Velvet (also known as Galerías Velvet)[1] is a Spanish drama television series created by Ramón Campos and Gema R. María and produced by Bambú Producciones for Antena 3.[2] Its budget is estimated in 500,000 euros per episode.[3] The main storyline of the show is the love story of Alberto Márquez (played by Miguel Ángel Silvestre), heir of Galerías Velvet, one of the most prestigious fashion houses in the Spain of the late 1950s, and Ana Ribera (Paula Echevarría), who works as a seamstress there.
| Velvet | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Galerías Velvet |
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Ramón Campos Gema R. Neira |
| Directed by | Carlos Sedes David Pinillos |
| Starring | Paula Echevarría Miguel Ángel Silvestre |
| Theme music composer | Lucio Godoy |
| Opening theme | "Falling in Love" by Alba Llibre |
| Country of origin | Spain |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 55 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Atresmedia |
| Running time | 70 minutes (approx.) |
| Production company | Bambú Producciones |
| Original release | |
| Network | Antena 3 |
| Release | February 17, 2014 – December 21, 2016 |
| Related | |
| Velvet Colección | |
Cast
editThis is the list of characters of the series.[4]
- Paula Echevarría as Ana Ribera López de Márquez
- Miguel Ángel Silvestre as Alberto Márquez Navarro
- Aitana Sánchez-Gijón as Blanca Soto Fernández
- Manuela Velasco as Cristina Otegui Mendoza
- Javier Rey as Mateo Ruiz Lagasca
- Marta Hazas as Clara Montesinos Martín de Ruiz
- Cecilia Freire as Margarita "Rita" Montesinos Martín de Infantes
- Adrián Lastra as Pedro Infantes
- Miriam Giovanelli as Patricia Márquez Campos vda. de Alcocer
- José Sacristán as Emilio López
- Asier Etxeandía as Raúl de la Riva
- Diego Martín as Enrique Otegui Mendoza
- Amaia Salamanca as Barbara de Senilliosa de Otegui
- Peter Vives as Carlos Álvarez
- Llorenç González as Jonás Infantes
- Pastora Vega as Carmen Alcocer vda. de Alcocer
- Francesco Testi as Marco Cafiero
- Concha Velasco as Petra Alcalde Vargas
- Aitor Luna as Humberto Santamaría
- Tito Valverde as Rafael Márquez Encinas
- Juan Ribó as Francisco
- Pep Munné as Gerardo Otegui
- Cristina de Inza as Aurora "Aurorita" Vargas
- Ángela Molina as Isabel Navarro vda. de Márquez
- Gorka Otxoa as Valentín Alcocer Alcocer
- Supporting characters
- Sara Rivero as Carmen Soto
- Cristina Plazas as Pilar Márquez Encinas
- Ana Labordeta as Cayetana
- Manuela Vellés as Luisa Rivas
- Teresa Calo as Nieves
- Paula González as Ana Ribera López (child)
- Georgina Amorós as Ana Ribera López (teenager)
- Santi Díaz as Alberto Navarro Márquez (child)
- Oriol Puig as Alberto Navarro Márquez (teenager)
- Natalia Millán as Gloria Campos
- Eduardo Santos as Jaime
- Maxi Iglesias as Maximiliano "Max" Expósito
- Mauro Rivera as Felipe Murillo
