''El cor de la ciutat'' (''The Heart of the City'') is a TVC television

soap opera A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...

first broadcast on

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on 11 September 2000 and last broadcast on 23 December 2009. The show is the most watched fiction program in Catalonia, Spain, especially among female audiences, drawing around 28-33% of the audience with as much as 40% during season finales. ''El cor de la ciutat'' follows the lives of the people who live and work in the neighbourhood of

Sants Sants is a neighbourhood in the southern part of Barcelona. It belongs to the district of Sants-Montjuïc and is bordered by the districts of Eixample to the northeast, Les Corts to the northwest, and by the municipality of l'Hospitalet de Llobr ...

and

Sant Andreu Sant Andreu () is one of the ten districts of Barcelona since its redistricting in 1984. It was named after the former municipality of Sant Andreu de Palomar, which was the largest in the area and now makes up the bulk of the neighbourhood be ...

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

, Spain. Eight complete

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have been broadcast up until July 2008, with Season 9 currently airing. Five episodes are broadcast each week, one on each weekday, on

. With 1,906 episodes of the programme have been produced, making ''El cor de la Ciutat'' the longest-running television series TVC has produced. The show receives almost 800,000 viewers and near season endings some episodes have had over one million viewers. At the end of each

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, a special night of programming is dedicated to the soap opera, known as La Nit del Cor (The Night of the Heart). During the sixth season of the show (2005-2006), there was a change of neighbourhood for the show, as the Peris-Noguera family had to move from

to Sants, both of which are real areas of Barcelona. The family had fallen into poverty by selling their bar in order to pay release charges to prevent their son, David, from returning to prison. Having thought they had paid it all off, a large compensation claim was made against the family. The claim was made by one of the widowers of a dead passenger, killed in an accident involving a cruiser crashing into the front of ''The Chyme'', a restaurant on the coast of Menorca which David worked in as a chef. In spite of the renewal of characters that the change of location has brought to the program, many of the older characters from Sant Andreu have turned up in episodes set in Sants - some of them, like Francisco and Remei even moved to Sants soon after the Peris-Noguera family. As a result of the show's move to Sants, viewers have been introduced to the stories behind characters such as the Galiana/Gutiérrez family, Mercè Amorós Sendra and the teachers at the high school there very quickly. Moreover, some of the new characters which have passed through the new series have been played by very famous actors such as

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and Àngels Gonyalons, who both made two special collaborations during the seventh season of the show (2006 - 2007). Two years after leaving Sant Andreu, the life of the Peris-Noguera family has changed a lot. Cinta Noguera, now very ill, decides to do everything possible for the Peris-Noguera family to get their bar back in Sant Andreu. The death of his wife makes Pere Peris reassess his life and so he decides start again in his lifelong neighbourhood with his infant daughter, Carolina, and his new partner Àngela Montford. This return to Sant Andreu opens the door to a new phase of the series. From 12 September 2007, the series is broadcast in high definition, incorporates ten new actors and the majority of characters are from Sant Andreu again whilst retaining some of the more popular protagonists of Sants (such as Fidel Amorós Furió, Benet Sepúlveda Campruví (Beni), the Sendra sisters, Trini González and the Benjumea family). The interior location scenes are recorded at TVC's studios in

l'Hospitalet de Llobregat L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (; es, Hospitalet de Llobregat), often shortened to L'Hospitalet or just L'H, is a municipality of Spain, located to the immediate southwest of Barcelona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is part of the Bar ...

, Barcelona.

Cast and characters

Àlex Casanovas Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis. People Multiple *Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people *Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people *Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple peop ...

... Fidel Amorós (2005-2009) *

Amparo Moreno Amparo, a Portuguese and Spanish word meaning ''refuge'', ''shelter'', or ''protection'', may refer to: People *Amparo (name) *Amparo people, Afro-Cuban descendants of Angola Places Brazil *Amparo, São Paulo *Amparo, Paraíba *Amparo do Serr ...

... Trini (2005-2009) *

Pep Anton Muñoz Pep is energy or high spirits; it may refer to: * Pep band, an ensemble of instrumentalists * Pep, the dog in ''Putt-Putt'' (series) * Neilson Dairy confectionery brand * Pep, New Mexico * Pep, Texas * Pep Cereal, by Kellogg * Pep Comics, by MLJ ...

... Peris (2000-2009) *

Armando Aguirre Armando may refer to: * Armando (given name) * Armando (artist) (1929–2018), the name used by Dutch artist Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd * Armando (producer) Armando Gallop (sometimes written as Armando Gallup) (February 12, 1970 – December 17, ...

... Juan Benjumea (2006-2009) *

Artur Trias Artur is a cognate to the common male given name Arthur, meaning "bear-like," which is believed to possibly be descended from the Roman surname Artorius or the Celtic bear-goddess Artio or more probably from the Celtic word ''artos'' ("bear"). Ot ...

... Francisco (2000-2009) * Ramon Godino ... Rai (2003-2009) *

Nausicaa Bonnín Nausicaa Bonnín i Dufrenoy (born 28 April 1985) is a Spanish actress of theater, film and television, daughter of Hermann Bonnín i Llinàs and Sabine Dufrenoy. Biography Bonnin began her career as an actress at a young age participating in ...

... Sandra Benjumea (2005-2009) *

Bernat Quintana Bernat Quintana (born 1985) is a Spanish actor best known for his role as Max Carbó in TV3 television soap opera El Cor de la Ciutat and as the main character of the 2019 film '' Boi''. Theatre * ''Cyrano'' (2013) * ''Julieta y Romeo'' (2011) * ...

