Velvet (TV series)
Velvet (also known as Galerías Velvet)[1] is a Spanish drama television series created by Ramón Campos and Gema R. María and produced by Bambú Producciones for Antena 3.[2] Its budget is estimated in 500,000 euros per episode.[3] The main storyline of the show is the love story of Alberto Márquez (played by Miguel Ángel Silvestre), heir of Galerías Velvet, one of the most prestigious fashion houses in the Spain of the late 1950s, and Ana Ribera (Paula Echevarría), who works as a seamstress there.
| Velvet | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Galerías Velvet |
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Ramón Campos Gema R. Neira |
| Directed by | Carlos Sedes David Pinillos |
| Starring | Paula Echevarría Miguel Ángel Silvestre |
| Theme music composer | Lucio Godoy |
| Opening theme | "Falling in Love" by Alba Llibre |
| Country of origin | Spain |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 55 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Atresmedia |
| Running time | 70 minutes (approx.) |
| Production company | Bambú Producciones |
| Distributor | Beta Film |
| Release | |
| Original network | Antena 3 |
| Original release | 17 February 2014 – 21 December 2016 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Velvet Colección |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Cast
This is the list of characters of the series.[4]
Current characters
| Actor | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Paula Echevarría | Ana Ribera López de Márquez | 1-54 |
| Miguel Ángel Silvestre | Alberto Márquez Navarro | 1-40, 53-54 |
| Aitana Sánchez-Gijón | Blanca Soto Fernández | 1-54 |
| Manuela Velasco | Cristina Otegui Mendoza | 1-54 |
| Javier Rey | Mateo Ruiz Lagasca | 1-54 |
| Marta Hazas | Clara Montesinos Martín de Ruiz | 1-54 |
| Cecilia Freire | Margarita "Rita" Montesinos Martín de Infantes | 1-54 |
| Adrián Lastra | Pedro Infantes | 1-54 |
| Miriam Giovanelli | Patricia Márquez Campos vda. de Alcocer | 1-54 |
| José Sacristán | Emilio López | 1-54 |
| Asier Etxeandía | Raúl de la Riva | 3-54 |
| Diego Martín | Enrique Otegui Mendoza | 12-15, 29-31, 34-54 |
| Amaia Salamanca | Barbara de Senilliosa de Otegui | 13-40, 54 |
| Peter Vives | Carlos Álvarez | 15-29, 40-43, 45-54 |
| Llorenç González | Jonás Infantes | 20-54 |
| Pastora Vega | Carmen Alcocer vda. de Alcocer | 1-3, 37-39, 41, 50 |
| Francesco Testi | Marco Cafiero | 41-54 |
| Concha Velasco | Petra Alcalde Vargas | 45-47, 49-51 |
| Aitor Luna | Humberto Santamaría | 45, 47-51, 54 |
Current secondary characters
| Actor | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Aitor Calderón | Alberto Márquez Ribera | 44- |
| Alberto Roldán | Miguel Infantes Montesinos | 44- |
| Iker Mazón | Jorge Infantes Montesinos | 44- |
| Toni Agustí | Julián Sarmiento | 44, 50- |
| Nando González | Doctor Isasa | 45- |
| Chema León | Juan | 45- |
| Pep Miràs | Manuel | 50- |
| Julián Ortega | Photographer | 50- |
| Xavi Lite | Dr. de Valentín | 50- |
| Huichi Chiu | Asian woman | 50- |
Deceased
| Actor | Character | Cause of decease | Episodes | Guest appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tito Valverde | Rafael Márquez Encinas | Suicide | 1-2 | |
| Juan Ribó | Francisco | Shot dead by Luisa | 1-8 | |
| Pep Munné | Gerardo Otegui | Terminal illness | 1-15 | 30 |
| Cristina de Inza | Aurora "Aurorita" Vargas | Illness | 12-13, 29-31 | |
| Ángela Molina | Isabel Navarro vda. de Márquez | Terminal illness | 15-28 | 34 |
| Gorka Otxoa | Valentín Alcocer Alcocer | first shot, then suffocation with a pillow by Enrique | 32-40, 44-50 | |
Others
