| El comisario | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Police procedural |
| Country of origin | Spain |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 12 |
| No. of episodes | 191 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 min (approx.) |
| Production companies |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Telecinco |
| Release | 16 April 1999 (1999-04-16) – 2 January 2009 (2009-01-02) |
| Related | |
| El Príncipe | |
El comisario is a Spanishpolice drama television series that originally aired for twelve seasons from 1999 to 2009 onTelecinco. Produced by BocaBoca and Estudios Picasso and starring anensemble cast with the likes ofTito Valverde,Juanjo Artero,Elena Irureta, Marcial Álvarez, Jaime Pujol, Cristina Perales andFernando Andina, among others, the plot tracks the daily life the members of theCuerpo Nacional de Policía at the police station of San Fernando in Madrid.
The fiction, apolice drama, is set in the 'San Fernando' police station, in the fictional district of the same name inMadrid.[1][2] It deals with the daily life of theCuerpo 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]
| 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 |
| 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 |
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 adramedy, 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 millionpeseta 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 inEl Príncipe in 2016, in guest appearances.[12]
| Series | Episodes | Originally released | Average viewership | Share (%) | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | Network | ||||||
| 1 | 9 | 26 April 1999 (1999-04-26) | 21 June 1999 (1999-06-21) | Telecinco | 4,426,000 | 26.6 | [13] | |
| 2 | 17 | 3 January 2000 (2000-01-03) | 24 April 2000 (2000-04-24) | 4,100,000 | 24.4 | [13] | ||
| 3 | 22 | 8 January 2001 (2001-01-08) | 28 May 2001 (2001-05-28) | 4,250,000 | 24.8 | [13] | ||
| 4 | 14 | 7 January 2002 (2002-01-07) | 9 April 2002 (2002-04-09) | 3,733,000 | 22.3 | [13] | ||
| 5 | 15 | 3 September 2002 (2002-09-03) | 18 December 2002 (2002-12-18) | 3,750,000 | 22.9 | [13] | ||
| 6 | 13 | 23 April 2003 (2003-04-23) | 16 July 2003 (2003-07-16) | 3,909,000 | 25.7 | [13] | ||
| 7 | 13 | 7 January 2004 (2004-01-07) | 31 March 2004 (2004-03-31) | 4,631,000 | 26.1 | [13] | ||
| 8 | 20 | 19 October 2004 (2004-10-19) | 18 March 2005 (2005-03-18) | 4,920,000 | 29.2 | [13] | ||
| 9 | 24 | 18 November 2005 (2005-11-18) | 25 April 2006 (2006-04-25) | 4,257,000 | 24.6 | [13] | ||
| 10 | 12 | 10 October 2006 (2006-10-10) | 26 December 2006 (2006-12-26) | 4,165,000 | 23.0 | [13] | ||
| 11 | 16 | 14 September 2007 (2007-09-14) | 14 December 2007 (2007-12-14) | 3,493,000 | 22.6 | [13] | ||
| 12 | 16 | 12 September 2008 (2008-09-12) | 2 January 2009 (2009-01-02) | 2,122,000 | 15.1 | [13] | ||