... Max Carbó (2000-2009) *

Santi Ibáñez Santi Ibáñez (15 March 1958 – 29 December 2016), born in Barcelona, was a popular Spanish Catalan actor of cinema, theater and television, known for his role as ''Beni'' in ''El cor de la ciutat'' and his appearances in '' Temps de silenci'', ...

... Beni (2006-2009) *

Enric Rodríguez Enric () is a Catalan common given name, the Catalan variant of ''Heinrich'' of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages include Henry (English), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Scandinavian), Henri (French, German), Enrique (Spanish) or Henrique ...

... Òscar Benjumea (2005-2009) * Fermí Casado ... Marc Pomerol Santiró (2007-2009) * Toni Sevilla ... Paco Pardo (2004-2009) * Meritxell Ané ... Remei (2000-2009) * Sílvia Aranda ... Sara Medina Pou (2005-2009) *

Marc Clotet Marc Clotet Fresquet (born 29 April 1980) is a Spanish actor and model. He is best known for his roles in the soap opera '' El Cor de la Ciutat'' and the teen drama ''Física o Química''. Career Born in Barcelona, he has also worked as a model, ...

... Iago (2007-2009) * Maife Gil ... Cecília (2004-2009) * Paula Vives ... Mercè (2005-2009) * Jordi Díaz ... Fede Pardo (2001-2009) * Carmen Contreras ... Roser Balaguer (2000-2009) * Mercè Arànega ... Paquita Miralles (2000-2009) * Sílvia Sabaté ... Clara Bosch (2000-2008) * Miquel García Borda ... Marcel Navarro (2001-2009) * Isaac Alcayde ... Rafa (2000-2009) * Eduardo González ... Nelson (2000-2009) * Iván Morales ... Pau Bayarri Cortés (2007-2009) * Mercè Montalà ... Àngela Montfort (2006-2009) * Manel Barceló ... Galiana (2005-2007) * Susana Bas ... Noèlia (2005-2009) *

Raül Tortosa Raül Tortosa is a Spanish actor and director born in Terrassa (Barcelona). He is also the vocalist of the pop-rock band Una Hora Más. In 2016 he portrayed a Tyrell Captain in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'' in Season 6. He won the Best Actor ...

... Nico (2007-2009) * Santi Pons ... Orpinell (2008-2009) * Mercè Pons ... Patrícia Guerau (2008-2009) * Margarida Minguillón ... Cinta (2000-2007) * Jordi Parés ... Enric (2006-2007) *

Oriol Pla Oriol Pla Solina (born 1993) is a Spanish actor from Catalonia. Biography Oriol Pla Solina was born in Barcelona in 1993, son to Quimet Pla (founding member of ) and Núria Solina (founding member of ). He made his debut onstage at age 6, later ...

... Juli (2008-2009) * Aida Oset ... Eli (2007-2009) * Jaume Bernet ... Felip (2006-2009) * Tony Corvillo ... Jon (2005-2009) *

Aleix Albareda Aleix is a Catalan given name for males. It is the Catalan form of the name Alexis and may refer to: * Aleix Alcaraz (born 1990), Spanish professional racing driver * Aleix Coch (born 1991), Spanish football player * Aleix Espargaró (born 1989), S ...

... Sergi Frias Miralpeix (2004-2009) * Mingo Ràfols ... Quico Santamaria Vilardell (2008-2009) * Carles Garcia ... Àlex (2008-2009) * Anna Lluch ... Helga (2006-2008) * Mone ... Empar (2006-2007) *

Roser Batalla Roser may refer to: * Roser (name), including a list of people with the name ** Roser (singer) (born 1979), Spanish singer * Roser Park Historic District, St. Petersburg, Florida * Studio Roser, a theater in Baden-Württemberg, Germany * ''Roser'' ...

... Berta (2007-2008) *

Aina Clotet Aina Clotet Fresquet (Barcelona, September 23, 1982) is a Spanish actress and director known mainly for her participation in numerous series of the Catalan channel TV3 among which ''Estació d'enllaç'' and ''Infidels'' stand out. In 2015 she m ...

... Mònica (2006-2007) * Ferran Rañé ... Gerard (2008-2009) * Cati Solivellas ... Loli (2005-2007) *

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... Lluna Llobet (2008-2009) * Francesca Piñón ... Virgínia (2006-2007) * Mont Plans ... Quima Vilardell (2008-2009) *

Oriol Vila Oriol () is a Catalan name, which can be found as a given name or a surname. It derives from the Latin word ''aureus'' (golden). It was originally just a surname, but started to be used as a given name in honour of Saint Joseph Oriol. It may refer ...

... Ivan Crespo (2000-2009) * Joan Massotkleiner ... Paco Benjumea (2005-2008) * Gemma Brió ... Marga Llobet Ramos (2007-2009) * Carles Goñi ... Paré (2006-2007)

La Nit del Cor

La Nit del Cor (The Night of The Heart) is an evening of programming and live content associated with the show. The special evening of programming takes place on the Sunday

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following the broadcast of the final

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of a

of the soap opera. The evening begins with an hour-long special episode of the soap opera which wraps up many of the storylines created during the past season whilst also creating a

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ending which will be returned to during the next series. After the hour-long special, a special evening is held at the

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(TNC),

, which is attended by all the

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s and

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es from the cast of the series, including a few that will join the series during the next season as new characters. Prizes are also awarded to actors, actresses and scriptwriters throughout the evening. Up until 2004, a different television personality presented the awards each year. In both 2005 and 2006, the awards were presented by Albert Om, Cristina Puig and Màbel Martí who are all from the

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me ''

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'', broadcast on the same channel as ''El cor de la ciutat'',

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cor de la ciutat, El Catalan television programmes Spanish television soap operas 2000 Spanish television series debuts 2009 Spanish television series endings Spanish LGBT-related television shows Television shows set in Barcelona 2000s Spanish drama television series