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- StarsRoger CarelMarie-Laure BenestonAlain DorvalThe workings of the human body explained by animated characters.Animated Series. Kids Show. Comedy. Educational Show.
It explains with humoristic storylines and enjoyable cartoon characters the functioning of the human body. It combines factual information presented metaphorically. Characters are enzymes, hormones, red blood cells, platelets, white blood cells, neutrophil granulocytes, lymphocytes B, lymphocytes T, basophiles, macrophages, immature leucocytes, antibodies, bacterias, viruses, organic molecules, proteins, amino acids, DNA/RNA, etc.
A French-Spanish coproduction.
55 episodes (1986-1987)
SERIES INTRO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=587wPF5cdrM - StarsFernando ReyAlfredo LandaFrancisco MerinoMiniseries version of the first half of Cervantes' famous novel.Period drama. Satire about Knights. Miniseries.
5 episodes (1991-1992)
SHOW MUSIC:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syBtJboylQc - StarsPaco LeónPepe ViyuelaMelani OlivaresAfter her father's sudden death, Aida returns to her childhood neighborhood and tries to help her children get ahead in life.Sit-com. Spanish humor. Spin-off of "7 Vidas".
It revolves around the lives of a group of people from a ficticious working class neighbourhood of Madrid called "Esperanza Sur". Its characters are a divorced domestic worker (Aída), her ex-junkie brother (Luisma), her primadonna mother (Eugenia), her conflicting children (Jonathan & Lorena), an ultranationalist and ultracoservative bar owner (Mauricio) and his inmigrant worker (Oswaldo), a socialist shopkeeper (Chema) and his gay son (Fidel), etc.
199 episodes (2006-present).
The show has adapted versions in Argentina, Chile and Ecuador.
SEASONS 1-4 OPENING:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8anJ2puVDn4
OPENING OF THE VERSION OF ECUADOR:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc-C3GJgP2A - StarsJuan MuñozJosé MotaJosé CarabiasSketch Comedy. Starring the very popular duo in Spain of José Mota and Juan Muñoz.
More than 100 episodes (1993-2007).
SKETCH:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OSzsbm2yQs - StarsAna DuatoPedro Díez del CorralAurora RedondoCelia is an upper-middle-class, seven-year-old girl living in Madrid with her parents during the early 20th century. Celia, however, is not an ordinary child; she simply will not take adults for granted, nor will she stop questioning everything and everyone around her. With the only help of her acute sensitivity and high imagination, she will create a world of her own, a world available only to those who are willing to give it a chance.Period comedy. Miniseries. Adaptation of the novels of Elena Fortún.
6 Episodes (1993).
SHOW INTRO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R7KK26cbvM - CreatorClaudio Biern BoydStarsMatilde ConesaJane WoodsTeófilo MartínezThe fantastic adventures of David and his wife Lisa traveling around the world to save the animals and defeating the trolls.Animated Series. Kids Show. Educational Show. Drama. Ecologist Show. Had a Spin-off in 1987 called "La llamada de los Gnomos".
23 episodes (1985-1986).
SHOW INTRO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ish-2med_DU - StarsMichelle JennerRamon MadaulaRodolfo SanchoThe life of Isabella I of Castile, also known as Isabella the Catholic.Historical drama.
Based upon the reign of Queen Isabella I of Castile, since her struggles to become Queen until the voyages of Christopher Columbus to America for the first time.
26 episodes (2011-present)
SHOW INTRO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsR-4d5kcOE
Episodes online (official web):
http://www.rtve.es/television/isabel-la-catolica/capitulos-completos/ - StarsImanol AriasAna DuatoMaría GalianaThe evolution of a family from the last days of the Frankist dictatorship to the early 1980s.Period drama mixed with soft humor.
It revolves around the life of an average family, from the late years of Franco's fascist dictatiorship until the establishment of the democracy in Spain and the days of the "movida". It also shows the changes experimented in the country during those decades.
253 episodes (2002-present).
The show has an adapted version in Italy.
The show has released five soundtracks to date.
1st SEASON INTRO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yytbx_ntE6I
INTRO OF THE ITALIAN VERSION:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApB4JQ2-in0 - StarsFrancis LorenzoMiguel RellánMaría GarralónThe lives and interactions of a group of teenage students and their teachers in a Spanish high school.Teen drama mixed with Comedy and Romance.
It revolves around the lives of students & teachers.
122 episodes (1998-2002).
SEASON 6 OPENING:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKP0-hIfuLg - StarsAdriana OzoresAmaia SalamancaYon GonzálezA family-owned hotel in the fictional coastal Spanish town of Cantaloa in 1905: love, blackmail, jealousies, crime, comedy, and plots and counter-plots all involving the hotel's owners, guests, detectives, and residential employees.Thriller. Period drama. Police procedural. Romance.
