Velvet (TV series)

Velvet (also known as Galerías Velvet)^[1] is a Spanish drama television series created by Ramón Campos and Gema R. María and produced by Bambú Producciones for Antena 3.^[2] Its budget is estimated in 500,000 euros per episode.^[3] The main storyline of the show is the love story of Alberto Márquez (played by Miguel Ángel Silvestre), heir of Galerías Velvet, one of the most prestigious fashion houses in the Spain of the late 1950s, and Ana Ribera (Paula Echevarría), who lives and works there as a seamstress.

Velvet
Also known as	Galerías Velvet
Genre	Drama
Created by	Ramón Campos Gema R. Neira
Directed by	Carlos Sedes David Pinillos
Starring	Paula Echevarría Miguel Ángel Silvestre
Theme music composer	Lucio Godoy
Opening theme	"Falling in Love" by Alba Llibre
Country of origin	Spain
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	54
Production
Executive producer	Atresmedia
Running time	70 minutes (approx.)
Production company	Bambú Producciones
Original release
Network	Antena 3
Release	February 17, 2014 (2014-02-17) – December 21, 2016 (2016-12-21)
Related
Velvet Colección Velvet: El nuevo imperio

Cast

This is the list of characters of the series.^[4]

• Paula Echevarría as Ana Ribera López de Márquez
• Miguel Ángel Silvestre as Alberto Márquez Navarro
• Aitana Sánchez-Gijón as Blanca Soto Fernández
• Manuela Velasco as Cristina Otegui Mendoza
• Javier Rey as Mateo Ruiz Lagasca
• Marta Hazas as Clara Montesinos Martín de Ruiz
• Cecilia Freire as Margarita "Rita" Montesinos Martín de Infantes
• Adrián Lastra as Pedro Infantes
• Miriam Giovanelli as Patricia Márquez Campos vda. de Alcocer
• José Sacristán as Emilio López
• Asier Etxeandía as Raúl de la Riva
• Diego Martín as Enrique Otegui Mendoza
• Amaia Salamanca as Barbara de Senilliosa de Otegui
• Peter Vives as Carlos Álvarez
• Llorenç González [es] as Jonás Infantes
• Pastora Vega as Carmen Alcocer vda. de Alcocer
• Francesco Testi [it] as Marco Cafiero
• Concha Velasco as Petra Alcalde Vargas
• Aitor Luna as Humberto Santamaría
• Tito Valverde as Rafael Márquez Encinas
• Juan Ribó [es] as Francisco
• Pep Munné [es] as Gerardo Otegui
• Cristina de Inza [es] as Aurora "Aurorita" Vargas
• Ángela Molina as Isabel Navarro vda. de Márquez
• Gorka Otxoa as Valentín Alcocer Alcocer

Supporting characters

• Sara Rivero as Carmen Soto
• Cristina Plazas as Pilar Márquez Encinas
• Ana Labordeta [es] as Cayetana
• Manuela Vellés as Luisa Rivas
• Teresa Calo as Nieves
• Paula González as Ana Ribera López (child)
• Georgina Amorós as Ana Ribera López (teenager)
• Santi Díaz as Alberto Navarro Márquez (child)
• Oriol Puig as Alberto Navarro Márquez (teenager)
• Natalia Millán as Gloria Campos
• Eduardo Santos as Jaime
• Maxi Iglesias as Maximiliano "Max" Expósito
• Mauro Rivera as Felipe Murillo
• Marisa Ruiz as Elvira
• Rut Santamaría as Pepita
• Pedro Miguel Martínez as Fernando Valela
• Inma Cuevas as Genoveva
• Guillermo Barrientos [es] as Domínguez
• Eva Ugarte [es] as Rosa María "Rosamari" Blázquez
• Gael Flores as Manuel "Manolito" Infantes Blázquez
• Cristina Llorente as Susú Miravelles
• Alberto Ferreiro as Juan
• Benito Sagredo as Adolfo Valor
• Kimberley Tell as Gracia de Mónaco
• Christophe Miraval as Secretario Real de Mónaco
• Cuca Escribano [es] as Lidia Cano
• Peter Vives as Carlos Álvarez
• Silvia Marsó as Julia Lagasca
• Anna Briansó as Herminia Lagasca
• Marisa Lahoz as Sagrario Lagasca
• Juan Gea [es] as Lorenzo Palacios
• Carolina Bang as Verónica Lago
• Ginés García Millán as Esteban Márquez Encinas
• Juana Acosta as Sara Ortega
• Daniel Guzmán as Lucas Ruiz Lagasca
• Kiti Mánver as Consuelo Martín
• Juli Mira as Fernando Montesinos
• William Miller as Belategui
• Empar Ferrer as Tía de Rita
• Carlos Gorbe as Víctor
• Andrea Masulli as Ramira
• Alfonso Manjavacas as Alfonso
• Víctor Ullate as O'Brien
• Charlotte Vega as Lucía Márquez
• Manu Fullola as Miguel Serrano
• Lolo Martín as José Luis
• Frank Crudele as Enzo Cafiero
• Asier Hernández as Ernesto
• Emilio Linder as Pablo Granados
• Jesús Cabrero as Detective
• Chema Tena as Police
• Cristóbal Araqué as Periodista
• Ramón Rados as Ginecólogo2
• Natalia Barceló as Enfermera
• José Navar as Sr. Barbé
• Paco Lahoz as Félix
• Chema Ruiz as Doctor
• Manuel Millán as Ginecólogo
• Josu Ormaetxe as Doctor2
• José Luis Navarro as Padre Don Amancio
• Paula Prendes as Adele Lavigne
• Naia Guz as Cristina "Cris" Mendoza Otegui
• Isidoro Fernández as Notario
• Álvaro Roig as Dr. Quintanilla
• Chisco Amado as Ricardo Palacios
• Carlos Martínez Merón as Dr. de Patricia
• Iria del Río as Antonia Infantes
• Aitor Calderón as Alberto Márquez Ribera
• Alberto Roldán as Miguel Infantes Montesinos
• Iker Mazón as Jorge Infantes Montesinos
• Toni Agustí as Julián Sarmiento
• Nando González as Doctor Isasa
• Chema León as Juan
• Pep Miràs as Manuel
• Julián Ortega as Photographer
• Xavi Lite as Dr. de Valentín
• Huichi Chiu as Asian woman

