''Brigada Costa del Sol'' (or ''Drug Squad: Costa del Sol'' in English) is a Spanish

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produced by

Mediaset España Mediaset España (), full name Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A., is a Spanish media company, controlled by the Italian company MFE - MediaForEurope. Its divisions include the generalist free-to-air TV channels Telecinco and Cuatro, thematic ch ...

and Warner Bros. International Television Production España with the participation of

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. Starring Hugo Silva,

Álvaro Cervantes Álvaro Cervantes Sorribas (born 12 September 1989) is a Spanish actor. Life and career Álvaro Cervantes Sorribas was born in Barcelona on 12 September 1989. His younger sister Ángela has also pursued an acting career. Cervantes made a name ...

Miki Esparbé Miki Esparbé (born 9 October 1983) is a Spanish actor. He is known for his performances in ''Off Course'', ''Barcelona, nit d'estiu'', and ''Cuerpo de élite''. Biography Born in Manresa, Catalonia, on 9 October 1983, Esparbé earned a licen ...

, Jesús Castro, and

Sara Sálamo Sara Ainhoa Concepción Sálamo (born 20 January 1992), simply known as Sara Sálamo, is a Spanish actress known for her performance in television series such as ''Arrayán (TV series), Arrayán'', ''B&b, de boca en boca'' and ''Brigada Costa del ...

, it was presented to the media on April 3, 2019, and its premiere took place on May 6, 2019, on Spanish networks

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and

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History

On May 28, 2018, Mediaset Spain and Netflix announced they had reached an agreement to produce their first series together, with Warner Bros. ITVP Spain as co-producer. The names of the main cast of the series were also confirmed, including Hugo Silva, Álvaro Cervantes, Miki Esparbé, Jesús Castro, and Sara Sálamo. Recording began on June 7 in

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and concluded in early February 2019. ''Brigada Costa del Sol'' was one of the only Spanish series to be selected for the MIPDrama MIPTV 2019 event. The first season became available worldwide in its entirety on Netflix on October 25, 2019.

Plot

In 1977, a group of police detectives with limited resources, but a lot of ingenuity and courage, is picked to form a special drug-fighting brigade in

Torremolinos Torremolinos () is a municipality in Andalusia, southern Spain, west of Málaga. A poor fishing village before the growth in tourism began in the late 1950s, Torremolinos was the first of the Costa del Sol resorts to be developed and is still th ...

on the

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. The series is based on the true story of the Grupo Especial de Estupefacientes Costa del Sol, one of Spain's first anti-narcotics squads.

Cast

* Hugo Silva – ''Bruno López'' *

– ''Leo Villa'' *

– ''Martín Pulido'' * Jesús Castro – ''Terrón'' *

– ''Yolanda "Owlet"''

Secondary

* Jorge Usón – ''Reyes'' * Cayetana Cabezas – ''Marielena'' * Pablo Béjar – ''Chino'' (Episode 1 - Episode 2 - Episode 3 - Episode 4 - Episode 5 - Episode 6 - Episode 7; Episode 9 - Episode 10 - Episode 11 - Episode 12 - Episode 13) * Marco Cáceres – ''Franchi'' (Episode 1 - Episode 2; Episode 4; Episode 6 - Episode 8; Episode 10 - Episode 13) * Olivia Delcán – ''Vicky López'' * Jorge Suquet – ''Cristóbal Peña'' (Episode 1 - Episode 3; Episode 6 - Episode 8) * Daniel Holguín – ''Atilano Peña'' (Episode 1 - Episode 3; Episode 5 - Episode 13) * Joaquín Galletero – ''Lucas'' *

Carolina Yuste Carolina Ortega Yuste (born 30 July 1991) is a Spanish actress. Her film credits include performances in ''Carmen & Lola'', ''Quién te cantará'' and ''Sky High (2020 film), Sky High''. She has also featured in television series ''La sonata del ...

– ''Sole'' * Ana Fernández – ''Alicia'' (Episode 1 - Episode 4; Episode 6 - Episode 13) * Camino Fernández – ''Charo''

Guests

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– ''Dandy'' (Episode 1 - Episode 2; Episode 8) * Paco Marín – ''Inspector Cifu'' (Episode 1 - Episode 9; Episode 11 - Episode 12) *

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– ''Gloria'' (Episode 3; Episode 6; Episode 12) *

Julián Villagrán Julián Villagrán Aguilar (born 24 May 1973) is a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than sixty films and television programs since 1997. Selected filmography ;Film ;Television Accolades References External links * 1973 birt ...

– ''Fredo'' (Episode 4 - Episode 6) *

Pepón Nieto José Antonio Nieto Sánchez, known professionally as Pepón Nieto (born 20 January 1967) is a Spanish actor. He started his acting career in a 1993 episode of the Antena 3 TV series '' Farmacia de Guardia''. He has appeared in other TV series ...

– ''Emilio Tortajada'' (Episode 6) *

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– ''Roque'' (Episode 8 - Episode 13) * Adrià Collado – ''Evaristo'' (Episode 9; Episode 12) *

Unax Ugalde Unax Ugalde Gutiérrez (born 27 November 1978) is a Spanish-Basque actor. Early life Unax Ugalde Gutiérrez was born on 27 November 1978, in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country. He is the son of a worker at the Altos Hornos and a housewife. While ...

– ''Edi'' (Episode 9 - Episode 13) * Javier Albalá – ''¿?'' (Episode 11)

Seasons and episodes

The series premiere took place simultaneously on the two main channels of the Mediaset España group on May 6, 2019. For the premiere, a special broadcast filling all of

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combined the first and the second chapter as if they were a film of about 135 minutes, which was seen by 1,706,000 viewers (12.7% share) on Telecinco and 763,000 (5.7%) on Cuatro. The remaining 11 episodes that make up the first season aired in their usual format on Telecinco.

Season 1 (2019)

References

{{Authority control Telecinco network series Spanish-language television shows 2019 Spanish television series debuts Works about organized crime in Spain 2019 Spanish television series endings Television series set in 1977 Television shows set in Andalusia Law enforcement in fiction Television shows filmed in Spain 2010s Spanish drama television series Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios