Brigada Central (transl. Central Brigade) is a Spanish prime-timepolice procedural television series based on the novel series of the same name byJuan Madrid. The series focuses on the day-to-day work of Manuel Flores (Imanol Arias), aRomani police inspector in an elite squad against organized crime.

Produced by Pedro Masó Producciones forTelevisión Española (TVE), it was directed and written byPedro Masó himself. The fourteen episodes of its first season were broadcast onLa Primera of Televisión Española in 1989–1990. It was followed by a second season of twelve episodes titledBrigada Central II: La guerra blanca, co-produced with Beta Film from Germany and R.C.S. Produzione from Italy, that was first broadcast on TVE in 1992.

The series shows the daily work of the elite police officers selected to join the special group of the Central Brigade, attached to the General Directorate of State Security, for high-level investigations, such as organized crime, international crime, or drug trafficking. Along with the professional work of its members, their psychological and personal aspect is also shown, focusing on the head of the group, Manuel Flores, a Romani police inspector.

In season two, Flores works as a representative of the Spanish police in the CETIS group, an elite group created at European level to fight against drug trafficking.

Brigada Central season one was produced by Pedro Masó Producciones forTelevisión Española (TVE) with a budget of 756 millionpesetas (€4.54 million). It was directed and written byPedro Masó himself, who adapted the novels from the police novel series of the same name byJuan Madrid.^[1] Its fourteen episodes were first broadcast in prime-time onLa Primera of Televisión Española between 3 November 1989 and 2 February 1990.

Brigada Central season two, titledBrigada Central II: La guerra blanca, was produced by Pedro Masó Producciones for TVE, in co-production with Beta Film from Germany and R.C.S. Produzione from Italy, with a budget of 1.505 billion pesetas (€9 million). It was also directed and written by Masó himself, who was supported in the writing by Jacques Labib and Simon Michael. It was filmed between April 1990 and June 1991 in more than twelve different international locations, including:Paris (France);Brussels andAntwerp (Belgium);Stuttgart,Baden-Baden andFrankfurt (Germany);Bogotá andMedellín (Colombia);Caracas (Venezuela); andMartinique.^[1] Its twelve episodes were first broadcast in prime-time on La Primera of Televisión Española between 4 October and 7 December 1992.

• González de Garay, B. (July 2012)."Hacia una contextualización histórico-cultural de "Brigada Central" /TVE 1:1989): Leyendo la transición democrática en España en el drama televisivo de calidad y el género policiaco".Área Abierta (in Spanish).12 (2).doi:10.5209/rev_ARAB.2012.n32.39636.

• Brigada Central atRTVE Play(in Spanish)
• Brigada Central atIMDb
• Brigada central II: La guerra blanca atIMDb

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