BBC America's High-Octane Torchwood: Car Chases! Shoot-outs! Brawls! & The Big Snog

It’s late. The streets of Cardiff, Wales are empty, and shiny from a recent rain. One elderly woman totters to an intersection as a spicy red convertible pulls up. The driver – an alien with a spiny head – peers over the door.

The walk sign shifts from red to green. “Ehhhhhh,” hisses the creature. It motions the woman safely across, then rips away.

Seconds later, a black SUV approaches. “Excuse me,” asks the passenger ever-so graciously, “have you seen a blowfish driving a sportscar?”

The elderly pedestrian silently points up the street and the SUV charges off into the night.

“Bloody Torchwood!” grumbles the woman.

It’s the opening scene in BBC America's season two Torchwood which premieres Saturday, January 26, 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

The launch is an action-packed, blazing hour of non-stop television fun. A car chase, a shootout, and a bar brawl ensue – and that’s just the first fifteen minutes or so!

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