''Desaparecidos'' is a Spanish

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television series starring

Juan Echanove Juan Echanove Labanda (born 1 April 1961, in Madrid) is a Spanish actor. At Gijón International Film Festival in 2002, he received the Nacho Martínez Award. Selected filmography *''Manolete'' (Menno Meyjes, 2008) *'' Alatriste'' (Agustín D� ...

Elvira Mínguez Elvira Mínguez (born 23 July 1965) is a Spanish actress. Mínguez has appeared in such films as '' La cacatúa verde'' (1990), '' El carro de heno'' (1991), ''The Lucky Star'', ''Tapas'' (2005) and '' El desconocido'' (2015). Her television cre ...

Maxi Iglesias Maximiliano Teodoro Iglesias Acevedo (born 6 February 1991), better known as Maxi Iglesias, is a Spanish actor, model, and television presenter. Career Iglesias was born on 6 February, 1991, in Madrid, where he studied at the Colegio Cardenal S ...

and Michelle Calvó, dealing about the work of a police unit specialised on cases of

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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 Plano a Plano, the first season was originally released on

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on 19 June 2020.

Premise

The fiction tracks the work of the ''Brigada Central de la Policías '' Grupo 2 de Desaparecidos'' () police unit led by Santiago Abad (

) after the incorporation of Inspector Sonia Ledesma (Michelle Calvó). It also features the police collaboration with an association for support of missing person cases, 'Ayuda Desaparecidos'.

Cast

;Main *

as Chief Inspector Santiago Abad. *

Michelle Calvó Michelle Calvó Pedreira, better known as Michelle Calvó, (Madrid, September 19, 1991) is a Spanish actress known for her role as Eli in the film '' El club de los incomprendidos'' and for playing Sofía Contreras in ''Amar es para siempre''. I ...

as Inspector Sonia Ledesma. *

as Carmen Fuentes, director of the

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'Ayuda Desaparecidos'. *

as Deputy Inspector Rodrigo Medina. * as Sebastián "Sebas" Cano. * Amanda Ríos as Azhar García. ;Recurring and guest

Production and release

Created by based on an original idea by Javier Ugarte,

Jorge Guerricaechevarría Jorge Guerricaechevarría (born 10 July, 1965), also known as 'Guerrica', is a Spanish screenwriter. A regular co-scribe of Álex de la Iglesia's films, he has also been a recurring collaborator of Daniel Monzón. He won a Goya Award for the scri ...

and , the first season of ''Desaparecidos'' was produced by

in collaboration with Plano a Plano. The writing team of the first season was formed by Curro Royo, Miguel Ángel Fernández, Irene Olaciregui, Mercedes Cruz, Juan Vicente Pozuelo, Joaquín Górriz and Eva Peris, whereas the episodes were directed by

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(who directed the key episodes), Inma Torrente and Jacobo Martos. Shooting took place in 2019 in

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. Featuring a running time of around 72 minutes, the 13 episodes comprising the first season were released on

on 19 June 2020. While Mediaset España renovated ''Desaparecidos'' for a second season, they broke the collaboration with the production company Plano a Plano, due to financial disagreements, tasking instead the production of the second season to Unicorn Content, the company led by Xelo Montesinos and

Ana Rosa Quintana Ana Rosa Quintana Hortal (Madrid, 12 January 1956) is a Spanish journalist and television presenter. She studied journalism in the Complutense University of Madrid, and started in radio programs (Radio Nacional de España, Radio Continental, ...

Awards and nominations

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References

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