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El Continental is a Spanish drama television series about organised crime set in 1920s Spain. Created, written and directed by Frank Ariza, it aired from September to November 2018 on La 1. Harshly criticised during its pre-screening at the FesTVal and with dismal ratings during its free-to-air broadcasting run, the series was described as "the biggest fiasco of national (Spanish) fiction in recent times".[1]

El Continental
Genre	Period drama Crime
Created by	Frank Ariza [es]
Screenplay by	Frank Ariza
Directed by	Frank Ariza
Starring	Michelle Jenner Álex García Roberto Álamo Christian Sánchez Fernando Tejero Secun de la Rosa Paz Vega Estefanía de los Santos María Isabel Díaz Mariola Fuentes
Country of origin	Spain
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Running time	70 min (approx.)
Production companies	RTVE Gossip Events
Release
Original network	La 1
Original release	17 September (2018-09-17) – 20 November 2018 (2018-11-20)

Premises

The series, set in the 1920s Madrid, is titled after a fictional club in which illegal businesses take place.[2] The fiction tracks both the struggle over clandestine businesses in the city and the relationship between Andrea Abascal (Michelle Jenner) and Ricardo León (Álex García).[2]

Cast

Production and release

Created, written and directed by Frank Ariza,[6] El Continental was produced by RTVE in collaboration with Gossip Events.[4] Consisting of 10 episodes with a running time of around 70 minutes,[2] the series was shot in a film set in San Sebastián de los Reyes and in the Príncipe Pío train station in Madrid.[7]

Derided in social media already since the release of the first images as a knock-off of Peaky Blinders, the series also received harsh reviews by professional critics after its pre-screening at the FesTVal in Vitoria.[8] It premiered on La 1 on 17 September 2018 with a "correct" 10.4% audience share in prime time, only to sink down to a 2.8% audience share in the season finale aired on 20 November 2018, when the series had been already moved to the late night slot.[8] At the time of its closure, the series was described as "the biggest fiasco of national (Spanish) fiction in recent times".[1]

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No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Viewers	Original air date	Share (%)
1	"O pagas o cobras"	Frank Ariza [es]	Frank Ariza	1,523,000	17 September 2018 (2018-09-17)	10.4
2	"Primer paso aprender, segundo superar"	Frank Ariza	Frank Ariza	793,000	24 September 2018 (2018-09-24)	5.7
3	"Y ¿por qué?... Por todo"	Frank Ariza	Frank Ariza	906,000	1 October 2018 (2018-10-01)	5.8
4	"Por todo... O por nada"	Frank Ariza	Frank Ariza	778,000	8 October 2018 (2018-10-08)	4.9
5	"Magia"	Frank Ariza	Frank Ariza	174,000	16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)	3.5
6	"Matar al mensajero"	Frank Ariza	Frank Ariza	164,000	23 October 2018 (2018-10-23)	3.0
7	"Réquiem... mami"	Frank Ariza	Frank Ariza	153,000	30 October 2018 (2018-10-30)	3.0
8	"Truco o trato"	Frank Ariza	Frank Ariza	224,000	6 November 2018 (2018-11-06)	3.5
9	"Pactos de sangre"	Frank Ariza	Frank Ariza	171,000	13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)	3.4
10	"La guerra por una doncella"	Frank Ariza	Frank Ariza	189,000	20 November 2018 (2018-11-20)	2.8

References

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