| Actor | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Sara Rivero | Carmen Soto | 1-10 |
| Cristina Plazas | Pilar Márquez Encinas | 1-4, 29-31, 33-35, 40-41 |
| Ana Labordeta | Cayetana | 1, 3, 6, 9-10 |
| Manuela Vellés | Luisa Rivas | 1-30 |
| Teresa Calo | Nieves | 1-2 |
| Paula González | Ana Ribera López (de pequeña) | 1, 5, 16, 29 |
| Georgina Amorós | Ana Ribera López (de adolescente) | 1, 5, 16, 29 |
| Santi Díaz | Alberto Navarro Márquez (de pequeño) | 1-2, 5, 14, 16, 29 |
| Oriol Puig | Alberto Navarro Márquez (de adolescente) | 1, 5, 16, 29 |
| Natalia Millán | Gloria Campos | 1-18, 38-39 |
| Maxi Iglesias | Maximiliano "Max" Exspósito | 2-21 |
| Mauro Rivera | Felipe Murillo | 2 |
| Marisa Ruiz | Elvira | 2, 4-5, 7-8, 10-11, 13, 15-28, 30-43 |
| Rut Santamaría | Pepita | 3-7, 9-28, 30-43 |
| Pedro Miguel Martínez | Fernando Valela | 3-4, 6 |
| Inma Cuevas | Genoveva | 3, 5, 14 |
| Guillermo Barrientos | Domínguez | 4-6 |
| Eva Ugarte | Rosa María "Rosamari" Blázquez | 6-7, 10, 16-28, 40 |
| Gael Flores | Manuel "Manolito" Infantes Blázquez | 6-11, 16-28, 40 |
| Cristina Llorente | Susú Miravelles | 6, 10 |
| Alberto Ferreiro | Juan | 7 |
| Benito Sagredo | Adolfo Valor | 7, 14-15 |
| Kimberley Tell | Gracia de Mónaco | 11 |
| Christophe Miraval | Secretario Real de Mónaco | 11 |
| Cuca Escribano | Lidia Cano | 14 |
| Peter Vives | Carlos Álvarez | 15-28, 40-43 |
| Silvia Marsó | Julia Lagasca | 18, 23, 42-43 |
| Anna Briansó | Herminia Lagasca | 18, 23, 42-43 |
| Marisa Lahoz | Sagrario Lagasca | 18, 23, 42-43 |
| Juan Gea | Lorenzo Palacios | 18-19 |
| Carolina Bang | Verónica Lago | 19 |
| Ginés García Millán | Esteban Márquez Encinas | 19, 25-36 |
| Juana Acosta | Sara Ortega | 19-26 |
| Daniel Guzmán | Lucas Ruiz Lagasca | 23-26 |
| Kiti Mánver | Consuelo Martín | 28, 37, 42-43 |
| Juli Mira | Fernando Montesinos | 28, 42-43 |
| William Miller | Belategui | 28 |
| Empar Ferrer | Tía de Rita | 28 |
| Carlos Gorbe | Víctor | 28 |
| Andrea Masulli | Ramira | 29-31 |
| Alfonso Manjavacas | Alfonso | 29-30 |
| Víctor Ullate | O'Brien | 30 |
| Charlotte Vega | Lucía Márquez | 31, 33-43 |
| Manu Fullola | Miguel Serrano | 32 |
| Lolo Martín | José Luis | 32 |
| Frank Crudele | Enzo Cafiero | 33, 37-39, 41-42, 44-45 |
| Asier Hernández | Ernesto | 34 |
| Emilio Linder | Pablo Granados | 34 |
| Jesús Cabrero | Detective | 35 |
| Chema Tena | Police | 35, 43 |
| Cristóbal Araqué | Periodista | 36 |
| Ramón Rados | Ginecólogo2 | 36 |
| Natalia Barceló | Enfermera | 36 |
| José Navar | Sr. Barbé | 36 |
| Paco Lahoz | Félix | 37 |
| Chema Ruiz | Doctor | 37 |
| Manuel Millán | Ginecólogo | 39 |
| Josu Ormaetxe | Doctor2 | 41, 43 |
| José Luis Navarro | Padre Don Amancio | 43 |
| Paula Prendes | Adele Lavigne | 44-46 |
| Naia Guz | Cristina "Cris" Mendoza Otegui | 44-48 |
| Isidoro Fernández | Notario | 44 |
| Álvaro Roig | Dr. Quintanilla | 44-45 |
| Chisco Amado | Ricardo Palacios | 45, 47-49 |
| Carlos Martínez Merón | Dr. de Patricia | 45 |
| Iría del Río | Antonia Infantes | 45, 48-49 |
International broadcast
In the 2014 edition of MIPTV Media Market, the rights for Velvet were acquired by Italy's RAI and France's M6. RAI also got the rights for a remake.[5] In Lithuania, it started airing on LNK on 1 June 2014.[6] In Greece and Cyprus, it is airing on Nova Life. In Finland, the series started airing in December 2015 on YLE Teema. In Slovenia the premiere was on RTVSLO on 15 May 2016 and in Slovakia it was on TV Doma on 4 July 2016. Czech republic Prima LOVETV on 13.10.2018
This series is also available on the Netflix streaming service in the USA, Latin America, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Germany and the UK.