Period TV Show that narrates the misteries and murders that are taking place in the Gran Hotel (a luxury hotel of the early XX century). Detective Ayala and some workers of the hotel are trying to resolve the misteries while all clients, workers and owners (specially them) of the hotel seem suspicious.
39 episodes (2011-2013).
SHOW INTRO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhPpFnyZugs
SEASON 3 PROMO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqgJSKHEn4o - StarsBlanca PortilloAnna AllenJose CoronadoThriller. Legal drama. Police procedural.
Tells the story of Judge Ballester, and how she manages to instruct some criminal cases with unethical procedures.
26 episodes (2009-2010).
SEASON 1 INTRO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAlfOU1RufM - StarsAmparo BaróGonzalo de CastroBlanca PortilloDavid awakens after an 18-year coma to find himself in a completely different world.Sit-com. Had a Spin-off called "Aída".
Revolves around the lives of 7 friends.
204 episodes (1999-2006).
SEASON 4 INTRO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47QvucDNfoc - CreatorGermán Álvarez BlancoStarsArturo FernándezFlorinda ChicoEmma OzoresSit-com. Spanish humor.
Narrates the life of Arturo Valdés, an elder single casanova who moves into the house of his divorced elder sister Pilar (that also lives with her three daughters and her domestic worker Toñi). Arturo also tries to mantain his small and incompetent company.
(1996-2002)
SHOW CLIP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anAozE0SBcs - StarsConcha CuetosJulián GonzálezCarlos LarrañagaThe everyday life of a Spanish family whose mother Lourdes runs a pharmacy with help from her two sons, her ex-husband who thinks himself a Casanova, and her neighbors.Sit-com. Most watched TV Show in Spain to date.
169 episodes (1991-1995)
SHOW INTRO.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dsLMrHLcNM - StarsAntonio FerrandisMaría GarralónPilar TorresThis series is about the adventures of a bunch of youngsters during their summer holiday in a small town on the Southern Coast of Spain. The seven kids: Quique, Javi, Pancho, Bea, Desi, Tito, and Piraña, with at age range of 8 to 16, meet two adults with whom they share many new experiences: painter Julia, and Chanquete, a wise old lovable retired sailor who lives in a boat set on a hilltop. Throughout the 19 episodes, several key themes are dealt with: adolescence, coming of age, death, the generation gap, the right to protest, ethical values family relationships, and even building companies' speculation in the Spanish coastline.Teen drama. Teen adventures.
19 episodes (1981-1982)
SHOW OPENING:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ4l7RbIdmE - StarsEmilio AragónLydia BoschLuisa MartínSocial issues are mixed with comedic elements and family matters in this Spanish TV series about family doctor and recent widower Nacho Martín, who must learn how to deal with his extended family of three children--María, Chechu and Anita--his nephew Alberto, and his father Manolo, as well as with his ever-present housekeeper Juani. Fortunately, he has the help of his long-time friend Julito and his late wife's sister Alicia, who's been secretly in love with him for ages.Comedy & drama mixed with some medical cases. Romance.
It narrates the life of GP Nacho Martin, now a widower that has to take care of his children.
199 episodes (1995-1999).
The show has adapted versions in Germany, Russia, Italy, Belgium, Findland and Portugal; being the italian version "Un medico in famiglia" with 234 (from 1998 to present) the most popular one.
SHOW OPENING:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-EN-spwmbY
OPENING OF THE ITALIAN VERSION:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQHkb8Bqph4 - StarsSoledad MallolMarisa PorcelMary Carmen RamírezSit-com. Spanish humor.
A series of sketches about three generations of couples: a young couple, a couple that have been married for 25 years and an old couple that have been married for 40 years.
601 episodes (2007-2012)
SHOW PROMO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VdUCuFgUnA - CreatorPilar NadalDaniel ÉcijaErnesto PozueloStarsAlfonso LaraBeatriz LuengoMiguel Ángel MuñozThe show focuses on the professors and students at a prestigious art school in Spain. They want to be successful singers, dancers, and actors, but they learn as they go along that the path to fame is not easy.Musical. Drama. Soap Opera.
It revolves around the lives of young performers and their teachers of a performing arts school called "Escuela de Artes Escénicas Carmen Arranz".
The show was aired with great success in Italy, France, Germany, Serbia, Greece, Cuba, Eslovaquia, Hunary, Bulgaria or Irak among others.
Some actors of the show created a music band called UPA Dance that released two LPs (that included songs of the TV Show).
