Goenkale

Goenkale
Created by	Pausoka Entertainment, EITB
Starring	Eriz Alberdi Tessa Andonegi Joseba Apaolaza Pepi Aranburu Naiara Arnedo Aitor Borobia Maria Cruickshank Tanya de Roberto Isidoro Fernandez Ane Gabarain Itziar Ituño Endika Landa Usue Martinez Karmele Larrinaga Gorka Nagore Joana Ocaña Joanes Passicot Iñaki Perurena Xabier Perurena Martxelo Rubio Maitena Salinas Alex Tello Maialen Urbieta
Country of origin	Basque Country
No. of episodes	3,305
Production
Running time	1:00 (per episode)
Release
Original network	ETB 1
Original release	1994 – 2015

Goenkale (in English Upper Street) was a Basque soap-opera, produced by Pausoka Entertainment and ETB, which is broadcast every Monday and Tuesday on Basque Radio-television's first channel, ETB 1. Set up in an imaginary Basque seaside town, the title of the serial is the name of the main street in that town. First broadcast in 1994, it was one of the most successful programmes of ETB 1. It ended in 2015 after 3.707 episodes.

In the beginning every chapter lasted 30 minutes and they were broadcast from Monday to Friday. Then the Friday episode was removed. Since 2004 two one-hour-long episodes are broadcast every Monday and Tuesday. Then thirty-minute episodes (half a normal episode) are repeated in the afternoon every day.

Arralde is the fictional seaside town where Goenkale is set up. The programme is recorded at Euskal Telebista's Miramon studios and other outside locations, mainly Orio and Tolosa. In addition, images of different Basque towns are shown, Mutriku, Lekeitio, Orio, Getaria and Bermeo. Next to Arralde, there is another imaginary town named Amaru, often mentioned by the characters of Goenkale.

The main street of the town is called Goenkale, and the scenes set on this main street are recorded at Euskal Telebista's studios, where there is an outdoor set. During the 16 seasons it has been on air, many different sets and scenarios have been used, including the Boga Boga tavern, Maitiena Hotel, Bar Sobia, a txoko (gastronomic society), a videoclub, a bakery, the police station, and the houses of different characters. Currently, they are recording the sixteenth season.

Goenkale kicked off in 1994, with a bad relationship between the Lasa brothers. Jose Mari, owner of hostel-restaurant Boga-Boga, and Martin, owner of a shop. After their mother dies, they find out that the will favours one of them, and that fact destroys the relationship between both families. The situation becomes unbearable until the sudden death of Martin, one of the two brothers.

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