''Bandolera'' is a Spanish daily television series starring Marta Hazas. Produced by Diagonal TV, it aired from January 2011 to January 2013 on

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Premise

The fiction follows the adventures of Sarah Reeves ( Marta Hazas), a student of Hispanic Philology from the

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who arrives to the Andalusian village of Arazana in 1882, and involves in a

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, featuring

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age, the birth of the

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and the rise of

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initiatives in the countryside as some of the backdrop elements.

Cast

Production and release

''Bandolera'' was produced by Diagonal TV for

. The first episode of the series premiered in

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on 10 January 2011 in order to get exposure, and it was subsequently moved to the '' sobremesa'' slot for its daily broadcasting. The second season aired from 1 September 2012 to 11 January 2013. The full broadcasting run comprised 532 episodes. The series increased its viewership figures each year of broadcasting. The last episode, filmed in November 2012, aired on 11 January 2013, with a "good" 15.3% audience share.

References

{{authority control 2011 Spanish television series debuts 2013 Spanish television series endings Television series set in the 1880s Television shows set in Andalusia 2010s Spanish drama television series Television series about bandits Spanish adventure television series Spanish television soap operas Antena 3 (Spanish TV channel) network series Spanish-language television shows Television series by Diagonal TV