''Guante blanco'' is a Spanish

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television series produced by Bambú Producciones that was originally broadcast by

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in 2008. The cast features José Luis García Pérez,

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, Pilar Punzano,

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, among others.

Premise

The fiction tracks the standoff between Mario Pastor (a

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) and Bernardo Valle (a police officer hellbent on catching him), and their respective collaborators.

Cast

Production and release

Produced by , ''Guante blanco'' is based on an original idea by . The writing team was formed by Campos alongside Gema R. Neira, Eligio Rodríguez, Laura León, Deborah Rope and David Ríos, whereas the episodes were directed by , Eduardo Armiñán and Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo. Shooting began by July 2008. The first episode was pre-screened at the 56th

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in September 2008. The series debuted in prime time on 15 October 2008, earning 2,489,000 average viewers and a 15.9% audience share. The next episodes earned respectively 1,851,000 viewers and a 9.9% audience share (22 October 2008) and 1,277,000 and a 8.0% audience share (31 October 2008). The original broadcasting run on

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was axed due to poor ratings after the third episode, leaving five unaired episodes, which were made available on the online service rtve.es.

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decided to run the full series again in prime time in 2010.

References

External links

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