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 police drama television series that originally aired for twelve seasons from 1999 to 2009 on Telecinco. Produced by BocaBoca and Estudios Picasso and starring an ensemble cast with the likes of Tito Valverde, Juanjo Artero, Elena Irureta, Marcial Álvarez, Jaime Pujol, Cristina Perales and Fernando Andina, among others, the plot tracks the daily life the members of the Cuerpo Nacional de Policía at the police station of San Fernando in Madrid.

Premise

The fiction, a police drama, is set in the 'San Fernando' police station, in the fictional district of the same name in Madrid.[1][2] It deals with the daily life of the 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,[6] the series was known as 'Las calles de San Fernando' prior to its release.[7] The producers initially envisioned a 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. ^ "El doble reencuentro de Charlie y Pope tras el final de "El comisario"". ABC. 27 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Ángel de Andrés intervendrá en la vuelta de "El Comisario"". Vertele!. 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. ^ "Las curiosidades que nunca se han contado de "El Comisario"". Vertele!. 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. ^ "Juanjo Artero y Tito Valverde retoman sus papeles de El Comisario en El Príncipe". Europa Press. 5 April 2016.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Vacas Gómez 2017, p. 297.
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