Release Date

06 Jul, 1992

Runtime

00:30: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

158/1

Synopsis

Eldorado was a British soap opera that ran for only one year, from 6 July 1992 to 9 July 1993. Set in the fictional town of Los Barcos on the Costa del Sol in Spain and based around the lives of British and European expats, the BBC hoped it would be as successful as EastEnders and replicate some of the sunshine and glamour of imported Australian soaps such as Home and Away and Neighbours. A co-production between the BBC and independent production company Cinema Verity, Eldorado aired three times a week in a high-profile evening slot on the mainstream channel BBC1, filling the slot vacated by Terry Wogan's chat show Wogan, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7.00pm. In spite of a high-profile advertising campaign on television, radio and in the press preceding the launch, the programme was not initially a popular hit with viewers and critics. Ratings improved with a radical overhaul, but it was eventually cancelled by the new controller of BBC1, Alan Yentob.

Original Title

Eldorado

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Season 1

06 Jul, 1992

Created By

Julia Smith

Tony Holland

Actors

Jesse Birdsall

Sandra Sandri

Roger Walker

Kathy Pitkin

Patricia Brake

Campbell Morrison

Julie Fernandez

Josh Nathan

William Lucas

Hilary Crane

Faith Kent

Buki Armstrong

Roland Curram

Leslee Udwin

Polly Perkins

Derek Martin

Clare Wilkie

Kim Rømer

Darren Newton

Jon-Paul Gates

Franco Rey