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Piratas
Spanish television series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Piratas (transl. 'Pirates') is a Spanish adventure drama television series with comedy elements created by Carlos Portela and which stars Óscar Jaenada, Pilar Rubio and Silvia Abascal. It aired on Telecinco in 2011.
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Premise
Set in the 18th century, the fiction follows the exploits of Álvaro Mondego (Óscar Jaenada), a member of the nobility who ends up captured by a pirate crew led by Captain Bocanegra (Aitor Mazo) and his daughter Carmen (Pilar Rubio).[1][2][3]
Cast
- Óscar Jaenada as Álvaro Mondego.[4]
- Pilar Rubio as Carmen Bocanegra.[4]
- Silvia Abascal as Blanca Díaz de Andrade, Marquise of Toro.[5]
- Miguel Ortiz as Esteban Yáñez de Oliveira.[4]
- Aitor Mazo as Captain Bocanegra.[4]
- Xenia Tostado as Victoria Falcón.[4]
- Luis Zahera as Puñales.[4]
- Áxel Fernández as Antón Velasco.[4]
- Octavi Pujades as Rodrigo Malvar.[4]
- Babou Cham as Aymán Kadar.[4]
- Xabier Deive as Fosco.[4]
- Luis Iglesia as Intendant Gaspar Falcón.[4]
- Luisa Merelas as Doña Beatriz Jiménez de Vicuña.[4]
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Production and release
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Created by Carlos Portela,[6] Piratas was produced by Telecinco in collaboration with Mandarina.[7] Jorge Coira and Jorge Saavedra directed the episodes.[8] Filming began in August 2010 in Galicia.[7] The series premiered on 9 May 2011.[9] The first episode earned good viewership ratings (3,454,000 viewers and 17.2% share) and led the prime time slot.[10] However interested rapidly waned and the series ended its broadcasting run on 27 June 2011 with only a 10.3% audience share, averaging 2,027,000 viewers and a 11.9% audience share across the 8 episodes.[9] The episodes' release time was also progressively delayed by the channel.[9]
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