Eldorado (1992)

07/06/1992 (EN) • 30m

Soap, Drama

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Jesse Birdsall

Marcus Tandy

158 Episodes

Sandra Sandri

Pilar Moreno

158 Episodes

Roger Walker

Bunny Charlson

158 Episodes

Kathy Pitkin

Fizz Charlson

158 Episodes

Patricia Brake

Gwen Lockhead

158 Episodes

Campbell Morrison

Drew Lockhead

158 Episodes

Julie Fernandez

Nessa Lockhead

158 Episodes

Josh Nathan

Blair Lockhead

158 Episodes

William Lucas

Stanley Webb

158 Episodes


Last Season

Season 1

1992 | 158 Episodes

Season 1 of Eldorado premiered on July 6, 1992.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

English

Keywords

spain

expatriate

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