Punta Escarlata is a Spanish mystery television series that originally aired on Telecinco from 20 July to 5 September 2011.
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| Genre | Mystery |
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| Country of origin | Spain |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
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| Network | Telecinco |
| Release | 20 July – 5 September 2011 |
Premise
Two girls disappeared after attending an open-air dance in the fictional sea-side village of Punta Escarlata. 8 years later a girl from Madrid experiences a vision about the murder of the girls that leads her to the location of the corpses. Two police officers from Madrid arrive to Punta Escarlata to solve the mystery.
Cast
- Carles Francino as Bosco Ruiz.[1]
- Antonio Hortelano as Max Vila.[1]
- Nadia de Santiago as Lucía.[1]
- Elena Ballesteros as Eva.[1]
- Kira Miró as Carla.[1]
- Fernando Cayo as Reyes.[2]
- Álvaro Cervantes as Marcos.[2]
- Macarena García as Raquel.[2]
- Javier Coll as Doctor Rozas.[2]
- José Sánchez Orosa as the priest.[2]
- Chema Ruiz as Lucía's father.[2]
- Juan Díaz as Rudy.[2]
- Daniel Holguín as Jero.[2]
- Carla Díaz as Patricia Rozas.[2]
- Ana Rujas as Vir.[3]
- Víctor Elías as Ximo.[3]
- Andrea Guasch as Itzíar.[2]
- Carlotta Cosials as Anabel.[2]
Production and release
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The executive producers were Pablo Barrera and Manuel Valdivia.[4] The series was produced by Cuatro and Globomedia,[5] and it was intended to air on the former TV channel.The series was filmed in 2009 in Altafulla, province of Tarragona.[2][5] However, after the merging of the Cuatro and Telecinco's operators, the series was shelved for a while.[6] The first episode eventually aired on Telecinco on 20 July 2011,[2] at 23:26, attracting an audience of 2,054,000 viewers (18.6%), becoming the best fiction release on the channel since Sin tetas no hay paraíso in 2008.[3] The broadcasting run ended on 7 September 2009, averaging a 12.8% share, slightly below the channel's average.[7]
It premiered in the US market on 20 September 2012, aired on VME.[8]
| No. in season | Title | Viewers | Original air date | Share (%) |
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| 1 | "Soñé que despertaba" | 2,056,000 | 20 July 2011 | 18.6 |
| 2 | "El pasado vuelve hoy" | 1,719,000 | 27 July 2011 | 16.7 |
| 3 | "El adiós" | 1,650,000 | 3 August 2011 | 12.6 |
| 4 | "El bosque" | 1,470,000 | 10 August 2011 | 12.4 |
| 5 | "La sombra" | 915,000 | 17 August 2011 | 6.1 |
| 6 | "Los bailes de Marte" | 1,305,000 | 24 August 2011 | 10.7 |
| 7 | "El monstruo que habita en los hombres" | 1,628,000 | 31 August 2011 | 12.8 |
| 8 | "La duda" | 1,810,000 | 6 September 2011 | 10.9 |
| 9 | "La maldición del fin del mundo" | 1,940,000 | 7 September 2011 | 14.2 |