Hostal Royal Manzanares

Hostal Royal Manzanares is a Spanish comedy television series starring Lina Morgan. It aired from 1996 to 1998 on TVE1.

Hostal Royal Manzanares
Genre	Comedy
Directed by	Sebastián Junyent [es]
Country of origin	Spain
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	4
Production
Production company	Prime Time
Original release
Network	TVE1
Release	15 February 1996 (1996-02-15) – 16 January 1998 (1998-01-16)

Premise

Reme, a small-town woman, arrives to Madrid together with her father Paciano and her hen Cristal and stay at the hostel owned by Asunción, Reme's aunt.^[1][2][3]

Cast

• Lina Morgan as Reme, a small-town woman who has just arrived to Madrid with her father and her hen, Cristal.^[3]
• Mary Begoña as Asunción, the owner of the guesthouse, Reme's aunt.^[3]
• Rafael Alonso as Paciano, Reme's father.^[2]
• Ana Obregón as Sonsy,^[3] a prostitute with a heart of gold.^[4]
• Joaquín Kremel [es] as Luis, Reme's main love interest.^[3]
• Mónica Pont [es] as Elena, Asunción's daughter and Reme's cousin.^[3]
• Tote García [es] as Filo, a client of the guesthouse.^[5]
• Lolita Flores as Juncal, a kleptomaniac gypsy woman, who just left prison.^[1][6]
• Pedro Rollán [es] as Junior, a well-off man.^[6]

Production and release

Produced by Valerio Lazarov's company Prime Time and directed by Sebastián Junyent,^[7][8][2] the series was filmed in presence of a studio audience.^[2] Just like some other comedy series of the time, it was based on an "inoffensive and banal" brand of humour driven by the histrionism of the characters.^[9] It premiered on 15 February 1996, drawing 8,491,000 viewers (a 46.01% share).^[10] The series dominated the prime time for the rest of its broadcasting run, with audience peaking on 15 May 1996 at 8,675,000 viewers and a 50.6% share.^[11] The series finale aired on 25 December 1997, yet a special episode of compilatory nature aired in January 1998.^[1]