# El comisario

El comisario is a Spanish police drama television series that originally aired for twelve seasons from 1999 to 2009 on Telecinco. Produced by BocaBoca and Estudios Picasso and starring an ensemble cast with the likes of Tito Valverde, Juanjo Artero, Elena Irureta, Marcial Álvarez, Jaime Pujol, Cristina Perales and Fernando Andina, among others, the plot tracks the daily life the members of the Cuerpo Nacional de Policía at the police station of San Fernando in Madrid.

## Premise

The fiction, a police drama, is set in the 'San Fernando' police station, in the fictional district of the same name in Madrid. It deals with the daily life of the Cuerpo Nacional de Policía agents working in the station.
Gerardo Castilla serves as a cold but respectful Chief Police officer for the entire series. Recurring personal subplots include the friendship between Pope and Charlie, and the up and downs of the relationship between Charlie and Elo.

## Cast
### Final cast

| Actor | Character | Seasons |
| Tito Valverde | Gerardo Castilla | 1 – 12 |
| Joaquín Climent | Pascual Moreno | 1 – 12 |
| Elena Irureta | Laura Hurtado | 1 – 12 |
| Juanjo Artero | Carlos "Charlie" Márquez | 1 – 12 |
| Jaime Puyol | Andrés Casqueiro | 1 – 12 |
| Marcial Álvarez | Jorge "Pope" San Juan | 1 – 12 |
| Cristina Perales | Eloísa "Elo" Soriano | 1 – 12 |
| Patxi Freytez | Mikel Miralles | 2 – 12 |
| Fernando Andina | Lucas Aguilar | 5 – 12 |
| Rocío Muñoz | Eva Ríos | 9 – 12 |
| Iris Díaz | Vanesa Santana | 9 – 12 |
| Eva Martín | Josefa "Pepa" Romero | 11 – 12 |
| Ruth Gabriel | Federica "Fede" Villalta | 12 |
| José Luís Torrijos | Santos Marino | 12 |
| Cristina Castaño | Sara Ruíz | 12 |

### Departed cast

| Actor | Character | Seasons |
| Andoni Ferreño | Vidal | 1 |
| Nathalie Poza | Alicia Ponce | 1 |
| Tristán Ulloa | Julio Ponce | 1 – 2 |
| María Jesús Sirvent | Rosario Ponce | 1 – 4 |
| Francesc Orella | † Telmo Chacón | 2 – 4 |
| Mar Regueras | Dolores "Lola" Écija | 2 – 5 |
| Charo Zapardiel | † Rita Carvajal | 1 – 7 |
| Silvia Abascal / Mercé Llorens | Sonia Castilla | 1 – 2 / 8 |
| Laura Domínguez | Cristina "Tina" Mariño | 1 – 4 / 8 |
| Pilar Punzano | † Ángela Alonso | 6 – 8 |
| Manu Fullola | José Raimundo "Joserra" García | 6 – 8 |
| Zutoia Alarcia | Elena Serrano | 6 – 10 |
| Margarita Lascoiti | Guadalupe "Lupe" López | 1 – 11 |
| Paula Echevarría | † Clara Osma | 8 – 11 |
| Marisol Membrillo | † Ángeles "Geli" Chamorro | 9 – 11 |
| Diego Molero | Horacio Abarca | 9 – 11 |

## Production and release

Produced by BocaBoca and Estudios Picasso, the series was known as 'Las calles de San Fernando' prior to its release. The producers initially envisioned a dramedy, but the series was eventually re-written as a police drama. The series began airing on 26 April 1999. The series featured a 50 million peseta budget per episode, high for Spanish television at the time. The broadcasting run ended on 2 January 2009, after nearly 10 years on-air, 12 seasons and 191 episodes.
Tito Valverde and Juanjo Artero reprised their characters in El Príncipe in 2016, in guest appearances.

## Episodes

| Series | Episodes | Episodes | Originally aired | Originally aired | Originally aired | Average viewership | Share (%) | Ref. |
| Series | Episodes | Episodes | First aired | Last aired | Network | Average viewership | Share (%) | Ref. |
| 1 | 9 | 9 | 26 April 1999 (1999-04-26) | 21 June 1999 (1999-06-21) | Telecinco | 4,426,000 | 26.6 | |
| 2 | 17 | 17 | 3 January 2000 (2000-01-03) | 24 April 2000 (2000-04-24) | Telecinco | 4,100,000 | 24.4 | |
| 3 | 22 | 22 | 8 January 2001 (2001-01-08) | 28 May 2001 (2001-05-28) | Telecinco | 4,250,000 | 24.8 | |
| 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 January 2002 (2002-01-07) | 9 April 2002 (2002-04-09) | Telecinco | 3,733,000 | 22.3 | |
| 5 | 15 | 15 | 3 September 2002 (2002-09-03) | 18 December 2002 (2002-12-18) | Telecinco | 3,750,000 | 22.9 | |
| 6 | 13 | 13 | 23 April 2003 (2003-04-23) | 16 July 2003 (2003-07-16) | Telecinco | 3,909,000 | 25.7 | |
| 7 | 13 | 13 | 7 January 2004 (2004-01-07) | 31 March 2004 (2004-03-31) | Telecinco | 4,631,000 | 26.1 | |
| 8 | 20 | 20 | 19 October 2004 (2004-10-19) | 18 March 2005 (2005-03-18) | Telecinco | 4,920,000 | 29.2 | |
| 9 | 24 | 24 | 18 November 2005 (2005-11-18) | 25 April 2006 (2006-04-25) | Telecinco | 4,257,000 | 24.6 | |
| 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 October 2006 (2006-10-10) | 26 December 2006 (2006-12-26) | Telecinco | 4,165,000 | 23.0 | |
| 11 | 16 | 16 | 14 September 2007 (2007-09-14) | 14 December 2007 (2007-12-14) | Telecinco | 3,493,000 | 22.6 | |
| 12 | 16 | 16 | 12 September 2008 (2008-09-12) | 2 January 2009 (2009-01-02) | Telecinco | 2,122,000 | 15.1 | |