''El comisario'' is a Spanish

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television series that originally aired for twelve seasons from 1999 to 2009 on

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. Produced by BocaBoca and Estudios Picasso and starring an

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with the likes of

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, Juanjo Artero,

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, Marcial Álvarez, Jaime Pujol, Cristina Perales and

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, among others, the plot tracks the daily life the members of the

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at the police station of San Fernando in Madrid.

Premise

The fiction, a

, is set in the 'San Fernando' police station, in the fictional district of the same name in

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. It deals with the daily life of the

agents working in the station. Gerardo Castilla serves as a cold but respectful Chief Police officer for the entire series. Recurring personal subplots include the friendship between Pope and Charlie, and the up and downs of the relationship between Charlie and Elo.

Cast

Final cast

Departed cast

Production and release

Produced by BocaBoca and Estudios Picasso, the series was known as 'Las calles de San Fernando' prior to its release. The producers initially envisioned a

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, but the series was eventually re-written as a police drama. The series began airing on 26 April 1999. The series featured a 50 million peseta budget per episode, high for Spanish television at the time. The broadcasting run ended on 2 January 2009, after nearly 10 years on-air, 12 seasons and 191 episodes. Tito Valverde and Juanjo Artero reprised their characters in ''El Príncipe'' in 2016, in guest appearances.

Episodes

References

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