RTVE: quality content, premium series from Spain

RTVE arrives at June’s European events with a selection of content spanning period fiction, social drama, thrillers, and documentary formats. The offering includes new productions designed for prime time, as well as shorter-format series aimed at specific audiences.

Rosalia Alcubilla, head of global clients.

Among the main highlights is Las Abogadas (6 x 50’), a series based on true events that portrays the journey of four women—Lola González, Cristina Almeida, Paca Sauquillo, and Manuela Carmena—labor lawyers and activists during the final years of Franco’s regime in Spain. The series covers the period from 1969 up to the assassination of the Atocha lawyers in 1977, placing its protagonists in a pivotal context of recent history.

In the realm of historical fiction, Ena (6 x 55’) also stands out, narrating the life of Victoria Eugenia of Battenberg, Queen Consort of Spain. The series chronicles the major events that marked her personal and political life, from her wedding in 1906—the day she suffered an assassination attempt—to her experience witnessing world wars and social transformations.

Asuntos Internos (6 x 60’), meanwhile, is set in 1970s Madrid and combines police drama with thriller elements. The story follows Clara, one of the first women to join the Spanish police force, as she infiltrates a corruption network linked to drug trafficking. Set in a neighborhood police station, the series depicts the dilemmas of a time of political transition.

On a more contemporary note, Dieciocho (6 x 30’) presents an intimate story between two young people who meet in a community kitchen: Cèlia, performing community service, and Moha, a migrant minor. The narrative explores the building of bonds despite prejudices, addressing themes such as immigration, youth marginalization, and first love.

Documentaries and International Co-productions

In documentary format, RTVE includes SAC (7 x 40’), a series about the Behavior Analysis Section of the National Police Corps. Featuring testimonies from agents and forensic psychology experts, it shows how complex crimes are solved through a scientific and analytical approach.

Alter Ego (3 x 35’) focuses on global advancements in artificial intelligence, exploring two fictional worlds generated using cutting-edge technological tools. The series analyzes the implications and limits of AI from an informative perspective.

ADN Colón. Su verdadero origen (1 x 90’) follows an investigation spanning over twenty years into Christopher Columbus’s DNA. The documentary raises questions about the navigator’s true origin, providing genetic material that could alter known historical accounts.

The catalog is rounded out by two internationally-profiled fictions. Weiss & Morales (4 x 85’) is a co-production set in Gran Canaria. The series, structured as “southern noir,” brings together a German agent and a Civil Guard sergeant who must solve crimes in a community marked by the coexistence of expatriates and locals. Each episode develops a different case.

Finally, Megamix Brutal (3 x 44’) is a documentary series about the history of the record label Max Music, a key player in Spanish music culture of the 80s and 90s. Through the conflict between its founders, Ricardo Campoy and Miguel Degà, it explores the rise of the “megamix” phenomenon and its impact on the entertainment industry.

Listing

DIECIOCHO 6 x 30′

Intimate Drama – In development

Cèlia and Moha meet in a kitchen. For Cèlia, the job is a punishment—she’s serving court-mandated community service. For Moha, an unaccompanied migrant minor, it’s a reward that brings him closer to legal residency. Though they seem worlds apart, they’ll discover how much they have in common once they move past their prejudices. *Eighteen* is a heartfelt series that challenges stereotypes about immigration and explores the dreams, biases, and loneliness of youth—while capturing the tenderness of first love.

LAS ABOGADAS

6 x 50′

Series based on real events that tells the story of the lawyers Lola González, Cristina Almeida, Paca Sauquillo and Manuela Carmena. Friends and labor lawyers since 1969, during the last stage of Franco’s regime until the massacre of the Atocha lawyers in 1977 during the government of Adolfo Suárez.

ENA

6 x 60′

ENA tells the story of a young Englishwoman who becomes the Queen of Spain, renouncing everything to live in a foreign land where she faces an attempt on her wedding day. Never fully accepted, she perseveres as queen, witnessing two world wars, a civil war, and the deadly Spanish flu.

ASUNTOS INTERNOS

6 x 60′

Drama thriller set in a neighborhood police station in Madrid in the 1970s and starring one of the first policewomen in Spain, Clara, who infiltrates a plot to uncover a network of corruption linked to heroin trafficking in the city. New times, wild times

SAC 7 x 40′

Documentary Series – In production

This documentary series explores the creation of the Behavioral Analysis Section (SAC) within Spain’s National Police and reveals its working methods. The SAC plays a crucial role in solving complex cases—not only by examining evidence, but by analyzing the criminal’s mind and behavior. Their work is defined as precise, practical, and rigorous. Featuring testimonies from SAC agents alongside insights from experts in forensic psychology and criminology, the series offers viewers a clear and comprehensive look at the SAC’s vital role within the National Police.

ALTER EGO 3 x 35′

Alter Ego: The Invisible Intelligence is a documentary series that explores the most significant global advancements in Artificial Intelligence. Through in-depth analysis and educational storytelling, the series examines how AI is shaping our world. Using cutting-edge AI tools, it creates two fictional worlds to illustrate the technology’s potential and challenges, offering a unique perspective on the future of intelligence.

ADN COLÓN. SU VERDADERO ORIGEN.

1 x 90′

Documentary thriller that follows one of the most important and exciting historical investigations of all times: the study of Christopher Columbus’ DNA. Through this research that began more than two decades ago, we will be able to confirm the true origin of the discoverer of America. A documentary that could change the history books.

WEISS & MORALES 4 x 85′

Crime Drama – Procedural / One case per episode – In production*

*Weiss & Morales* follows Nina Weiss, an agent from Germany’s BKA, and Raúl Morales, a sergeant in Spain’s Guardia Civil, forced to work together after a body is found in Gran Canaria. Despite clashing personalities and methods, they must solve crimes in a community where Germans and locals coexist. With one case per episode, this crime series uncovers the hidden landscapes of the Canary Islands, revealing secrets in a distinctive *southern noir* atmosphere.

MEGAMIX BRUTAL 3 x 44′

Megamix Brutal tells the rise and fall of Max Music, the iconic Spanish dance label of the ’80s and ’90s, through the story of its founders, Ricardo Campoy and Miguel Degà. Once friends turned bitter rivals, their partnership ends in betrayal—and an attempted murder. Spanning three decades of dance music in Spain, the series traces the origins of the megamix and the success of compilations like *Max Mix* and *Máquina Total*, along with artists such as Rebeca and David Lyme. A wild tale of success, betrayal, and nonstop partying.

RTVE

RTVE, Corporación Radiotelevisión Española, is the largest audiovisual group in Spain. With its portfolio of channels (TVE, 24H, Star HD and Clan) and contents, RTVE disseminates the best TV contents in Spanish throughout the world.
The production of quality audiovisual content is a hallmark of RTVE, with large fiction series, as Isabel, Ana Tramel, HIT, Néboa, Malaka, The Hunt. Monteperdido, I’m Alive, Promises of Sand, The Department of Time, A Different View, etc, and a wide range catalogue of contents, most of them internationally awarded, covering all genres.