84 episodes (2002-2005)
INTRO SEASON 2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfOAuxKll18 - StarsAure SánchezMiguel Hermoso ArnaoDavid ArnaizBea is an ugly assistant, but very efficient, and is not liked by the beautiful ones, and those who hate working.Comical Soap Opera. Adaptation of the colombian Soap Opera "Yo soy Betty, la fea".
773 episodes (2006-2009)
The show released a soundtrack.
INTRO 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llUsVRy6bzg - CreatorIñaki AriztimuñoStarsMalena AlterioGemma CuervoMariví BilbaoFollows the inhabitants of a fictional building in Spain.Sit-com. Spanish humor.
It revolves around the lives of the disparate inhabitants of a flat.
91 episodes (2003-2006).
The show has adapted versions in Argentina, Chile and Colombia.
INTRO SEASON 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPd6Xo77nv4
COLOMBIAN OPENING:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_tWIXkEjLE - StarsAntonio ZabálburuÁngel RoucoMarisol RolandiThe work and lives of doctors and nurses in a Spanish hospital.Medical drama. Romance. The show had a spin-off called "MIR".
It revolves around the personal and professional lives of the workers of a spanish public hospital.
300 episodes (2000-2012)
It was also aired with success in Portugal.
SEASON 14 INTRO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-HmrDH4lcg - StarsGary PiquerLidia San JoséJosé GonzálvezTwenty-odd hundred year old lamp genius Dina gets employed as a housekeeper in Tomás' household, a family of a widower publicist and his two children Eva and Álvaro. For fear of Dina's powers being discovered Tomás forbids her to use magic in every circumstance whatsoever. Her own helplessness, however, in adapting to her late 20th century surroundings after having been in her lamp for several hundred years, forces Dina to use her supernatural powers when dealing with her daily chores, giving rise to many comic situations and misunderstandings.Sit-com.
62 episodes (200-2002)
SHOW INTRO 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPj_LKWW-yo - StarsTom WynerGregory SnegoffKen'ichi OgataA furry version of Jules Verne's classic adventure story of a British gentleman's challenge to circumnavigate the world in 80 days.Animated series. Kids Show. Adventures. Had a sequel in 1993 called "Willy Fog 2":
26 episodes (1981-1983)
SHOW INTRO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKtX8G6D-S8
SHOW ENDING:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDmCtMT0ELg
INTRO IN THE U.K.:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nqN_7eGItM - CreatorÁlex PinaDaniel ÉcijaStarsAntonio ResinesJesús BonillaAntonio MoleroFollows the Serrano family, who live in Round Santa Justa No 133, located in the fictional neighborhood of Santa Justa, in the Ribera del Manzanares, in Madrid.Comedy. Spanish humor.
Narrates the tangles of Diego Serrano and his family. Diego owns a bar with his old brother. The series starts when Diego (a widower father of three sons) marries an old friend who is divorced and has two daugthers. They all start to live together and the oldest son of the father falls in love with the oldest daugther of the mother.
147 episodes (2003-2008)
The show was aired in 13 countries has very successful adapted versions in Italy ("I Cesaroni"), Greece ("Eutixismenoi Mazi"), Czech Republic ("Horákovi"), Portugal ("Os Serrano") and Turkey ("Ilk Askim").
The actor Fran Perea released three LPs (the first one including songs he sang in the show).
In Italy his counterpart actor has released five LPs (all of them including songs he sang in the show).
In Spain another three actors created a band called "Santa Justa Klan" that released two LPs with songs of the show.
The show in Spain had also a magazine called SJK Magacine.
OPENING SEASON 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x13RI5WKVKk
OPENING OF THE ITALIAN VERSION (SEASON 1):
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xlnwq_sigla-cesaroni_fun#.UcDs0_nwna4
OPENING OF THE GREEK VERSION:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLnaiinJtsw - StarsTito ValverdeJuanjo ArteroMarcial ÁlvarezSan Fernando is a small police station in Madrid, where Chief Castilla and the officers under his command handle all kinds of cases.Police procedural. Drama.
191 episodes (1999-2009).
OPENING SEASON 6:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqoJOTOYh1s - StarsBelén RuedaÁlex AnguloAlicia BorracheroThe personal and professional misadventures of the editorial team at the Madrid-based newspaper Crónica Universal.Drama. Romance.
It revolves around the lifes of the journalists of the local section of a newspaper, and the news they have to cover.
(1998-2002)
OPENING SEASON 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AY5vcNTkXQ - StarsLina MorganJoaquín KremelTote García OrtegaReme and his father arrive in Madrid's Royal Manzanares hostel, owned by her aunt. Leaving poverty behind, determined Reme is ready to face adventure and change her life for better.Sit-com.