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released		Average viewership	Average share
			First released	Last released
1	16		January 17, 2014 (2014-01-17)	May 26, 2014 (2014-05-26)	4 262 000	21.8%
2	13		October 21, 2014 (2014-10-21)	February 23, 2015 (2015-02-23)	4 101 000	22.2%
3	15		October 19, 2015 (2015-10-19)	December 17, 2015 (2015-12-17)	3 159 000	18.2%
4	11		October 5, 2016 (2016-10-05)	December 21, 2016 (2016-12-21)	3 572 000	21.1%

Season 1 (2014)

No. overall	No. in season	Title [5]	Directed by	Original release date	Spain viewers (millions) [6]
1	1	"Alas de mariposa / Butterfly Wings"	Carlos Sedes	January 17, 2014 (2014-01-17)	4.85
2	2	"Y llegó ella / And She Arrived"	David Pinillos & Carlos Sedes	February 24, 2014 (2014-02-24)	4.37
3	3	"Nada es tan sencillo / Nothing is so simple"	David Pinillos	March 3, 2014 (2014-03-03)	4.42
4	4	"El diseñador / The designer"	Carlos Sedes	March 10, 2014 (2014-03-10)	4.11
5	5	"Entre dos mujeres / Between two women"	Carlos Sedes	March 17, 2014 (2014-03-17)	4.22
6	6	"París"	David Pinillos	March 24, 2014 (2014-03-24)	4.02
7	7	"El día después / The day after"	David Pinillos	March 31, 2014 (2014-03-31)	4.18
8	8	"Le decisión de Alberto / Alberto's choice"	Carlos Sedes	April 7, 2014 (2014-04-07)	4.05
9	9	"El gran día / The big day"	Carlos Sedes	April 14, 2014 (2014-04-14)	3.70
10	10	"Los restos del naufragio / The remains of the shipwreck"	David Pinillos	April 21, 2014 (2014-04-21)	4.08
11	11	"La visita / The visitor"	David Pinillos	April 28, 2014 (2014-04-28)	4.20
12	12	"Terciopelo azul / Blue Velvet"	Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo	May 5, 2014 (2014-05-05)	4.06
13	13	"Mentiras piadosas / Compassionate Lies"	Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo	May 12, 2014 (2014-05-12)	4.19
14	14	"La noche de la reina / Night of the Queen"	Sílvia Quer	May 19, 2014 (2014-05-19)	4.50
15	15	"Cuenta atrás / Countdown"	Sílvia Quer	May 26, 2014 (2014-05-26)	4.67

Season 2 (2014–15)

