Compañeros (TV Series)
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''Compañeros'' () is a Spanish
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television series. Produced by Globomedia, it aired on Antena 3 from 1998 to 2002.


Premise

The fiction follows the mishaps of a group of teenagers studying for the
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at the Instituto Azcona.


Cast

* Eva Santolaria as Valle Bermejo. * Antonio Hortelano as Quimi Verdet. * as Sara Antón. * Nicolás Belmonte as Eloy Rubio. * as César Vallalta. * as Isabel Arbueso. * Ruth Núñez as Tanja Mijatovic. * as Arancha Alberti. * as Lolo Bermejo Fuentes. * as Luismi Bárcenas. *
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as Desirée. *
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as Félix Torán. * Francis Lorenzo as Alfredo Torán. * as Rocío. *
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as Marisa Viñé. * Cristina Peña as Jose. * César Vea as Gustavo. * David Janer as Martín. * Begoña Maestre as Duna Belarde. * Tina Sainz as Tere Roncesvalles. * Mercè Pons as Ana.


Production and release

The series premiered on 25 March 1998. Produced by Globomedia and created by
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, the series was initially produced with a tight budget. It eventually became one of the most iconic Spanish fiction series. The broadcasting run, comprising 121 episodes and 9 seasons, ended on 16 July 2002. ''Compañeros'' sparked a 2001 feature film spin-off, ' (), titled after the series' popular opening theme, which was composed by Daniel Sánchez de la Hera and performed by , and then and Marte Menguante. In 2018, '' Colegas'', a spoof
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(paying homage to ''Compañeros'' and another popular teen drama series from the 1990s, '' Al salir de clase''), featuring some actors from the series, was broadcast on Playz.


References

{{authority control 1998 Spanish television series debuts 2002 Spanish television series endings 1990s Spanish drama television series 2000s Spanish drama television series Spanish teen drama television series Antena 3 (Spanish TV channel) network series Spanish-language television shows 1990s teen drama television series 2000s teen drama television series Spanish television series about teenagers Television series by Globomedia