Spin-off
On 9 February 2017, subscription platform Movistar+ announced they had acquired the rights to produce a spin-off series of Velvet, titled Velvet Colección, which will be centered on the opening of a second Galerías Velvet store in Barcelona in 1967. Adrián Lastra as Pedro Infantes, Asier Etxeandia as Raúl de la Riva, Llorenç González as Jonás Infantes, Javier Rey as Mateo Ruiz Lagasca, Marta Hazas as Clara Montesinos, Diego Martín as Enrique Otegui, and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón as Blanca Soto reprise their roles; Paula Echevarría and José Sacristán also appear as Ana Ribera and Emilio López respectively in the first episode.[7] New actors include Imanol Arias, Adriana Ozores, Mónica Cruz, Andrea Duro and Marta Torné.[8] The series premiered on 21 September 2017.[9]
Episodes
Series overview
| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 15 | 17 January 2014 | 26 May 2014 | ||
| 2 | 14 | 21 October 2014 | 23 February 2015 | ||
| 3 | 15 | 10 July 2015 | 17 December 2015 | ||
| 4 | 11 | 5 October 2016 | 21 December 2016 | ||
Season 1 (2014)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [10] | Directed by | Original air date | Spain viewers (millions) [11] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Alas de mariposa" | Carlos Sedes | 17 January 2014 | 4.85 |
| 2 | 2 | "Y llegó ella" | David Pinillos & Carlos Sedes | 24 February 2014 | 4.37 |
| 3 | 3 | "Nada es tan sencillo" | David Pinillos | 3 March 2014 | 4.42 |
| 4 | 4 | "El diseñador" | Carlos Sedes | 10 March 2014 | 4.11 |
| 5 | 5 | "Entre dos mujeres" | Carlos Sedes | 17 March 2014 | 4.22 |
| 6 | 6 | "París" | David Pinillos | 24 March 2014 | 4.02 |
| 7 | 7 | "El día después" | David Pinillos | 31 March 2014 | 4.18 |
| 8 | 8 | "La decisión de Alberto" | Carlos Sedes | 7 April 2014 | 4.05 |
| 9 | 9 | "El gran día" | Carlos Sedes | 14 April 2014 | 3.70 |
| 10 | 10 | "Los restos del naufragio" | David Pinillos | 21 April 2014 | 4.08 |
| 11 | 11 | "La visita" | David Pinillos | 28 April 2014 | 4.20 |
| 12 | 12 | "Terciopelo azul" | Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo | 5 May 2014 | 4.06 |
| 13 | 13 | "Mentiras piadosas" | Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo | 12 May 2014 | 4.19 |
| 14 | 14 | "La noche de la reina" | Sílvia Quer | 19 May 2014 | 4.50 |
| 15 | 15 | "Cuenta atrás" | Sílvia Quer | 26 May 2014 | 4.67 |
Season 2 (2014–15)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [10] | Directed by | Original air date | Spain viewers (millions) [11] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 1 | "La noche de los alfileres" | Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo | 21 October 2014 | 4.08 |
| 17 | 2 | "Remontando el vuelo" | David Pinillos & Carlos Sedes | 28 October 2014 | 3.91 |
| 18 | 3 | "Días de gloria" | Carlos Sedes | 4 November 2014 | 4.03 |
| 19 | 4 | "Coser y cantar" | Carlos Sedes | 11 November 2014 | 4.03 |
| 20 | 5 | "¿Quién da más?" | Carlos Sedes | 18 November 2014 | 3.80 |
| 21 | 6 | "New York, New York" | David Pinillos | 25 November 2014 | 4.17 |
| 22 | 7 | "Por los aires" | David Pinillos | 2 December 2014 | 4.11 |
| 23 | 8 | "Navidades blancas" | Carlos Sedes | 9 December 2014 | 4.14 |
| 24 | 9 | "Noche de reyes" | David Pinillos | 16 December 2014 | 4.36 |
| 25 | 10 | "La otra noche de reyes" | David Pinillos | 26 January 2015 | 3.32 |
| 26 | 11 | "La hora de la verdad" | Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo | 2 February 2015 | 4.01 |
| 27 | 12 | "Hoy es el día de los enamoradoss" | Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo | 9 February 2015 | 3.95 |
| 28 | 13 | "Despedidas" | Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo | 16 February 2015 | 4.06 |
| 29 | 14 | "Una boda y un funeral" | Carlos Sedes | 23 February 2015 | 4.60 |
Ratings
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired | Avg. viewers (millions) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Viewers (millions) |
Date | Viewers (millions) | |||
| 1 | 15 | 17 January 2014 | 4.85[10] | 26 May 2014 | 4.67[10] | 4.25 |
| 2 | 14 | 21 October 2014 | 4.08[10] | 23 February 2015 | 4.60[10] | 4.05 |
References
- Terán, Borja (February 14, 2014). "De 'Hospital Central' a 'Velvet': series que cambiaron su nombre (sin avisar)". La Información (in Spanish). Retrieved January 31, 2018.
- Bermejo, Miguel; López, Tony (January 31, 2015). "Antena 3 cumple 25 años: recordamos 25 series que han marcado su historia (parte 2)". Fórmula TV (in Spanish). Madrid: Noxvo Editorial. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
- Redondo, David (October 14, 2013). ""Cada capítulo de 'Galerías Velvet' cuesta unos 500.000 euros"". Cadena SER (in Spanish). Retrieved January 31, 2018.
- http://www.teinteresa.es/tele/todos-los-actores-protagonistas-personajes-Velvet-paula-Echevarria-Miguel-Angel-Silvestre_5_1086541339.html
- Roxborough, Scott (June 4, 2014). "MIPTV: Italy's Rai Uno Orders Local Version of Spanish Period Drama 'Velvet'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
- "Velvet". LNK. 2014. Archived from the original on April 24, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
- "Capítulos Velvet". formulatv.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- "Audiencias Velvet". formulatv.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
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