Cuéntame cómo pasó
| Cuéntame cómo pasó | |
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| Also known as | Cuéntame |
| Genre | Drama, Historical, Comedy |
| Created by | Miguel Ángel Bernardeau |
| Written by | Alberto Macías Eduardo Ladrón de Guevara |
| Starring |
Imanol Arias Ana Duato Ricardo Gómez María Galiana Pablo Rivero Irene Visedo Paula Gallego José Sancho Juan Echanove Ana Arias Lluvia Rojo |
| Narrated by | Carlos Hipólito |
| Opening theme | Cuéntame |
| Country of origin | Spain |
| Original language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 18 (+1 confirmed) |
| No. of episodes | 329 (+19 confirmed) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Miguel Ángel Bernardeau |
| Location(s) |
Madrid Arahuetes (Segovia) as Sagrillas (Albacete) |
| Running time | 60–90 mins |
| Production company(s) | Grupo Ganga Producciones for Televisión Española |
| Release | |
| Original network | La 1, TVE Internacional |
| Original release | 13 September 2001 – present |
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| Website | |
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Cuéntame cómo pasó (English: Tell me how it happened), also known as Cuéntame, is a Spanish television drama series which has been broadcast on La 1 of Televisión Española since 2001. It is the longest running prime-time series in the history of television in Spain.
The series recounts the experiences of a middle-class family, the Alcántaras (Spanish: Los Alcántara), during the last years of the rule of Francisco Franco and the beginning of the Spanish Transition to democracy.
Initially the series was to be titled Nuestro Ayer, but it finally was titled Cuéntame. This name comes from the famous song Cuéntame by the Spanish 1960s pop band Fórmula V. In March 2002, during the first season, the title was changed to Cuéntame cómo pasó because Cuéntame was already registered.
The series was created to celebrate the first 25 years since Spain's transition to democracy, and its didactic spirit is clearly evident in some of the episodes. In special episodes it includes documentary interviews with historical figures of the era, such as people concerned with the assassination of then prime minister Carrero Blanco and the death of Franco.
The first episode was broadcast on 13 September 2001. The series begins in April 1968 with the arrival of television to the house of the Alcántaras just in time to watch the victory of Massiel in the Eurovision Song Contest. The story reflects the changes in Spain beginning that day.
In July 2016, TVE and Grupo Ganga announced that the series, after its 17th season, would be renewed for up to 2 more seasons, with the storyline moving firmly into the mid 1980s after the "Movida madrileña".
Through situations, characters, and attitudes of the era, the series evokes a wistful reminiscence of those times. In this respect it can be compared to the series The Wonder Years, which did the same thing for US history.
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