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
The Den (TV programme) The Den (TV programme) The Den was the long-running children's television strand of Ireland's public broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. First broadcast on 29 September 1986 on RTÉ1, it moved to Network 2 two years later. Initially a continuity strand for weekday afternoon programmes, "The Den" later expanded during the late 1990s and the 2000s until it became synonymous with RTÉ's children's output. At various times during its run, it was known as "Dempsey's Den", "Den TV" and "Den2". In mid-2010, RTÉ Television announced an overhaul of its children's output, with the launch of RTÉjr and TRTÉ. "The Den" aired for