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Brigada Central

{{Short description|Spanish television series (1989–1992)}}

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| genre = Police procedural

| based_on = {{based on|Brigada Central|Juan Madrid}}

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  • Pedro Masó
  • Jacques Labib{{efn|name="second"|Only season two.}}
  • Simon Michael{{efn|name="second"}} }}

| director = Pedro Masó

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| composer = Antón García Abril

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  • Spain
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  • Italy{{efn|name="second"}} }}

| language = Spanish

| num_seasons = 2

| num_episodes = 26

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| first_aired = {{Start date|1989|11|03|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1992|12|07|df=y}}

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| channel = La Primera

| budget = 2.261 billion ₧

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{{lang|es|Brigada Central}} ({{translation|Central Brigade}}) is a Spanish prime-time police procedural television series based on the novel series of the same name by Juan Madrid. The series focuses on the day-to-day work of Manuel Flores (Imanol Arias), a Romani police inspector in an elite squad against organized crime.

Produced by Pedro Masó Producciones for Televisión Española (TVE), it was directed and written by Pedro Masó himself. The fourteen episodes of its first season were broadcast on La Primera of Televisión Española in 1989–1990. It was followed by a second season of twelve episodes titled Brigada Central II: La guerra blanca, co-produced with Beta Film from Germany and R.C.S. Produzione from Italy, that was first broadcast on TVE in 1992.

Premise

The series shows the daily work of the elite police officers selected to join the special group of the Central Brigade, attached to the General Directorate of State Security, for high-level investigations, such as organized crime, international crime, or drug trafficking. Along with the professional work of its members, their psychological and personal aspect is also shown, focusing on the head of the group, Manuel Flores, a Romani police inspector.

In season two, Flores works as a representative of the Spanish police in the CETIS group, an elite group created at European level to fight against drug trafficking.

Production

Brigada Central season one was produced by Pedro Masó Producciones for Televisión Española (TVE) with a budget of 756 million pesetas (€4.54 million). It was directed and written by Pedro Masó himself, who adapted the novels from the police novel series of the same name by Juan Madrid.{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1992/11/22/radiotv/722386802_850215.html|title=Pedro Masó amenaza con retirar 'Brigada central' si TVE no le paga 146 millones|newspaper=El País|language=es|date=22 November 1992|author=Sámano, José}} Its fourteen episodes were first broadcast in prime-time on La Primera of Televisión Española between 3 November 1989 and 2 February 1990.

Brigada Central season two, titled Brigada Central II: La guerra blanca, was produced by Pedro Masó Producciones for TVE, in co-production with Beta Film from Germany and R.C.S. Produzione from Italy, with a budget of 1.505 billion pesetas (€9 million). It was also directed and written by Masó himself, who was supported in the writing by Jacques Labib and Simon Michael. It was filmed between April 1990 and June 1991 in more than twelve different international locations, including: Paris (France); Brussels and Antwerp (Belgium); Stuttgart, Baden-Baden and Frankfurt (Germany); Bogotá and Medellín (Colombia); Caracas (Venezuela); and Martinique. Its twelve episodes were first broadcast in prime-time on La Primera of Televisión Española between 4 October and 7 December 1992.

Cast

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Episodes

{{Series overview

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| episodes1 = 14

| start1 = 3 November 1989

| end1 = 2 February 1990

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| start2 = 4 October 1992

| end2 = 7 December 1992

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= Season one: ''Brigada Central'' =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 1

| EpisodeNumber2 = 1

| Title = Flores El Gitano

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|11|03|df=y}}

| Viewers = 13.5{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1989/11/18/radiotv/627346804_850215.html|title=El primer capítulo de 'Brigada Central' fue visto por 13 millones de personas|newspaper=El País|language=es|date=18 November 1989}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 2

| EpisodeNumber2 = 2

| Title = Sólo para los amigos

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|11|10|df=y}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 3

| EpisodeNumber2 = 3

| Title = Vistas al mar

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|11|17|df=y}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 4

| EpisodeNumber2 = 4

| Title = Último modelo

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|11|24|df=y}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 5

| EpisodeNumber2 = 5

| Title = Pies de plomo

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|12|01|df=y}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 6