- Marisa Ruiz as Elvira
- Rut Santamaría as Pepita
- Pedro Miguel Martínez as Fernando Valela
- Inma Cuevas as Genoveva
- Guillermo Barrientos as Domínguez
- Eva Ugarte as Rosa María "Rosamari" Blázquez
- Gael Flores as Manuel "Manolito" Infantes Blázquez
- Cristina Llorente as Susú Miravelles
- Alberto Ferreiro as Juan
- Benito Sagredo as Adolfo Valor
- Kimberley Tell as Gracia de Mónaco
- Christophe Miraval as Secretario Real de Mónaco
- Cuca Escribano as Lidia Cano
- Peter Vives as Carlos Álvarez
- Silvia Marsó as Julia Lagasca
- Anna Briansó as Herminia Lagasca
- Marisa Lahoz as Sagrario Lagasca
- Juan Gea as Lorenzo Palacios
- Carolina Bang as Verónica Lago
- Ginés García Millán as Esteban Márquez Encinas
- Juana Acosta as Sara Ortega
- Daniel Guzmán as Lucas Ruiz Lagasca
- Kiti Mánver as Consuelo Martín
- Juli Mira as Fernando Montesinos
- William Miller as Belategui
- Empar Ferrer as Tía de Rita
- Carlos Gorbe as Víctor
- Andrea Masulli as Ramira
- Alfonso Manjavacas as Alfonso
- Víctor Ullate as O'Brien
- Charlotte Vega as Lucía Márquez
- Manu Fullola as Miguel Serrano
- Lolo Martín as José Luis
- Frank Crudele as Enzo Cafiero
- Asier Hernández as Ernesto
- Emilio Linder as Pablo Granados
- Jesús Cabrero as Detective
- Chema Tena as Police
- Cristóbal Araqué as Periodista
- Ramón Rados as Ginecólogo2
- Natalia Barceló as Enfermera
- José Navar as Sr. Barbé
- Paco Lahoz as Félix
- Chema Ruiz as Doctor
- Manuel Millán as Ginecólogo
- Josu Ormaetxe as Doctor2
- José Luis Navarro as Padre Don Amancio
- Paula Prendes as Adele Lavigne
- Naia Guz as Cristina "Cris" Mendoza Otegui
- Isidoro Fernández as Notario
- Álvaro Roig as Dr. Quintanilla
- Chisco Amado as Ricardo Palacios
- Carlos Martínez Merón as Dr. de Patricia
- Iria del Río as Antonia Infantes
- Aitor Calderón as Alberto Márquez Ribera
- Alberto Roldán as Miguel Infantes Montesinos
- Iker Mazón as Jorge Infantes Montesinos
- Toni Agustí as Julián Sarmiento
- Nando González as Doctor Isasa
- Chema León as Juan
- Pep Miràs as Manuel
- Julián Ortega as Photographer
- Xavi Lite as Dr. de Valentín
- Huichi Chiu as Asian woman
International broadcast
editIn the 2014 edition of MIPTV Media Market, the rights for Velvet were acquired by Italy's RAI and France's M6. RAI also got the rights for a remake.[5] In Lithuania, it started airing on LNK on 1 June 2014.[6] In Greece and Cyprus, it is airing on Nova Life and from 20 June is airing also from ANT1 and ANT1 Cyprus.[7] In Finland, the series started airing in December 2015 on YLE Teema. In Slovenia the premiere was on RTVSLO on 15 May 2016, and in Slovakia it was on TV Doma on 4 July 2016. Czech republic Prima LOVETV on 13 October 2018
This series is also available on the Netflix streaming service in the USA, Latin America, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Germany, the UK, and Thailand.
