Plutón B.R.B. Nero
{{Short description|Television series}}
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| genre = Science fiction
Sitcom
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| writer = Álex de la Iglesia
Jorge Guerricaechevarria
Pepón Montero
Juan Maidagán
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| director = Álex de la Iglesia
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| starring = Antonio Gil
Carlos Areces
{{ill|Enrique Martínez (actor)|es|lt=Enrique Martínez}}
Carolina Bang
Manuel Tallafé
Enrique Villén
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| country = Spain
| language = Spanish
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 26
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| executive_producer = {{ill|Pedro Costa Musté|es|Pedro Costa|lt=Pedro Costa}}
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| company = Pánico Films
| network = La 2
| first_aired = {{Start date|2008|09|24|df=yes}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2009|12|30|df=yes}}
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Plutón B.R.B. Nero is a Spanish science-fiction sitcom television series directed by Álex de la Iglesia. Produced by Pedro Costa and Pánico Films,{{Cite web|url=https://vertele.eldiario.es/verteletv/actualidad/Alex-Iglesia-espacial-Television-Espanola_0_935606445.html|website=Vertele|title=Álex de la Iglesia inicia su viaje espacial en Televisión Española|date=16 July 2008}} its two seasons originally aired on La 2 from September 2008 to December 2009.
Production and release
Regarding the screenwriting, and besides de la Iglesia's recurrent partnership with Jorge Guerricaecheverria, he also collaborated with Pepón Montero and Juan Maidagán, writers of Camera Café.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/actualidad/20080924/alex-iglesia-estrena-2-pluton-224227|website=El Periódico|first=Antonio|last=Gómez|title=Álex de la Iglesia estrena en La 2 'Plutón BRB Nero'|date=24 September 2008}}
The first episode premiered on 24 September 2008. Titled El origen de Roswell, it commanded a 5.8% share of audience, above the channel's average.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espinof.com/series-de-ficcion/pluton-brb-nero-si-o-no|website=Espinof|title=Plutón BRB Nero ¿sí o no?|date=25 September 2008}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/8905/audiencias-hospital-central-supera-con-claridad-a-los-hombres-de-paco/|website=FormulaTV|title='Hospital Central' supera con claridad a 'Los hombres de Paco'|date=25 September 2008}} The last episode aired in December 2009.{{Cite web|url=https://www.noticiasdegipuzkoa.eus/cultura/2020/11/24/hay-salvar-cines-plataformas-vive/1070419.html|website=Noticias de Gipuzkoa|date=24 November 2020|title="Hay que salvar los cines, pero con las plataformas se vive una edad de oro"}}
Premise
Year 2530. The ship Plutón BRB Nero travels across outer space, seeking to find a habitable planet as the Earth is fully built up.{{Cite web|website=Vertele|publisher=eldiario.es|date=23 September 2008|url=https://vertele.eldiario.es/verteletv/actualidad/Pluton-BRBNero-sueno-TVE-realidad_0_956304371.html|title="Con 'Plutón BRBNero', el sueño de TVE se hace realidad"}}
Cast
;Control room
- Antonio Gil, as Captain Valladares.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lne.es/tv-espectaculos/2008/09/24/pluton-brb-nero-accion-androide-21643274.html|website=La Nueva España|title="Plutón BRB Nero", acción androide en La 2|date=24 September 2008}}
- Carlos Areces, as Querejeta, a pilot.
- Carolina Bang, as Lorna, an android.
- Enrique Villén, as Roswell, an alien.
;Engine room
- {{ill|Enrique Martínez (actor)|es|lt=Enrique Martínez}}, as Hoffman, a maintenance technician.
- {{ill|Manuel Tallafé|es}}, as Wollensky, an android.
;From Earth
- Gracia Olayo, as Merche, Valladares' wife.
- Mariano Venancio, as Macaulay Culkin III, the President.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|tt1245696}}
{{Álex de la Iglesia}}
{{Televisión Española original series}}
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Category:La 2 (Spanish TV channel) network series
Category:Science fiction comedy
Category:Spanish science fiction television series
Category:Spanish television sitcoms
Category:2008 Spanish television series debuts
Category:2009 Spanish television series endings
Category:Television series set in the 26th century