Hospital Central 

The work and lives of doctors and nurses in a Spanish hospital.

Stars:

Antonio Zabálburu, Ángel Rouco, Marisol Rolandi

5 wins & 12 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Antonio Zabálburu	...	Dr. Javier Sotomayor 297 episodes, 2000-2012
Ángel Rouco	...	Diego Peláez 279 episodes, 2000-2011
Marisol Rolandi	...	Teresa Montoro 275 episodes, 2000-2011
Fátima Baeza	...	Esther García Ruiz 263 episodes, 2000-2011
Jordi Rebellón	...	Dr. Rodolfo Vilches 256 episodes, 2000-2012
Roberto Drago	...	Dr. Héctor Béjar 215 episodes, 2003-2012
Arturo Arribas	...	Lucas 170 episodes, 2001-2012
Nacho Fresneda	...	Dr. Manuel Aimé 161 episodes, 2002-2011
Patricia Vico	...	Dra. Maca Fernández Wilson 156 episodes, 2004-2011
Ángel Pardo	...	Rusti Gálvez 155 episodes, 2000-2011
Diana Palazón	...	Dra. Laura Llanos 145 episodes, 2002-2009
Bárbara Muñoz	...	Alicia Monasterio / ... 133 episodes, 2004-2012
Iván Sánchez	...	Dr. Raúl Lara 123 episodes, 2006-2011
Luis Castro	...	Guillermo Vilches 122 episodes, 2004-2012

Storyline

Elisa, Vilches, Javier and Esther, among others, work together in a hospital in this TV drama. Each episode shows how Doctors and nurses interact.

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Plot Keywords:

hospital | doctor | nurse | spanish | male female relationship | 

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Taglines:

Ni un instante de respiro...

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The pregnancy of Alicia Borrachero was adapted to her role, Cruz, in the tenth season.

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Connections

Spin-off MIR (2007)

User Reviews

NOT A COPY

It has been said so many times that this Spanish TV series is a cheep copy of "ER" (known as "Urgencias" in Spanish TV) that many people go on saying that this is not a serious TV production.

People is right when they say "ER" was released long before this one, and, OK, "Hospital Central" is far less expensive than the American TV series, but that doesn't mean this is a bad Spanish clon of "ER". I would say that "Hospital Central" is much more entertaining and easy understanding than the American series, and I wouldn't even say this is a "version" of "ER", because I think this TV series is quite original and no character on it remains any of the American series. And there's no need to say that stories told in "Hospital Central" are very different from "ER"'s ones, in this series you don't get lost while trying to understand what happened to the people in the hospital, and you're not always hearing strange vocabulary from the doctors and nurses. This series has another good point, it is not as over dramatized as "ER" and stories don't usually get so melodramatic as in the American series.

The cast in "Hospital Central" is quite good: María Casal (Elisa) and Jordi Rebellón (Vilches) give good performances, and not so well-known actors Ángel Pardo (Rusti) and Antonio Zabálburu (Javier) are also good. The series has improved since Alicia Borrachero (Cruz) and Leticia Dolera (Miriam) are part of the cast. Maybe Amaia Lizarralde (Cristina) and Rosa Mariscal (Andrea) give less relaxed performances, but they are not as bad as it is said. The cast in this TV series deserve better reviews from newspapers.

Some people must stop and think, if this series has over 5 million viewers every week it can't be as bad as they say. I would give it 8/10.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Spain]

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish English

Release Date:

30 April 2000 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Línea roja

Filming Locations:

Guatemala

Company Credits

Production Co:

Estudios Picasso, Videomedia S.A.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min (64 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1