Bandolera
{{Short description|Spanish television series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox television
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| genre = Historical drama
Adventure
Romance
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| starring = Marta Hazas
Carles Francino
Isak Férriz
Manuel Bandera
Pastora Vega
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| country = Spain
| language = Spanish
| network = Antena 3
| first_aired = {{start date|2011|01|10|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2013|01|11|df=y}}
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 532
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| company = {{ill|Diagonal TV|es}}
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Bandolera is a Spanish daily television series starring Marta Hazas. Produced by Diagonal TV, it aired from January 2011 to January 2013 on Antena 3.
Premise
The fiction follows the adventures of Sarah Reeves (Marta Hazas), a student of Hispanic Philology from the University of Oxford who arrives to the Andalusian village of Arazana in 1882, and involves in a love triangle, featuring brigandage, the birth of the Guardia Civil and the rise of anarchist initiatives in the countryside as some of the backdrop elements.{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/923276/0/bandolera/estreno/antena3/#|website=20minutos.es|title='Bandolera', la nueva ficción de Antena 3, se estrena este lunes|date=9 January 2011}}
Cast
{{Cast list|
- Marta Hazas as Sarah Reeves.
- {{ill|Carles Francino Navarro|es|lt=Carles Francino}} as Miguel Romero.
- Isak Férriz as Roberto.
- Manuel Bandera as Juan Caballero.
- Pastora Vega as Carmen Saura.
- Aníbal Soto as Tomás Pérez.
- {{ill|Manuel Galiana|es}} as Cosme Saura.
- Adrián Salcedo as Juanito.
- Frank Feys as Richard Thomas.
- {{ill|Pep Munné|es}} as Germán Montoro.
- {{ill|Laura Ramos|es}} as Martina Castro.
- {{ill|Iván Hermés|es}} as Álvaro Montoro.
- Lola Marceli as Adela Oria.{{Cite web|url=https://www.semana.es/corazon/los-famosos-se-van-de-despedida-adios-a-the-hole-2-20140514-00163891/|website=Semana|title=Los famosos se van de despedida: ¡adiós a 'The Hole 2'!|date=14 May 2014}}
- {{ill|Sara Rivero|es}} as Eugenia Montoro.
- Carolina Clemente as Margarita.
- {{ill|Juan Gea|es}} as Carranza.
- {{ill|Marcial Álvarez|es}} as Marcial, "el Galeno".
- {{ill|Alfonso Begara|es}} as "el Chato".
- Gonzalo Cunill as Melgar.
- {{ill|Tomás del Estal|es}} as Morales.
- Eugenio Barona as Capitán Olmedo.
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Production and release
Bandolera was produced by Diagonal TV for Antena 3. The first episode of the series premiered in prime time on 10 January 2011{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodesevilla.es/television/Diagonal-cierra-grabacion-Bandolera-A-3_0_639836430.html|website=Diario de Sevilla|title=Diagonal cierra la grabación del serial 'Bandolera' de A-3|date=3 November 2012|first=F.A|last=Gallardo}} in order to get exposure, and it was subsequently moved to the sobremesa slot for its daily broadcasting.{{Cite web|url=https://vertele.eldiario.es/verteletv/actualidad/Bandolera-despide-siempre-Carles-Francino_0_1427557235.html|website=Vertele!|publisher=eldiario.es|title="Bandolera" se despide con la pelea final: "Mi gran amor será siempre Carles Francino"
|date=11 January 2013 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/28874/estreno-amar-es-para-siempre-antena3-se-queda-cerca-amar-en-tiempos-revueltos/|website=FormulaTV|title=El estreno de 'Amar es para siempre' (15,1%) en Antena 3 se queda cerca de 'Amar en tiempos revueltos' (16,4%)|date=15 January 2013|first=Xabier|last=Migelez}} The second season aired from 1 September 2012 to 11 January 2013. The full broadcasting run comprised 532 episodes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/38709/aragon-television-comprar-derechos-emision-serial-bandolera/|website=FormulaTV|title=Aragón TV compra 'Bandolera' para cubrir el hueco de 'El faro'|date=30 June 2014}} The series increased its viewership figures each year of broadcasting. The last episode, filmed in November 2012, aired on 11 January 2013, with a "good" 15.3% audience share.{{Cite web|url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/28835/audiencias-equipo-investigacion-salta-lasexta/|website=FormulaTV|title='Equipo de investigación' salta a laSexta con un 8,3% de cuota|date=12 January 2013}}
References
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Category:2011 Spanish television series debuts
Category:2013 Spanish television series endings
Category:Television series set in the 1880s
Category:Television shows set in Andalusia
Category:2010s Spanish drama television series
Category:Television series about bandits
Category:Spanish adventure television series
Category:Spanish television soap operas
Category:Antena 3 (Spanish TV channel) network series