Compañeros (TV series)

Compañeros (lit. 'Companions') is a Spanish teen drama television series. Produced by Globomedia, it aired on Antena 3 from 1998 to 2002.

Premise
The fiction follows the mishaps of a group of teenagers studying for the Bachillerato at the Instituto Azcona.

Cast

 * Eva Santolaria as Valle Bermejo.
 * Antonio Hortelano as Quimi Verdet.
 * as Sara Antón.
 * Nicolás Belmonte as Eloy Rubio.
 * as César Vallalta.
 * as Isabel Arbueso.
 * Ruth Núñez as Tanja Mijatovic.
 * as Arancha Alberti.
 * as Lolo Bermejo Fuentes.
 * as Luismi Bárcenas.
 * Clara Lago as Desirée.
 * Miguel Rellán as Félix Torán.
 * Francis Lorenzo as Alfredo Torán.
 * as Rocío.
 * Beatriz Carvajal as Marisa Viñé.
 * Cristina Peña as Jose.
 * César Vea as Gustavo.
 * David Janer as Martín.
 * Begoña Maestre as Duna Belarde.
 * Tina Sainz as Tere Roncesvalles.
 * Mercè Pons as Ana.

Production and release
The series premiered on 25 March 1998. Produced by Globomedia and created by Manuel Valdivia, the series was initially produced with a tight budget. It eventually became one of the most iconic Spanish fiction series. The broadcasting run, comprising 121 episodes and 9 seasons, ended on 16 July 2002.

Compañeros sparked a 2001 feature film spin-off, , titled after the series' popular opening theme, which was composed by Daniel Sánchez de la Hera and performed by , and then and Marte Menguante. In 2018, Colegas, a spoof web series (paying homage to Compañeros and another popular teen drama series from the 1990s, Al salir de clase), featuring some actors from the series, was broadcast on Playz.