Spin-off
editOn 9 February 2017, subscription platform Movistar+ announced they had acquired the rights to produce a spin-off series of Velvet, titled Velvet Colección, which will be centered on the opening of a second Galerías Velvet store in Barcelona in 1967. Adrián Lastra as Pedro Infantes, Asier Etxeandia as Raúl de la Riva, Llorenç González as Jonás Infantes, Javier Rey as Mateo Ruiz Lagasca, Marta Hazas as Clara Montesinos, Diego Martín as Enrique Otegui, and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón as Blanca Soto reprise their roles; Paula Echevarría and José Sacristán also appear as Ana Ribera and Emilio López respectively in the first episode.[8] New actors include Imanol Arias, Adriana Ozores, Mónica Cruz, Andrea Duro and Marta Torné.[9] The series premiered on 21 September 2017.[10]
Episodes
editSeries overview
edit| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Average viewership | Average share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||||
| 1 | 16 | January 17, 2014 | May 26, 2014 | 4 262 000 | 21.8% | |
| 2 | 13 | October 21, 2014 | February 23, 2015 | 4 101 000 | 22.2% | |
| 3 | 15 | July 10, 2015 | December 17, 2015 | 3 159 000 | 18.2% | |
| 4 | 11 | October 5, 2016 | December 21, 2016 | 3 572 000 | 21.1% | |
Season 1 (2014)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title [11] | Directed by | Original air date | Spain viewers (millions) [12] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Alas de mariposa/Butterfly Wings" | Carlos Sedes | January 17, 2014 | 4.85 |
| 2 | 2 | "Y llegó ella/And She Arrived" | David Pinillos & Carlos Sedes | February 24, 2014 | 4.37 |
| 3 | 3 | "Nada es tan sencillo/Nothing is so simple" | David Pinillos | March 3, 2014 | 4.42 |
| 4 | 4 | "El diseñador/The designer" | Carlos Sedes | March 10, 2014 | 4.11 |
| 5 | 5 | "Entre dos mujeres/Between two women" | Carlos Sedes | March 17, 2014 | 4.22 |
| 6 | 6 | "París" | David Pinillos | March 24, 2014 | 4.02 |
| 7 | 7 | "El día después/The day after" | David Pinillos | March 31, 2014 | 4.18 |
| 8 | 8 | "Le decisión de Alberto/Alberto's choice" | Carlos Sedes | April 7, 2014 | 4.05 |
| 9 | 9 | "El gran día/The big day" | Carlos Sedes | April 14, 2014 | 3.70 |
| 10 | 10 | "Los restos del naufragio/The remains of the shipwreck" | David Pinillos | April 21, 2014 | 4.08 |
| 11 | 11 | "La visita/The visitor" | David Pinillos | April 28, 2014 | 4.20 |
| 12 | 12 | "Terciopelo azul/Blue Velvet" | Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo | May 5, 2014 | 4.06 |
| 13 | 13 | "Mentiras piadosas/Compassionate Lies" | Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo | May 12, 2014 | 4.19 |
| 14 | 14 | "La noche de la reina/Night of the Queen" | Sílvia Quer | May 19, 2014 | 4.50 |
| 15 | 15 | "Cuenta atrás/Countdown" | Sílvia Quer | May 26, 2014 | 4.67 |
Season 2 (2014–15)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title [11] | Directed by | Original air date | Spain viewers (millions) [12] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 1 | "La noche de los alfileres" | Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo | October 21, 2014 | 4.08 |
| 17 | 2 | "Remontando el vuelo" | David Pinillos & Carlos Sedes | October 28, 2014 | 3.91 |
| 18 | 3 | "Días de gloria" | Carlos Sedes | November 4, 2014 | 4.03 |
| 19 | 4 | "Coser y cantar" | Carlos Sedes | November 11, 2014 | 4.03 |
| 20 | 5 | "¿Quién da más?" | Carlos Sedes | November 18, 2014 | 3.80 |
| 21 | 6 | "New York, New York" | David Pinillos | November 25, 2014 | 4.17 |
| 22 | 7 | "Por los aires" | David Pinillos | December 2, 2014 | 4.11 |
| 23 | 8 | "Navidades blancas" | Carlos Sedes | December 9, 2014 | 4.14 |
| 24 | 9 | "Noche de reyes" | David Pinillos | December 16, 2014 | 4.36 |
| 25 | 10 | "La otra noche de reyes" | David Pinillos | January 26, 2015 | 3.32 |
| 26 | 11 | "La hora de la verdad" | Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo | February 2, 2015 | 4.01 |
| 27 | 12 | "Hoy es el día de los enamoradoss" | Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo | February 9, 2015 | 3.95 |
| 28 | 13 | "Despedidas" | Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo | February 16, 2015 | 4.06 |
| 29 | 14 | "Una boda y un funeral" | Carlos Sedes | February 23, 2015 | 4.60 |
Ratings
