Isabel (TV series)
Isabel | |
---|---|
Genre | Historical drama |
Directed by | Jordi Frades |
Starring | |
Theme music composer | Federico Jusid |
Country of origin | Spain |
Original language | Spanish |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 39 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Jaume Banacolocha Joan Bas |
Producer | Nicolás Romero |
Running time | 70 minutes |
Production companies | |
Release | |
Original network | La 1 |
Picture format | 16x9 widescreen ratio |
Original release | 10 September 2012 1 December 2014 | –
Chronology | |
Followed by | La corona partida |
Isabel is a Spanish historical fiction television series, directed by Jordi Frades and produced by Diagonal TV for Televisión Española. The series is based upon the reign of Queen Isabella I of Castile.[1] It was broadcast on La 1 of Televisión Española from 2012 to 2014.
Production[]
The project for the Isabel's biopic was first tasked by Televisión Española (TVE) to Isla Producciones, but TVE did not find the screenplay satisfactory.[2] The series was then commissioned to Diagonal TV, with a writing team formed by Javier Olivares, Jordi Calafí and Anaïs Schaaff.[2] Filming began in Summer 2011 and took place in several Spanish cities: Cáceres, Madrid and Segovia. The first season premiered on 10 September 2012, after an eight-month delay. The series was initially expected to debut on 30 January 2012, but a budget cut for TVE postponed the premiere.[3]
In November 2012, the show was renewed for a second season. After disagreements with Diagonal TV early in the production of season 1, series creator's Javier Olivares determined not to return for the next season.[4] Filming of the second season began in February 2013.[5] Part of the shooting took place on location at the Alhambra in Granada.[6] TVE approved the third season in July 2013 before the second season premiered.[7]
Synopsis[]
This series is a biography about Isabella, Queen of Castile. The first season chronicles the period between 1461 and 1474: from the end of her childhood to her marriage with Ferdinand of Aragon and her difficult arrival to the Crown.[8]
The second season chronicles the period between 1474 and 1492: from her crowning to the conquest of Granada and the beginning of the journey of Christopher Columbus.[5]
The third series covers the marriages of Joanna and Philip and Juan and Margaret, the subsequent deaths of Isabella's children Juan and Isabel as well as the latter's son Miguel along with the marriages of Catherine of Aragon and Maria of Aragon.
Cast[]
- Michelle Jenner as Isabella
- Rodolfo Sancho as Ferdinand
- King Henry as
- Bárbara Lennie as Joana of Avis
- Ginés García Millán as Juan Pacheco
- Pedro Casablanc as Alfonso Carrillo de Acuña
- as
- as
- Isabella's mother as
- Infante Alfonso as
- Sergio Peris-Mencheta as Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
- William Miller as Beltrán de la Cueva
- Ainhoa Santamaría as Beatriz de Bobadilla
- as
- Diego Hurtado de Mendoza as
- Joanna, "La Beltraneja" as
- King John as
- King Afonso as
- César Vea as Pedro Girón
- Mónica Vic as Clara Chacón
- Estrella Zapatero as María Portocarrero
- as Mencía de Mendoza y Luna
- Andrés Herrera as Pedro González de Mendoza
- Nacho López as Alonso de Palencia
- Arturo Querejeta as Alfonso de Fonseca
