12 Captain Jack Harkness
AUSTRALIA:
Network Ten HD http://www.ten.com.au http://www.sfsa.org.au
Series 2 Australian premiere run.
Monday 10:30PM 2-04 Meat
» the episode ended up pre-empted and was shown on 6th October instead.

There are exclusive interviews and clips on the Ten website as well as Torchwood De-Classified - as of this writing, you have to be in Australia to view the clips.
BBC HD Australia http://www.bbchd.com.au/Australia
http://www.foxtel.tv/tvguide.aspx

The good news - there are finally searchable listings for BBC HD Australia. The bad news - Torchwood Series 1 has finished airing there. But we will be ready when Torchwood returns ...
RUSSIA:
SciFi Russia http://www.scifichannel.ru
All times Moscow
Saturday 10:35PM, Sunday 8:05PM 2-03 To the Last Man
Monday 9PM, Tuesday 8:05PM, Wednesday 10:35PM, Thursday 7:15PM, 27 September 10:35PM, 28 September 8:05PM 2-04 Meat

29 September 9PM, 30 September 8:05PM, 1 October 10:25PM, 2 October 7:15PM, 4 October 10:25PM, 5 October 8:05PM 2-05 Adam
6 October 9PM, Late 8 October Midnight, 11 October 10:30PM, 12 October 8:10PM 2-06 Reset (Tuesday and Thursday airings end, Wednesday moves to later night)
13 October 9PM, Late 15 October 12:10AM, 18 October 10:30PM, 19 October 8:10PM 2-07 Dead Man Walking
20 October 9PM, 22 October 11:50PM, 25 October 10:35PM, 26 October 8:10PM 2-08 A Day in the Death
27 October 9PM, Late 29 October 12:10AM 2-09 Something Borrowed
FRANCE:
NRJ 12 http://www.nrj12.fr
Series 2, episodes dubbed in French, expect slight cuts on bloodshed
Sunday 5:55PM CET 2-03 Le Soldat Thomas
Sunday 6:50PM CET 2-04 Le Moment De Verite
Friday 8:45PM CET 2-07 Le Gant De Resurrection (new)
Friday 9:40PM CET 2-08 La Vie Apres La Mort (new)
Friday 10:30PM CET 1-04 Femme Cybernetique (encore)

28 September 6:05PM CET 2-05 Adam
28 September 7PM CET 2-06 Reset
ASIA:
BBC Entertainment http://asia.bbcentertainment.com
All times Thailand
Sunday 4:10PM 1-11 Combat
Monday 7:05PM and 10:05PM and 2:20AM. Tuesday 7:55AM and 11:35AM, 28
September 4:05PM 1-12 Captain Jack Harkness
29 September 7:05PM and 10:05PM and 2:20AM, 30 September 7:55AM and
11:35AM, 5 Octpber 4:10PM 1-13 End of Days
Looks like Torchwood leaves the schedule at this point.
NEW ZEALAND:
TV2 http://www.tvnz.co.nz http://nzdwfc.tetrap.com
Wednesday 10:30PM 1-12 Captain Jack Harkness
GREECE:
Skai TV http://www.skai.gr
Every morning at 2:15AM EET - 1 episode - it just has me confused at this point
POLAND:
No information. Extrapolated from last week.
BBC Entertainment http://poland.bbcentertainment.com
dubbed in Polish
Wednesday 11PM and 3AM, Thursday Noon CET 1-02 "Day One"
ROMANIA:
TVR2 http://www.tvr.ro
Wednesday 8:30PM EET 1-01 Everything Changes (premiere)
Thursday 8:30PM EET 1-02 "Day One"
Friday 8:30PM EET 1-03 Ghost Machine
UK:
BBC HD http://www.bbc.co.uk/hd http://www.radiotimes.com
Saturday 7:30PM BST 2-01 Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (pre-watershed
edition)
27 September 8:05PM BST 2-02 Sleeper (pre-watershed version)
HONG KONG:
ATV World http://www.hkatv.com/world/05
Series 1 repeats
Monday 11:20PM 1-02 "Day One"
USA:
HD Net http://www.hd.net
DirecTV 79 (MPEG-2), 306 (MPEG-4)
Dish 9422 (5510 Alaska and Hawaii only)
High Definition 16:9 format. Uncut, commercial free.
HD Net US will not be able to air Torchwood Series 3, as BBC America has purchased exclusive US SD and HD rights to the 2009 episodes.
Monday 7PM and 10PM and 1AM EDT/4PM and 7PM and 10PM PDT 2-06 Reset
29 September 7PM and 10PM and 1AM EDT/4PM and 7PM and 10PM PDT 2-07 Dead Man Walking
LATIN AMERICA:
People + Arts http://www.tudiscovery.com
Series 1 repeats.
Friday 1PM EDT 1-02 "Day One"
GERMANY:
RTL2 http://www.rtl2.de
RTL2 has bought Torchwood for the German market. Premiere date unknown. Looks like Wednesday nights at 10PM or later starting Spring 2009.
Stations That Will/Have Aired Torchwood:
UKRAINE - ICTV
TURKEY - TRT
UK - BBC Two http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo http://www.radiotimes.com -
Series 2 completed.
BBC Three http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree http://www.radiotimes.com
Watch (new UK channel from 7 October - repeats of Series 1 and 2 will
eventually start)
Series 3 will premiere on BBC One in 2009. Currently 5 episodes,
stripped Monday to Friday for a weeklong event.
Israel - Yes Stars 2 http://www.yes.co.il - Series 1 completed.
SPAIN - Cuatro http://www.cuatro.com - Series 1 completed.
AUSTRALIA - Southern Cross Ten
http://www.mytalk.com.au/Stations/TV/SCTEN/Pages/Default.aspx
(Regional service that carries portions of Network Ten's lineup) -
Series 1 completed.
UKTV Australia http://www.uktv.com.au
No episodes scheduled. Series 2 coming in early 2009.
MEXICO - Canal 22 http://www.canal22.org.mx/main.html
Episodes air as 2 parters. Series 1 completed?
FRANCE - Jimmy http://www.jimmy.fr - Series 1 completed.
USA - BBC America http://www.bbcamerica.com
DirecTV 264 Dish 135,879 16:9 Letterbox format. Series 2 Completed.
Has bought Series 3. Next airdate unknown.
BBC America On Demand - available on better digital cable systems
Full length episodes (no cuts for time). Content edits made for BBC
America TV broadcasts (language, violence, nudity) will be present in
this version. - No episodes on schedule.
MILITARY - BFBS http://www.ssvc.com/bfbs/tv/ - Series 2 completed.
FINLAND - TV 2 http://www.yle.fi/tv2 - Series 1 and 2 completed.
NETHERLANDS - SciFi http://www.scifi-tv.nl - Series 1 repeats
completed.
CROATIA: HRT1/HRT2 http://www.hrt.hr - current run finished.
And other countries who I haven't seen identified yet
Thanks for reading. Until next week, take care.
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