Torchwood: Children of Earth Torchwood: Children of Earth Children of Earth is the banner title of the third series of the British television science fiction programme "Torchwood", which broadcast for five episodes on BBC One from 6 to 10 July 2009. The series had new producer Peter Bennett and was directed by Euros Lyn, who had considerable experience on the revived "Doctor Who". "Torchwood" is a series about an organization known as Torchwood which defends the Earth against alien threats. The plot of "Children of Earth" deals with aliens demanding the Earth's children, and a related earlier conspiracy; as such, Torchwood is pitted against
Torchwood: The Lost Files is set right before "Children of Earth"'s epilogue. Torchwood: The Lost Files The Lost Files is a series of three radio dramas released prior to the fourth series of "Torchwood", a British science fiction television series which airs on the BBC. These dramas aired as BBC Radio 4's "Afternoon Play" on the 11,12 and 13 July 2011 and feature the regular cast. Although broadcast to coincide with the airing of "", two of the episodes are set prior to the "" miniseries of 2009, as they include the character of Ianto Jones, who is killed off in the 2009 miniseries.