Brigada Costa del Sol

Brigada Costa del Sol is a Spanish drama television series produced by Mediaset España and Warner Bros. International Television Production España with the participation of Netflix. Starring Hugo Silva, Álvaro Cervantes, Miki Esparbé, Jesús Castro, and Sara Sálamo, it was presented to the media on April 3, 2019, and its premiere took place on May 6, 2019, on Spanish networks Telecinco and Cuatro.

History

On May 28, 2018, Mediaset Spain and Netflix announced they had reached an agreement to produce their first series together, with Warner Bros. ITVP Spain as co-producer. The names of the main cast of the series were also confirmed, including Hugo Silva, Álvaro Cervantes, Miki Esparbé, Jesús Castro, and Sara Sálamo.
Recording began on June 7 in Málaga Province and concluded in early February 2019.
Brigada Costa del Sol was one of the only Spanish series to be selected for the MIPDrama MIPTV 2019 event.
The first season became available worldwide in its entirety on Netflix on October 25, 2019.

Plot

In 1977, a group of police detectives with limited resources, but a lot of ingenuity and courage, is picked to form a special drug-fighting brigade in Torremolinos on the Costa del Sol. The series is based on the true story of the Grupo Especial de Estupefacientes Costa del Sol, one of Spain's first anti-narcotics squads.

Cast

Hugo Silva – Bruno López
Álvaro Cervantes – Leo Villa
Miki Esparbé – Martín Pulido
Jesús Castro – Terrón
Sara Sálamo – ''Yolanda "Owlet"''

Secondary

Jorge Usón – Reyes
Cayetana Cabezas – Marielena
Pablo Béjar – Chino
Marco Cáceres – Franchi
Olivia Delcán – Vicky López
Jorge Suquet – Cristóbal Peña
Daniel Holguín – Atilano Peña
Joaquín Galletero – Lucas
Carolina Yuste – Sole
Ana Fernández – Alicia
Camino Fernández – ''Charo''

Guests

Manolo Caro – Dandy
Paco Marín – Inspector Cifu
Nieve de Medina – Gloria
Julián Villagrán – Fredo
Pepón Nieto – Emilio Tortajada
Joaquín Núñez – Roque
Adrià Collado – Evaristo
Unax Ugalde – Edi
Javier Albalá – ''¿?''

Seasons and episodes

The series premiere took place simultaneously on the two main channels of the Mediaset España group on May 6, 2019. For the premiere, a special broadcast filling all of prime time combined the first and the second chapter as if they were a film of about 135 minutes, which was seen by 1,706,000 viewers on Telecinco and 763,000 on Cuatro. The remaining 11 episodes that make up the first season aired in their usual format on Telecinco.