Piratas

Set in the 18th century, the fiction follows the exploits of Álvaro Mondego (Óscar Jaenada), a member of the nobility who ends up captured by a pirate crew led by Captain Bocanegra (Aitor Mazo) and his daughter Carmen (Pilar Rubio).[1][2][3]

• Óscar Jaenada as Álvaro Mondego.[4]
• Pilar Rubio as Carmen Bocanegra.[4]
• Silvia Abascal as Blanca Díaz de Andrade, Marquise of Toro.[5]
• Miguel Ortiz as Esteban Yáñez de Oliveira.[4]
• Aitor Mazo as Captain Bocanegra.[4]
• Xenia Tostado as Victoria Falcón.[4]
• Luis Zahera as Puñales.[4]
• Áxel Fernández as Antón Velasco.[4]
• Octavi Pujades as Rodrigo Malvar.[4]
• Babou Cham as Aymán Kadar.[4]
• Xabier Deive as Fosco.[4]
• Luis Iglesia as Intendant Gaspar Falcón.[4]
• Luisa Merelas as Doña Beatriz Jiménez de Vicuña.[4]

Created by Carlos Portela,[6] Piratas was produced by Telecinco in collaboration with Mandarina.[7] Jorge Coira and Jorge Saavedra directed the episodes.[8] Filming began in August 2010 in Galicia.[7] The series premiered on 9 May 2011.[9] The first episode earned good viewership ratings (3,454,000 viewers and 17.2% share) and led the prime time slot.[10] However interested rapidly waned and the series ended its broadcasting run on 27 June 2011 with only a 10.3% audience share, averaging 2,027,000 viewers and a 11.9% audience share across the 8 episodes.[9] The episodes' release time was also progressively delayed by the channel.[9]