Where to watch
Torchwood isn’t streaming, or for rent or sale, on any service we track here right now.
Checked 25 Oct 2026. Services change their catalogues often; the service’s own page has the final word.
Our take
Captain Jack Harkness leads a secretive team in Cardiff that hunts alien technology and the trouble it attracts.
Why watch The grown up spinoff of Doctor Who, peaking with the gripping Children of Earth.
Seasons & episodes
- Season 1
- Season 2
- Season 3
- Season 4
Cast & crew
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John Barrowman
Captain Jack Harkness
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Eve Myles
Gwen Cooper
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Kai Owen
Rhys Williams
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Gareth David-Lloyd
Ianto Jones
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Burn Gorman
Dr. Owen Harper
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Naoko Mori
Toshiko Sato
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Mekhi Phifer
Rex Matheson
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Alexa Havins Bruening
Esther Drummond
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Bill Pullman
Oswald Danes
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Freema Agyeman
Martha Jones
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Indira Varma
Suzie Costello
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Quick answers
- Where can I watch Torchwood?
- In the UK: BBC iPlayer, Prime Video (buy) and Apple TV (buy). In Australia: Apple TV (buy). In Canada: Apple TV (buy). In the US: Prime Video (buy).
- What is Torchwood about?
- Captain Jack Harkness leads a secretive team in Cardiff that hunts alien technology and the trouble it attracts.
- Who is in the cast of Torchwood?
- Torchwood stars John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness, Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper, Kai Owen as Rhys Williams, Gareth David-Lloyd as Ianto Jones and Burn Gorman as Dr. Owen Harper.
- When did Torchwood start?
- Torchwood premiered on 22 October 2006 and ran until 2011, with 4 seasons.
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