| EpisodeNumber2 = 6

| Title = Asuntos de rutina

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|12|08|df=y}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 7

| EpisodeNumber2 = 7

| Title = Noche sin fin

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|12|15|df=y}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 8

| EpisodeNumber2 = 8

| Title = El ángel de la muerte

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|12|22|df=y}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 9

| EpisodeNumber2 = 9

| Title = El cebo

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|12|29|df=y}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 10

| EpisodeNumber2 = 10

| Title = Antigüedades

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|01|05|df=y}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 11

| EpisodeNumber2 = 11

| Title = Desde el pasado

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|01|12|df=y}}

| Viewers = 9.0{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1990/02/16/radiotv/635122803_850215.html|title=La película 'El golpe' tuvo en enero la mayor audiencia de TVE|newspaper=El País|language=es|date=16 February 1990}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 12

| EpisodeNumber2 = 12

| Title = La dama de las camelias

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|01|19|df=y}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 13

| EpisodeNumber2 = 13

| Title = El hombre del reloj

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|01|26|df=y}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 14

| EpisodeNumber2 = 14

| Title = Turno de noche

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|02|02|df=y}}

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= Season two: ''Brigada Central II: La guerra blanca'' =

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| EpisodeNumber = 15

| EpisodeNumber2 = 1

| Title = Érase una vez dos polis

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|10|04|df=y}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 16

| EpisodeNumber2 = 2

| Title = La sospecha

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|10|04|df=y}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 17

| EpisodeNumber2 = 3

| Title = La trampa

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|10|05|df=y}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 18

| EpisodeNumber2 = 4

| Title = El encuentro

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|10|12|df=y}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 19

| EpisodeNumber2 = 5

| Title = Cita en Medellín

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|10|19|df=y}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 20

| EpisodeNumber2 = 6

| Title = La fiesta

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|10|26|df=y}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 21

| EpisodeNumber2 = 7

| Title = La caza del hombre

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|11|02|df=y}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 22

| EpisodeNumber2 = 8

| Title = La huida

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|11|09|df=y}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 23

| EpisodeNumber2 = 9

| Title = Bingo

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|11|16|df=y}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 24

| EpisodeNumber2 = 10

| Title = El banquero

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|11|23|df=y}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 25

| EpisodeNumber2 = 11

| Title = Los capos no mueren

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|11|30|df=y}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 26

| EpisodeNumber2 = 12

| Title = Los herederos

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|12|07|df=y}}

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Accolades

=TP de Oro=

{{main|TP de Oro}}

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Year

!Category

!Recipient

!Result

!Ref.

rowspan=2| 1989

| colspan=2| Best Spanish Series

| {{won}}

| rowspan=2|{{cite news|title=Premios TP de Oro 1989|magazine=Teleprograma|date=5 March 1990|number=1248|language=es}}

Best Actor

| Imanol Arias

| {{won}}

rowspan=4| 1990

| colspan=2| Best Spanish Series

| {{won}}

| rowspan=4|{{cite news|title=Premios TP de Oro 1990|magazine=Teleprograma|date=18 March 1991|number=1302|language=es}}

rowspan=2| Best Actor

| Imanol Arias

| {{won}}

José Coronado

| {{nom}}

Best Actress

| Assumpta Serna

| {{nom}}

Notes

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References

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Further reading

  • {{cite journal | last = González de Garay | first = B. | date = July 2012 | title = Hacia una contextualización histórico-cultural de "Brigada Central" /TVE 1:1989): Leyendo la transición democrática en España en el drama televisivo de calidad y el género policiaco| journal = Área Abierta| volume = 12 | issue = 2 | language = es | doi = 10.5209/rev_ARAB.2012.n32.39636 | doi-access = free }}

External links

  • [https://www.rtve.es/play/videos/brigada-central Brigada Central] at RTVE Play {{In lang|es}}
  • {{IMDb title|0222534}}
  • {{IMDb title|0196255|Brigada central II: La guerra blanca}}

{{Televisión Española original series}}

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Category:Television shows based on Spanish novels

Category:La 1 (Spanish TV channel) network series

Category:1989 Spanish television series debuts

Category:1992 Spanish television series endings

Category:1990s crime drama television series