edit| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired | Avg. viewers (millions) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Viewers (millions) |
Date | Viewers (millions) | |||
| 1 | 15 | January 17, 2014 | 4.85[11] | May 26, 2014 | 4.67[11] | 4.25 |
| 2 | 14 | October 21, 2014 | 4.08[11] | February 23, 2015 | 4.60[11] | 4.05 |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2nd MiM Series Awards | Best Drama Series | Nominated | [13] | |
| Best Creation | Won | ||||
| Best Direction | Nominated | ||||
| Best Actress | Paula Echevarría | Nominated | |||
| Best Actor | Miguel Ángel Silvestre | Nominated | |||
| 2015 | 65th Fotogramas de Plata | Best TV Actress | Cecilia Freire | Nominated | [14] |
| Best TV Actor | Asier Etxeandia | Nominated | |||
| 3rd MiM Series Awards | Best Drama Actress | Paula Echevarría | Nominated | [15] | |
| 2016 | 25th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Television Actress in a Secondary Role | Cecilia Freire | Nominated | [16][17] |
| Best Television Actor in a Secondary Role | Asier Etxeandia | Won | |||
| Best Television Actor in a Minor Role | Diego Martín | Nominated | |||
| 4th MiM Series Awards | Best Drama Actress | Paula Echevarría | Nominated | [18] | |
| 2017 | 4th Feroz Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series | José Sacristán | Won | [19] |
| Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series | Cecilia Freire | Nominated | |||
| 67th Fotogramas de Plata | Best Spanish TV Series | Nominated | [20] | ||
| Best TV Actress | Paula Echevarría | Won | |||
| Cecilia Freire | Nominated | ||||
| Best TV Actor | Asier Etxeandia | Nominated | |||
| 26th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Television Actor in a Leading Role | José Sacristán | Nominated | [21][22] | |
| Best Television Actor in a Secondary Role | Asier Etxeandia | Nominated | |||
| Best Television Actor in a Minor Role | Adrián Lastra | Won | |||
References
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- ^ Bermejo, Miguel; López, Tony (31 January 2015). "Antena 3 cumple 25 años: recordamos 25 series que han marcado su historia (parte 2)". Fórmula TV (in Spanish). Madrid: Noxvo Editorial. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ^ Redondo, David (14 October 2013). ""Cada capítulo de 'Galerías Velvet' cuesta unos 500.000 euros"". Cadena SER (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2018.
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- ^ Roxborough, Scott (4 June 2014). "MIPTV: Italy's Rai Uno Orders Local Version of Spanish Period Drama 'Velvet'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ "Velvet". LNK. 2014. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ "ANT1: Έρχεται ισπανική σειρά – Πότε κάνει πρεμιέρα". Youfly (in Greek). 7 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ "Movistar+ compra a Atresmedia los derechos de Velvet para hacer una continuación de la serie". 9 February 2017.
- ^ "Imanol Arias ficha por 'Velvet colección'". El País. 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Movistar+ pone fecha de estreno al regreso de 'Velvet'". 20 July 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "Capítulos Velvet". formulatv.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Audiencias Velvet". formulatv.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ "MIM Series: 'El tiempo entre costuras' triunfa en unos premios repartidos con 'El Príncipe' y 'LQSA'". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 2 December 2014.
- ^ "Michelle Jenner y Rodolfo Sancho, premiados en los Fotogramas de Plata 2014". El Periódico. 3 March 2015.
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- ^ "'La novia', 'B, la película', 'La piedra oscura' y 'Vis a vis' triunfan en los Premios de la Unión de Actores". El Mundo. 15 March 2016.
- ^ "Maggie Civantos y 'Vis a vis', en las candidaturas de los Premios de la Unión de Actores". Diario Sur. 16 February 2016.
- ^ Martínez, Paula (28 November 2016). "Listado de ganadores de los Premios MiM 2016". FormulaTV.
- ^ "La lista completa de ganadores de los premios Feroz 2017". HuffPost. 23 January 2017.
- ^ "Todos los ganadores de los Fotogramas de Plata 2016". El Televisero. 7 March 2017.
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