El comisario

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

El comisario
GenrePolice procedural
Country of originSpain
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons12
No. of episodes191
Production
Running time60 min (approx.)
Production companies
  • BocaBoca
  • Estudios Picasso
Original release
NetworkTelecinco
Release16 April 1999 (1999-04-16) –
2 January 2009 (2009-01-02)
Related
El Príncipe

El comisario is a Spanish

Cuerpo Nacional de Policía
at the police station of San Fernando in Madrid.

Premise

The fiction, a

Cuerpo Nacional de Policía agents working in the station.[1][3]

Gerardo Castilla serves as a cold but respectful Chief Police officer for the entire series.[3] Recurring personal subplots include the friendship between Pope and Charlie,[4] and the up and downs of the relationship between Charlie and Elo.[1][5]

Cast

Final cast

Actor Character Seasons
Tito Valverde Gerardo Castilla 1 – 12
Joaquín Climent Pascual Moreno 1 – 12
Elena Irureta Laura Hurtado 1 – 12
Juanjo Artero Carlos "Charlie" Márquez 1 – 12
Jaime Puyol Andrés Casqueiro 1 – 12
Marcial Álvarez Jorge "Pope" San Juan 1 – 12
Cristina Perales Eloísa "Elo" Soriano 1 – 12
Patxi Freytez Mikel Miralles 2 – 12
Fernando Andina Lucas Aguilar 5 – 12
Rocío Muñoz Eva Ríos 9 – 12
Iris Díaz Vanesa Santana 9 – 12
Eva Martín Josefa "Pepa" Romero 11 – 12
Ruth Gabriel Federica "Fede" Villalta 12
José Luís Torrijos Santos Marino 12
Cristina Castaño Sara Ruíz 12

Departed cast

Actor Character Seasons
Andoni Ferreño Vidal 1
Nathalie Poza Alicia Ponce 1
Tristán Ulloa Julio Ponce 1 – 2
María Jesús Sirvent Rosario Ponce 1 – 4
Francesc Orella † Telmo Chacón 2 – 4
Mar Regueras Dolores "Lola" Écija 2 – 5
Charo Zapardiel † Rita Carvajal 1 – 7
Silvia Abascal / Mercé Llorens Sonia Castilla 1 – 2 / 8
Laura Domínguez Cristina "Tina" Mariño 1 – 4 / 8
Pilar Punzano † Ángela Alonso 6 – 8
Manu Fullola José Raimundo "Joserra" García 6 – 8
Zutoia Alarcia Elena Serrano 6 – 10
Margarita Lascoiti Guadalupe "Lupe" López 1 – 11
Paula Echevarría † Clara Osma 8 – 11
Marisol Membrillo † Ángeles "Geli" Chamorro 9 – 11
Diego Molero Horacio Abarca 9 – 11

Production and release

Produced by BocaBoca and Estudios Picasso,

dramedy, but the series was eventually re-written as a police drama.[1] The series began airing on 26 April 1999.[8] The series featured a 50 million peseta budget per episode, high for Spanish television at the time.[9] The broadcasting run ended on 2 January 2009,[10] after nearly 10 years on-air, 12 seasons and 191 episodes.[11]

Tito Valverde and Juanjo Artero reprised their characters in El Príncipe in 2016, in guest appearances.[12]

Episodes

SeriesEpisodesOriginally airedAverage viewershipShare (%)Ref.
First airedLast airedNetwork
1926 April 1999 (1999-04-26)21 June 1999 (1999-06-21)Telecinco4,426,00026.6[13]
2173 January 2000 (2000-01-03)24 April 2000 (2000-04-24)4,100,00024.4[13]
3228 January 2001 (2001-01-08)28 May 2001 (2001-05-28)4,250,00024.8[13]
4147 January 2002 (2002-01-07)9 April 2002 (2002-04-09)3,733,00022.3[13]
5153 September 2002 (2002-09-03)18 December 2002 (2002-12-18)3,750,00022.9[13]
61323 April 2003 (2003-04-23)16 July 2003 (2003-07-16)3,909,00025.7[13]
7137 January 2004 (2004-01-07)31 March 2004 (2004-03-31)4,631,00026.1[13]
82019 October 2004 (2004-10-19)18 March 2005 (2005-03-18)4,920,00029.2[13]
92418 November 2005 (2005-11-18)25 April 2006 (2006-04-25)4,257,00024.6[13]
101210 October 2006 (2006-10-10)26 December 2006 (2006-12-26)4,165,00023.0[13]
111614 September 2007 (2007-09-14)14 December 2007 (2007-12-14)3,493,00022.6[13]
121612 September 2008 (2008-09-12)2 January 2009 (2009-01-02)2,122,00015.1[13]

References

Citations
  1. ^ a b c d Lacalle 2002, p. 57.
  2. ^ "Si eras fan de 'El Comisario', esto te interesa…". Diez Minutos. 26 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b Sáez, Will (7 March 2016). "Paula Echevarría reúne a sus compañeros de 'El Comisario' 7 años después". Ecartelera.
  4. ABC
    . 27 July 2018.
  5. eldiario.es
    . 11 September 2008.
  6. ^ Gómez, Rosario G. (23 April 2003). "'El comisario' potencia la acción y el humor en los nuevos capítulos". El País.
  7. ^ Monjas, C.L. (4 January 2009). "Adiós al comisario Castilla". La Voz.
  8. eldiario.es
    . 2 January 2009.
  9. ^ "Servir y proteger a la audiencia durante 10 años". La Región. 7 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Así será el regreso de 'El Comisario' a Telecinco ocho años después". Bluper. El Español. 6 April 2016.
  11. ^ Coalla, Carla (22 May 2019). "Diez series españolas que han llegado a los 100 capítulos". El Comercio.
  12. Europa Press
    . 5 April 2016.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Vacas Gómez 2017, p. 297.
Bibliography
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=El_comisario&oldid=1173654665"