Eldorado (TV series)
| Eldorado | |
|---|---|
Eldorado opening titles | |
| Genre | Soap opera |
| Created by | Tony Holland |
| Directed by | Stephen Butcher Mervyn Cumming |
| Starring | Jesse Birdsall Jill Benedict Patricia Brake Julie Fernandez Polly Perkins Derek Martin Campbell Morrison Leslee Udwin Sandra Sandri Roland Curram Buki Armstrong Faith Kent Kathy Pitkin Darren Newton Jon Morrey Franco Rey Stella Maris Framboise Gommendy Kim Romer Matt Wilkinson Nanna Moller Bo Corre Iker Ibanez Nile Bradshaw Roger Walker Daniel Lombart William Lucas Hilary Crane Josh Nathan Alex Leam |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 156 |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Coín, Spain |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | BBC Cinema Verity J.Dark y J.Todesco |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1 |
| Release | 6 July 1992 – 9 July 1993 |
Eldorado (English: "The Golden One") is a British soap opera created by Tony Holland. It ran for only one year, from 6 July 1992 to 9 July 1993. Set in the fictional town of Los Barcos on the Costa Eldorado in Spain and following the lives of British and European expatriates, 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.
In spite of a high-profile advertising campaign on television, radio and in the press preceding the launch ('Are you ready for Eldorado?', read by actor Campbell Morrison), the programme was not initially a popular hit with viewers or critics. Following a radical overhaul, ratings improved, but it was deemed too late to save the programme and it was cancelled by BBC1's new controller, Alan Yentob, in March 1993.