No. overall	No. in season	Title [5]	Directed by	Original release date	Spain viewers (millions) [6]
16	1	"La noche de los alfileres"	Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo	October 21, 2014 (2014-10-21)	4.08
17	2	"Remontando el vuelo"	David Pinillos & Carlos Sedes	October 28, 2014 (2014-10-28)	3.91
18	3	"Días de gloria"	Carlos Sedes	November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04)	4.03
19	4	"Coser y cantar"	Carlos Sedes	November 11, 2014 (2014-11-11)	4.03
20	5	"¿Quién da más?"	Carlos Sedes	November 18, 2014 (2014-11-18)	3.80
21	6	"New York, New York"	David Pinillos	November 25, 2014 (2014-11-25)	4.17
22	7	"Por los aires"	David Pinillos	December 2, 2014 (2014-12-02)	4.11
23	8	"Navidades blancas"	Carlos Sedes	December 9, 2014 (2014-12-09)	4.14
24	9	"Noche de reyes"	David Pinillos	December 16, 2014 (2014-12-16)	4.36
25	10	"La otra noche de reyes"	David Pinillos	January 26, 2015 (2015-01-26)	3.32
26	11	"La hora de la verdad"	Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo	February 2, 2015 (2015-02-02)	4.01
27	12	"Hoy es el día de los enamoradoss"	Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo	February 9, 2015 (2015-02-09)	3.95
28	13	"Despedidas"	Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo	February 16, 2015 (2015-02-16)	4.06
29	14	"Una boda y un funeral"	Carlos Sedes	February 23, 2015 (2015-02-23)	4.60

International broadcast

In the 2014 edition of MIPTV Media Market, the rights for Velvet were acquired by Italy's RAI and France's M6. RAI also got the rights for a remake.^[7] In Lithuania, it started airing on LNK on 1 June 2014.^[8] In Greece and Cyprus, it is airing on Nova Life and from 20 June is airing also from ANT1 and ANT1 Cyprus.^[9] In Finland, the series started airing in December 2015 on YLE Teema. In Slovenia the premiere was on RTVSLO on 15 May 2016, and in Slovakia it was on TV Doma on 4 July 2016. Czech republic Prima LOVETV on 13 October 2018

This series was also available on the Netflix streaming service but was removed globally in 2024.^[10] Some US PBS stations, such as WLIW New York and NJ PBS, have begun broadcasting the series with English subtitles in 2025.

Reception

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per season of Velvet

Season	Episodes	First aired		Last aired		Avg. viewers (millions)
		Date	Viewers (millions)	Date	Viewers (millions)
1	15	January 17, 2014 (2014-01-17)	4.85[5]	May 26, 2014 (2014-05-26)	4.67[5]	4.25
2	14	October 21, 2014 (2014-10-21)	4.08[5]	February 23, 2015 (2015-02-23)	4.60[5]	4.05

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2014	2nd MiM Series Awards [es]	Best Drama Series		Nominated	[11]
		Best Creation		Won
		Best Direction		Nominated
		Best Actress	Paula Echevarría	Nominated
		Best Actor	Miguel Ángel Silvestre	Nominated
2015	65th Fotogramas de Plata	Best TV Actress	Cecilia Freire	Nominated	[12]
		Best TV Actor	Asier Etxeandia	Nominated
	3rd MiM Series Awards [es]	Best Drama Actress	Paula Echevarría	Nominated	[13]
2016	25th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Television Actress in a Secondary Role	Cecilia Freire	Nominated	[14][15]
		Best Television Actor in a Secondary Role	Asier Etxeandia	Won
		Best Television Actor in a Minor Role	Diego Martín	Nominated
	4th MiM Series Awards [es]	Best Drama Actress	Paula Echevarría	Nominated	[16]
2017	4th Feroz Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series	José Sacristán	Won	[17]
		Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series	Cecilia Freire	Nominated
	67th Fotogramas de Plata	Best Spanish TV Series		Nominated	[18]
		Best TV Actress	Paula Echevarría	Won
			Cecilia Freire	Nominated
		Best TV Actor	Asier Etxeandia	Nominated
	26th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Television Actor in a Leading Role	José Sacristán	Nominated	[19][20]
		Best Television Actor in a Secondary Role	Asier Etxeandia	Nominated
		Best Television Actor in a Minor Role	Adrián Lastra	Won

Spin-off

Main article: Velvet Colección

On 9 February 2017, subscription platform Movistar+ announced they had acquired the rights to produce a spin-off series of Velvet, titled Velvet Colección, which will be centered on the opening of a second Galerías Velvet store in Barcelona in 1967. Adrián Lastra as Pedro Infantes, Asier Etxeandia as Raúl de la Riva, Llorenç González as Jonás Infantes, Javier Rey as Mateo Ruiz Lagasca, Marta Hazas as Clara Montesinos, Diego Martín as Enrique Otegui, and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón as Blanca Soto reprise their roles; Paula Echevarría and José Sacristán also appear as Ana Ribera and Emilio López respectively in the first episode.^[21] New actors include Imanol Arias, Adriana Ozores, Mónica Cruz, Andrea Duro and Marta Torné.^[22] The series premiered on 21 September 2017.^[23]

Adaptation

In November 2024, American Spanish-language network Telemundo announced it had acquired the remake rights to Velvet was developing a modern-day adaptation set in New York City.^[24] In January 2025, Samantha Siqueiros and Yon González were announced in the lead roles.^[25] Velvet: El nuevo imperio is set to premiere on 19 May 2025.^[26]