Velvet (TV series)

Velvet
Also known as	Galerías Velvet
Genre	Drama
Created by	Ramón Campos Gema R. Neira
Directed by	Carlos Sedes David Pinillos
Starring	Paula Echevarría Miguel Ángel Silvestre
Country of origin	Spain
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of seasons	3 (renewed for a 4th season)^[1]
No. of episodes	43+
Production
Executive producer(s)	Atresmedia
Running time	70 minutes (approx.)
Production company(s)	Bambú Producciones
Distributor	Beta Cinema
Release
Original network	Antena 3
Original release	February 17, 2014 (2014-02-17) – present
External links
Website

Velvet (also known as Galerías Velvet)^[2] is a Spanish television series produced by Bambú Producciones for Antena 3. Its budget is estimated in 500,000 euros per episode.^[3] The main storyline of the show is the love story of Alberto (played by Miguel Ángel Silvestre), heir of Galerías Velvet, one of the most prestigious fashion stores in the Spain of the late 1950s, and Ana (Paula Echevarría), who works as a seamstress there.

Cast

This is the list of characters of the series.^[4]

Current characters

Actor	Character	Episodes
Paula Echevarría	Ana Ribera López	1–43
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón	Blanca Soto Fernández
Manuela Velasco	Cristina Otegui de Márquez
Manuela Vellés	Luisa Rivas
Marta Hazas	Clara Montesinos Martín de Ruìz
Javier Rey	Mateo Ruìz Lagasca
Cecilia Freire	Margarita "Rita" Montesinos Martín de Infantes
Adrián Lastra	Pedro Infantes
Miriam Giovanelli	Patricia Márquez Campos
José Sacristán	Emilio López
Asier Etxeandía	Raúl de la Riva	3–43
Amaia Salamanca	Bárbara de Senillosa de Otegui	12–37, 40–43
Diego Martín	Enrique Otegui	12–31, 34–43)
Cuca Escribano	Lidia	Episode 13
Peter Vives	Carlos Álvarez	15, 40–43
Llorenç González	Jonás Infantes	20–43
Charlotte Vega	Lucía Márquez	31, 33–43
Francesco Testi	Marco Cafiero	41–43
Kiti Mánver	Consuelo Martín	37, 42–43
Alberto Amarilla	Antonio "Toni" Latorre	42–43
Antonio Valero	Felipe Ruiz	43

Past characters

Deceased

Actor	Character	Cause of decease	Episodes	Guest appearance
Tito Valverde	Rafael Márquez Encinas	Suicide	1-2
Juan Ribó	Francisco	Shot dead by Luisa	1-8
Ángela Molina	Isabel Navarro vda. de Márquez	Terminal illness	15-28	34
Miguel Ángel Silvestre	Alberto Márquez Navarro	Plane crash	1-40	43

Others

Actor	Character	Episodes
Cristina Plazas	Pilar Márquez Encinas	1-4, 29-31, 33-35, 40-41
Ana Labordeta	Cayetana	1-9
Pep Munné	Gerardo Otegui	1-15, 30
Sara Rivero	Carmen Soto	1-16
Natalia Millán	Gloria Campos	1-18, 38-39
Maxi Iglesias	Maximiliano "Max" Expósito	2-21
Rut Santamaría	Pepita	3-15
Carlos García Cortázar	Antonio	5-7, 14
Benito Sagredo	Adolfo Valor	5-7, 14-20
Pedro Miguel Martínez	Fernando	7-9
Armando del Río	Sergio Canals	10-12
Eva Ugarte	Rosa María "Rosamari" Blázquez	10-27
Anna Briansó	Julia Lagasca	18-19, 42-43
Silvia Marsó	Herminia Lagasca	18-19, 42-43
Marisa Lahoz	Sagrario Lagasca	18-19, 42-43
Juan Gea	Lorenzo Palacios	18-19
Juana Acosta	Sara Ortega	19-26
Daniel Guzmán	Lucas Ruiz	23-26
Ginés García Millán	Esteban Márquez Encinas	25-36
Juli Mira	Fernando Montesinos	28-29, 42-43

International broadcast

In the 2014 edition of MIPTV Media Market, the rights for Velvet were acquired by Italy's RAI and France's M6. RAI also got the rights for a remake.^[5] In Lithuania, it started airing on LNK on 1 June 2014.^[6] In Greece and Cyprus, it is airing on Nova Life. In Finland, the series started airing in December 2015 on YLE Teema.

This series is also available on the Netflix streaming service in the USA, Latin America, Canada and the UK.

References

External links

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