INTRO 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq_1v549mV8 - StarsLina MorganJose CoronadoAmparo LarrañagaSHOW INTRO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-I4w_2hitc - StarsMaribel SalasJavier AntónLorea Intxausti OregiSit-com
- CreatorPedro MasóDiana LaffondMarga MareoStarsJuanjo PuigcorbéJosé Pedro CarriónJorge de JuanSHOW PROMO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDp-1NjWo0k - CreatorPablo BarreraManuel Ríos San MartínChus VallejoStarsFrancis LorenzoPaz PadillaMiriam Díaz-ArocaThanks to daughter Sheila's success as a singer, the Sanchez family moves into a luxury urbanization villa, where they meet their neighbors, the Sandoval family.SEASON 1 INTRO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FryOIo3kIFk
SEASON 4 INTRO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xihGg9VY_0M - StarsJuanjo CucalónEmilio AragónAna RayoSHOW OPENING:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flsYGe5upEg - CreatorMiguel MartínStarsAnabel AlonsoManuel AlexandreMabel LozanoSnack Bar "La Oficina" (The Office), managed by psychological mute Smith and his wife Pruden, is the meeting point for the local con-men (the "los ladrones" of the title). They get together to slightly plan their moves while focusing on social life. Don Anselmo thinks he is the unofficial leader of the band, although he is more the leader they do not have--except when El Escabeche tries to get the rank. Other con-men include Arsenio, who is supposed to deal in antiques; Reme; unfriendly El Carteras or Durán, who is or pretends to be blind; Histrionic chief of police Comisario García is usually too inept to stop the con-men plan... but the con-men are equally inept. This comedy features Spanish humor with all of the usual cast of "españoladas", and those usuals who are not in the main cast... get to the guest appearances.Sit-com. Spanish humor.
Comedy about a large band of grifters that reunites in a bar called "La oficina".
122 episodes (1993-1996).
SHOW INTRO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHeTfUdLjl8 - CreatorVicente EscriváStarsCarlos IglesiasÁngel de Andrés LópezCarmen RossiManolo and Benito, two masons of minor works, always seem to destroy the work for those who have been hired. They're not malicious; they're just inept.SHOW OPENING SEASON 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPcRBIgkc4w - StarsSancho GraciaJosé SanchoÁlvaro de LunaSet in 19th-century Southern Spain, this successful TV series features the endless adventures of Curro Jiménez (prototype of the Andalusian "bandolero"), a kind of Spanish Robin Hood, and his gang, the two main members of which are El Estudiante and El Algarrobo. The plot changes in every episode, but all have the theme of the legendary bandit--fair, brave, and good-natured--who leads the guerrilla against the French troops during the Spanish War of Independence. There are love stories, fights against injustice, and even some comic episodes.SHOW INTRO 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fXwJEttlXM - CreatorJavier HolgadoCarlos VilaStarsMaría PujalteFernando Guillén CuervoOriol TarrasónLaura Lebrel is a brilliant homicide detective. She solves the most daunting crimes while balancing a very busy personal and family life.SHOW INTRO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KjwymVCqU8 - StarsEmilio Gutiérrez CabaTristán UlloaArmando del RíoHistory that revolves around three families of Riojan winemakers: The Cortazar, The Reverte and The Miranda.SHOW THEME:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTsTNFlx0Ek - StarsFrancisco RabalRafael Álvarez 'El Brujo'Luis Miguel CalvoPaco Rabal incarnates bullfighter Juncal, a rogue, a womanizer, tender yet shameless, friendly, with great spirit.SHOW INTRO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfa3vj16rt4 - CreatorJosep Maria Benet i JornetAntonio OnettiRodolf SireraStarsManuel BaqueiroItziar MirandaJosé Antonio SayaguésThe series is set in the Spanish Civil War and the first years of the Franco regime and tells the stories of characters who lived the aftermath of the war.OPENING SEASON 6:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlYrTM3eeMY
OPENING SEASON 8:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGxNf-mzv7M - CreatorAurora GuerraStarsMaría BouzasLoreto MauleónCarlos SerranoA daily series that take full advantage of the premises of romantic classic literature: impossible love, revenge, betrayal... and unspeakable secrets.SHOW INTRO 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYN5vNry7j8 - CreatorAna ObregónStarsAna ObregónRoberto ÁlvarezJavivi"Ana y los 7" narrates the life and the illusions of Ana, a showgirl who is employed at a club by night, who dreams of being employed in the world of showbusiness and turning into a star of the cinematographic universe. She spent her infancy in an orphanage, never knew anything about her family, and looks forward to forming her own. She gets a day job at banker Fernando Hidalgo's house tending his seven children: Carolina, Nando, Amalia, Celia, Guille, Ale, and Lucía; and secretly keeps her night job at the club.OPENING SEASON 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKw07cconKY - CreatorÁlex PinaDaniel ÉcijaStarsPaco TousPepón NietoCarlos SantosFollows police officer Francisco "Paco" Miranda and his men through funny cases.OPENING SEASON 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZirfXPZQUfA - StarsAlfredo LandaBeatriz CarvajalLydia BoschSHOW INTRO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUt8ZU8Xals - StarsAna DiosdadoImanol AriasAurora RedondoA mature lawyer returns to the profession after a few years on leave to look after her children. She teams up with a friend of her husband's to open a new office, and clients start coming in.
