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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Genre | Adventure Period drama |
Created by | Carlos Portela [es] |
Directed by | Jorge Coira [es] Jorge Saavedra |
Starring | Óscar Jaenada Pilar Rubio Silvia Abascal |
Country of origin | Spain |
Original language | Spanish |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Production | |
Production companies | Telecinco Mandarina |
Release | |
Original network | Telecinco |
Original release | 9 May (2011-05-09) – 27 June 2011 (2011-06-27) |
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]
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]
Series | Episodes | Originally aired | Viewers | Share (%) | Ref. | |||
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First aired | Last aired | Network | ||||||
1 | 8 | 9 May 2011 (2011-05-09) | 27 June 2011 (2011-06-27) | Telecinco | 2,027,000 | 11.9 | [9] |
No. in season | Title | Viewers | Original air date | Share (%) |
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1 | "Cómo nace una leyenda" | 3,454,000 | 9 May 2011 (2011-05-09) | 17.2 |
2 | "Diarios" | 2,443,000 | 16 May 2011 (2011-05-16) | 12.5 |
3 | "Mujeres de armas tomar" | 2,277,000 | 23 May 2011 (2011-05-23) | 12.0 |
4 | "¡Ron, ron ron, la botella de ron!" | 1,923,000 | 30 May 2011 (2011-05-30) | 10.4 |
5 | "Una carta para el Rey" | 1,834,000 | 6 June 2011 (2011-06-06) | 10.8 |
6 | "El pueblo contra Mondego" | 1,583,000 | 13 June 2011 (2011-06-13) | 11.8 |
7 | "La boca del infierno" | 1,445,000 | 20 June 2011 (2011-06-20) | 10.3 |
8 | "La X marca el lugar" | 1,259,000 | 27 June 2011 (2011-06-27) | 10.3 |