''Victim Number 8'' () is a Spanish

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television series created by Sara Antuña and Marc Cistaré that originally aired on

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and

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from October 10 to November 28, 2018. It stars César Mateo, María de Nati, and Verónika Moral.

Premise

Loosely inspired on the August

2017 Barcelona attacks On the afternoon of 17 August 2017, 22-year-old Younes Abouyaaqoub drove a van Vehicle-ramming attack, into pedestrians on La Rambla, Barcelona, La Rambla street in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, killing 13 people and injuring at least 130 others, ...

, the plot revolves around a jihadi attack in the Old Town of

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with seven casualties and several more wounded, and the police investigation trying to catch those responsible for the killing.

Cast

Several

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and

journalists make

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s as themselves.

Production and release

It was co-produced by

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(via its production companies K2000 and Globomedia), ETB and Telemadrid. Alejandro Bazzano was the director of the series. ''Victim Number 8'' premiered in Spain on October 10, 2018, simultaneously on

and

. The series was released worldwide on

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on August 16, 2019.

Episodes

Reception

''Victim Number 8'' has a rating of 3.5 stars out of 5 on the review website Ready, Steady, Cut. Writing for Ready Steady Cut, Jonathan Wilson commented: “Tense and engrossing, this Spanish thriller offers a well-paced and tightly-written high-stakes story.”

References

External links

* * {{Netflix title 2010s Spanish drama television series Spanish-language television shows 2018 Spanish television series debuts Television shows set in Biscay Fiction about Islamic terrorism Spanish television series about terrorism Telemadrid original programming Television series by Globomedia