''Piratas'' () is a Spanish adventure drama television series with comedy elements created by Carlos Portela and which stars
Óscar Jaenada,
Pilar Rubio and
Silvia Abascal. It aired on
Telecinco
Telecinco is a Spanish free-to-air television channel operated by Mediaset España. The channel was previously known as Tele 5, because it had first begun its experimental transmissions on 10 March 1989, and a year later, it was officially laun ...
in 2011.
Premise
Set in the 18th century, the fiction follows the exploits of Álvaro Mondego (
Óscar Jaenada), a member of the nobility who ends up captured by a pirate crew led by Captain Bocanegra (Aitor Mazo) and his daughter Carmen (
Pilar Rubio).
Cast
*
Óscar Jaenada as Álvaro Mondego.
*
Pilar Rubio as Carmen Bocanegra.
*
Silvia Abascal as Blanca Díaz de Andrade, Marquise of Toro.
* as Esteban Yáñez de Oliveira.
* as Captain Bocanegra.
* as Victoria Falcón.
*
Luis Zahera as Puñales.
* Áxel Fernández as Antón Velasco.
* as Rodrigo Malvar.
* Babou Cham as Aymán Kadar.
* as Fosco.
* as Intendant Gaspar Falcón.
* as Doña Beatriz Jiménez de Vicuña.
Production and release
Created by Carlos Portela, ''Piratas'' was produced by
Telecinco
Telecinco is a Spanish free-to-air television channel operated by Mediaset España. The channel was previously known as Tele 5, because it had first begun its experimental transmissions on 10 March 1989, and a year later, it was officially laun ...
in collaboration with Mandarina.
Jorge Coira and Jorge Saavedra directed the episodes. Filming began in August 2010 in
Galicia.
The series premiered on 9 May 2011.
The first episode earned good viewership ratings (3,454,000 viewers and 17.2% share) and led the
prime time
Prime time, or peak time, is the block of broadcast programming taking place during the middle of the evening for television shows. It is mostly targeted towards adults (and sometimes families). It is used by the major television networks to ...
slot.
However interested rapidly waned and the series ended its broadcasting run on 27 June 2011 with only a 10.3% audience share, averaging 2,027,000 viewers and a 11.9% audience share across the 8 episodes.
The episodes' release time was also progressively delayed by the channel.
References
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2010s Spanish drama television series
Spanish adventure television series
2011 Spanish television series debuts
2011 Spanish television series endings
Spanish-language television shows
Television shows filmed in Spain
Television series set in the 18th century
Television series about pirates
Telecinco network series
Television series by Producciones Mandarina