Compañeros (lit. 'Companions') is a Spanish teen drama television series. Produced by Globomedia, it aired on Antena 3 from 1998 to 2002.
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Premise
The fiction follows the mishaps of a group of teenagers studying for the Bachillerato at the Instituto Azcona.
Cast
Eva Santolaria as Valle Bermejo.
Antonio Hortelano as Quimi Verdet.
Lara de Miguel as Sara Antón.
Nicolás Belmonte as Eloy Rubio.
Julián González as César Vallalta.
Virginia Rodríguez as Isabel Arbueso.
Ruth Núñez as Tanja Mijatovic.
Duna Jové as Arancha Alberti.
Daniel Retuerta as Lolo Bermejo Fuentes.
Manuel Feijóo as Luismi Bárcenas.
Clara Lago as Desirée.
Miguel Rellán as Félix Torán.
Francis Lorenzo as Alfredo Torán.
María Garralón as Rocío.
Beatriz Carvajal 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 Manuel Valdivia, 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, No te fallaré (transl. "I won't let you down"), titled after the series' popular opening theme, which was composed by Daniel Sánchez de la Hera and performed by Greta y Los Garbo, and then Los lunes que quedan and Marte Menguante.
In 2018, Colegas, a spoof web series (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.