Compañeros (TV series)
1998 Spanish TV series or program
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Compañeros (lit. 'Companions') is a Spanish teen drama television series. Produced by Globomedia, it aired on Antena 3 from 1998 to 2002.
| Compañeros | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Teen drama |
| Created by | Manuel Valdivia |
Theme music composer | Daniel Sánchez de la Hera |
| Opening theme | No te fallaré |
Country of origin | Spain |
Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 9 |
| No. of episodes | 121 |
| Production | |
| Production company | Globomedia |
| Original release | |
| Network | Antena 3 |
| Release | 25 March 1998 – 16 July 2002 |
Premise
The fiction follows the mishaps of a group of teenagers studying for the Bachillerato at the Instituto Azcona.[1]
Cast
- Eva Santolaria as Valle Bermejo.[2]
- Antonio Hortelano as Quimi Verdet.[3]
- Lara de Miguel as Sara Antón.[3]
- Nicolás Belmonte as Eloy Rubio.[3]
- Julián González as César Vallalta.[3]
- Virginia Rodríguez as Isabel Arbueso.[3]
- Ruth Núñez as Tanja Mijatovic.[4]
- Duna Jové as Arancha Alberti.[5]
- Daniel Retuerta as Lolo Bermejo Fuentes.[6]
- Manuel Feijóo as Luismi Bárcenas.[7]
- Clara Lago as Desirée.[8]
- Miguel Rellán as Félix Torán.[9]
- Francis Lorenzo as Alfredo Torán.[10]
- María Garralón as Rocío.[10]
- Beatriz Carvajal as Marisa Viñé.[11]
- Cristina Peña as Jose.[10]
- César Vea as Gustavo.[10]
- David Janer as Martín.[10]
- Begoña Maestre as Duna Belarde.[12]
- Tina Sainz as Tere Roncesvalles.[13]
- Mercè Pons as Ana.[14]
Production and release
The series premiered on 25 March 1998.[15][16] Produced by Globomedia and created by Manuel Valdivia,[17] the series was initially produced with a tight budget.[2] It eventually became one of the most iconic Spanish fiction series.[2] The broadcasting run, comprising 121 episodes and 9 seasons,[15][2] ended on 16 July 2002.[18]
Compañeros sparked a 2001 feature film spin-off, No te fallaré (transl. "I won't let you down"), titled after the series' popular opening theme,[19] which was composed by Daniel Sánchez de la Hera and performed by Greta y Los Garbo, and then Los lunes que quedan and Marte Menguante.[20] In 2018, Colegas, a spoof web series (paying homage to Compañeros and another popular teen drama series from the 1990s, Al salir de clase), featuring some actors from the series, was broadcast on Playz.[3]