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My guess would be that SABC1 doesn't really have any idea what it bought: I can exclusively reveal that SABC1 has acquired the broadcasting rights to a futuristic space captain with a rampant libido who sexes all kinds of genders and aliens - SABC1 nabbed the show Torchwood with Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman).
How exactly SABC1 will be handling the first season of 13 episodes of Torchwood (a British spin-off drama from the Brits' Doctor Who) that contains risque sex scenes and all kinds of kissing (an omnisexual time travelling space captain needs some relief from time to time) is not clear.
Torchwood centres around the swashbuckling Captain Harkness from the 51st century who runs Torchwood in the present time - a secret British organisation dedicated to fighting alien threats. The show, although great, has dark themes and seems somewhat inappropriate for a channel such as SABC1's audience.
Are SABC1's channel execs aware of the second episode of the first season for instance and the sex monster who seduces her prey and have her men evaporate at their point of orgasm which releases the energy that she feeds on?
Torchwood was already shown on BBC Entertainment (DStv 120).
I can tell that earlier this week SABC1 scheduled Torchwood to start at the beginning of March in the late-night Monday timeslot of 22:00 on the channel - 5 March to be exact.
When I asked SABC1 whether the channel really-eally has Torchwood, I was told that it was just pulled from the schedule and has been postponed to a new starting date on SABC1 of Monday 28 May.
It would be interesting to see if henceforth Torchwood will remain on SABC1 or now suddenly be shipped over to late night on SABC3 where riskier fare such as Californication and Nip/Tuck has been shown.
