Eldorado
06/07/1992
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.
TV Show Information
Jesse Birdsall
as Marcus Tandy
Sandra Sandri
as Pilar Moreno
Roger Walker
as Bunny Charlson
Kathy Pitkin
as Fizz Charlson
Patricia Brake
as Gwen Lockhead
Campbell Morrison
as Drew Lockhead
Julie Fernandez
as Nessa Lockhead
Josh Nathan
as Blair Lockhead
William Lucas
as Stanley Webb
Hilary Crane
as Rosemary Webb
Faith Kent
as Olive King
Buki Armstrong
as Gerry Peters-Smith
Roland Curram
as Freddie Martin
Leslee Udwin
as Joy Slater
Polly Perkins
as Trish Valentine
Derek Martin
as Alex Morris
Clare Wilkie
as Trine Svendson
Kim Rømer
as Per Svendsen
Darren Newton
as Gavin Hindle
Jon-Paul Gates
as Allan Hindle (as Jon Morrey)
Franco Rey
as Roberto Fernandez
Stella Maris
as Rosario Fernandez
Amerjit Deu
as Mikael Phillipe
Tessa Wojtczak
as Natalie Jackson
Patch Connolly
as Snowy White
Bo Corre
as Ingrid Olsson
Kai Maurer
as Dieter
Daniel Lombart
as Philippe Leduc
Maria Sanchez
as Maria Fernandez
Iker Ortiz de Zárate
as Javier Fernandez
Nanna Møller
as Lene Svendsen
Framboise Gommendy
as Isabelle Leduc
