''Venga Juan'' is a Spanish comedy television series created by Diego San José for

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which stars

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. It consists of a continuation of ''

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'' and ''

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''. It premiered on 28 November 2021.

Premise

After his spell as minister and his return to local politics, Juan Carrasco (now with transplanted hair) has established himself as a board member of a big company. But his past comes to haunt him in the form of legal prosecution due to a corruption case he got involved with back when he was serving as Mayor of

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Cast

Production

Created by , ''Venga Juan'' is the third part of the series formed by ''

'' and ''

'', both released on TNT in Spain in 2019 and 2020, respectively. Guillermo Farré, José Skaf and Miguel Salvat were credited as executive producers on behalf of

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whereas Diego San José, Alejandro Flórez and Javier Méndez were credited as executive producers on behalf of 100 Balas (The Mediapro Studio). The writing team was formed by Diego San José (showrunner) together with

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, Daniel Castro, Pablo Remón, Diego Soto and

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, whereas the direction of the episodes was carried out by Víctor García León, Tom Fernández, Pilar Palomero and

. Shooting began in June 2021. In September 2021, the series was showcased together with other HBO Max originals (''

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'', ''Sin novedad'' and ''

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'') at the

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. It consists of 7 episodes.

References

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