- CreatorJorge BerlangaJosé Luis García BerlangaLuis García BerlangaStarsJuanjo PuigcorbéAna DuatoAlfonso LussónSHOW OPENING:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMxXDSQ-P_g - StarsVerónica ForquéTito ValverdeIsabel OrdazA sitcom about the everyday problems of a Spanish working class family.
- CreatorAlberto CaballeroLaura CaballeroDaniel DeoradorStarsPablo ChiapellaNacho GuerrerosEva IsantaFollow the lives of the residents of a relatively luxurious block, the problems of sharing housing, the housing bubble, and young people's difficulties finding apartments.SHOW INTRO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eELtwajOows - StarsJuan Luis GaliardoCarme EliasIrene Gutiérrez CabaSHOW INTRO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPnfrpRUWuM - CreatorJuan Carlos CuetoPilar NadalErnesto PozueloStarsDavid JanerJavier GutiérrezSantiago MoleroA masked hero in the 17th century fights for justice for people who cannot do so themselves. He is only known by the name Águila Roja (Red Eagle). He is also searching for the people who killed his wife.
- CreatorNatxo LópezStarsRoberto EnríquezJuan José BallestaNathalie PozaA struggle of Hispanic people against the Roman pressure.Period Drama.
- CreatorJuan Carlos CuetoRocío Martínez LlanoDaniel ÉcijaStarsMarta TornéMartiño RivasRaúl Fernández de PabloAfter losing their parents at sea, two siblings enter an exclusive boarding school. The students soon realize that the school is full of mysteries and secrets.
- StarsAna BelénMaribel MartínMario PardoBased on the acclaimed novel by Pérez Galdós, a portrait of Spanish society at the end of the 19th century through the eyes of two women, Fortunata and Jacinta.
- StarsEusebio PoncelaCarlos LarrañagaCharo LópezIn an imaginary village of the Galicia region, between 1934 and 1936, there are raging conflicts between four families and Cayetano Salgado, the tyrant owner of the fishing fleet and shipyard.SHOW INTRO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eoHr-VVFQQ - StarsGonzalo de CastroNatalia VerbekeRosario PardoA city doctor moves to the town where he spent part of his childhood running from his past and trying to find himself.
- StarsPaula EchevarríaMiguel Ángel SilvestreAitana Sánchez-GijónA feel-good, compelling Spanish story of a fashion house in Madrid in the late 50's, which is scene to money, fashion, drama, entanglements, love, jealousies, plots, counter-plots involving its owners, customers and residential employees.
- CreatorDavid AbajoDavid FernándezStarsPaco TousMaría LeónRaúl ArévaloAs a result of the financial crisis, a number of displaced families take up permanent residence at a vacation campground north of Madrid.
- CreatorMariano BaselgaPaula FernándezDarío MadronaStarsMaría CastroJosé Luis García-PérezGorka OtxoaTrini (María Castro) es una cantante de orquesta que lleva los últimos años recorriendo España entera. Sin embargo, un suceso inesperado la obligará a dejar su pasión para regresar a La Gloria, el barrio en el que creció y donde vive toda su familia. Allí se reencontrará con los suyos, sus amigos y con el que fue el amor de su vida. El ex de Trini es dueño de "La bamba", un karaoke que vivió tiempos mejores pero que de nuevo empieza a despuntar. Poco a poco "La bamba" se convertirá en el punto de encuentro de los vecinos de todo el barrio, un punto en el que desahogarse y alegrarse la existencia a base de música, mucha música.
- StarsAdriana UgarteMari Carmen SánchezTristán UlloaThe life of Sira, a dressmaker consumed by the love of a man, left the turmoil of Madrid prior to the Civil War at Tangier, where she inadvertently becomes part of an espionage scheme.