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Original language(s) Spanish First episode date 11 October 1981 Network La 1 | 7.8/10 IMDb Country of origin Spain No. of seasons 1 Final episode date 14 February 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genre Comedy-dramaTeen drama Starring Antonio FerrandisMiguel JovenPilar TorresJuan José ArteroJosé Luis FernándezMiguel Ángel ValeroGerardo GarridoCristina TorresMaría Garralón Similar La Bola de Cristal, Curro Jiménez, El Barco, Farmacia de guardia, Cuéntame cómo pasó | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Verano azul (English: Blue Summer) is a famous Spanish television drama series directed by Antonio Mercero that was first broadcast on La Primera Cadena of Televisión Española from October 11, 1981 to February 14, 1982.
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The series tells the adventures of a group of youngsters between ages 9 and 17, while on summer vacation in a small coastal town on the Spanish Mediterranean Costa del Sol.
With 19 episodes it drew up to 20 million viewers in Spain (Televisión Española was the only television network available in Spain until 1983) and has been re-run several times since then. It has left a deep impact over several generations of viewers and has become part of Spain's common cultural memory. It was also broadcast in Latin America, Portugal, France, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Poland and Czechoslovakia.
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Characters
The main characters include the children and teenagers Bea (Pilar Torres), Desi (Cristina Torres), Javi (Juanjo Artero), Pancho (José Luis Fernández), Quique (Gerardo Garrido), Piraña (Miguel Ángel Valero) and Tito (Miguel Joven), as well as two adults, the retired sailor Chanquete (Antonio Ferrandis) and the painter Julia (María Garralón).
Production
The series was filmed in 16 months, between August 1979 and December 1980, mainly in Nerja in the Province of Málaga with additional footage filmed in Motril and Almuñécar in the Province of Granada. There were 20 episodes initially planned but one of the episodes (titled "The Excursion") had to be cancelled during filming due to difficulties in its production.
For Bulgarians and Poles born in the early 1970s to early 1980s, "Verano Azul" introduced certain serious teen themes that had never been seen on TV under the socialist system, such as the hippie lifestyle, parental divorce, and the death of close friends, among others. It was one of the very few youth-oriented TV shows behind the Iron Curtain whose liberated atmosphere contrasted with the usual ideological indoctrination of the programming.