- Ernesto Arias as Pedro de Peralta y Ezpeleta
- Fernando Sansegundo as Giacopo Antonio Venier
- Javier Rey as Diego Pacheco
- Christopher Columbus as
- Lydia Miranda as Beatriz Galindo
- Álex Martínez as Boabdil the Little
- Fernando Soto as Rodrigo Ponce de León, Marquis of Cádiz
- Alicia Borrachero as Aïcha al-Horra
- El Zagal as
- as Beatriz de Braganza
- Roberto Enríquez as Muley Hacén
- Nani Jiménez as Isabel de Solís / Zoraya[9]
- Irene Escolar as Joanna, "the Mad"
- Philip of Habsburg as
- Hovik Keuchkerian as Francisco Ramírez de Madrid
- Eusebio Poncela as Cardinal Cisneros[10]
- Adrián Lamana as John[11]
- Úrsula Corberó as Margaret of Austria[11]
- Cesare Borgia[11] as
- King Manuel[11] as
- Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca[11] as
- Pablo Castañón as Bartholomew Columbus[11]
- Fernando Guillén Cuervo as [11]
- Héctor Carballo as King Charles[11]
- Infanta Isabel[11] as
- Anne of Brittany[11] as
- Luis de Tremoille[11] as
- Diego Columbus[11] as
- [11] as
- Susana Abaitua as
Episodes and ratings[]
Season 1 (2012)[]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Viewers (share) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | "Isabel, la reina" | 10 September 2012 | 3,529,000 (20.1%)[12] |
2 | 2 | "Campanas de boda" | 17 September 2012 | 3,736,000 (20.2%)[13] |
3 | 3 | "La negociación" | 24 September 2012 | 3,881,000 (20.3%)[14] |
4 | 4 | "Tragedia en la corte" | 1 October 2012 | 3,361,000 (16.1%)[15] |
5 | 5 | "El pacto de Guisando" | 8 October 2012 | 3,378,000 (16.9%)[16] |
6 | 6 | "La figura del rey" | 15 October 2012 | 3,801,000 (18.3%)[17] |
7 | 7 | "La reina puesta" | 22 October 2012 | 3,952,000 (18.9%)[18] |
8 | 8 | "Nueva guerra" | 29 October 2012 | 4,278,000 (20.7%)[19] |
9 | 9 | "Boda real" | 5 November 2012 | 4,626,000 (22%)[20] |
10 | 10 | "Nacimiento" | 12 November 2012 | 4,503,000 (21.3%)[21] |
11 | 11 | "El principio del fin" | 19 November 2012 | 4,299,000 (20.4%)[22] |
12 | 12 | "Elecciones" | 26 November 2012 | 4,342,000 (20.3%)[23] |
13 | 13 | "La nueva reina" | 3 December 2012 | 4,651,000 (22.6%)[24] |
Season 2 (2013)[]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Viewers (share) |
---|---|---|---|---|
14 | 1 | "Desencuentros" | 9 September 2013 | 3,561,000 (19.2%)[25] |
15 | 2 | "Lazos" | 16 September 2013 | 3,508,000 (18.3%)[26] |
16 | 3 | "La paz para Castilla" | 23 September 2013 | 3,632,000 (18.9%)[27] |
17 | 4 | "Lealtad y deber" | 30 September 2013 | 3,743,000 (19.1%)[28] |
18 | 5 | "El poder de la reina" | 7 October 2013 | 3,758,000 (19.5%)[29] |
19 | 6 | "Sultán" | 14 October 2013 | 3,710,000 (18.5%)[30] |
20 | 7 | "Tiempos de Inquisición" | 21 October 2013 | 3,023,000 (14,8%)[31] |
21 | 8 | "Herederos de sangre" | 28 October 2013 | 2,987,000 (14,6%)[32] |
22 | 9 | "Lo más liviano" | 4 November 2013 | 2,997 000 (14,6%) |
23 | 10 | "Pacta con el diablo" | 11 November 2013 | 3,042 000 (14,8%) |
24 | 11 | "Abolengo" | 18 November 2013 | 3,254 000 (15,9%) |
25 | 12 | "El último reino en Granada" | 25 November 2013 | 2,946,000 (13.9%) |
26 | 13 | "Lo que no supiste defender como hombre" | 2 December 2013 | 3,398,000 (16.3%) |
Season 3 (2014)[]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Viewers (share) |
---|---|---|---|---|
27 | 1 | "La fragilidad del reino" | 8 September 2014 | 2,937,000 (17.6%) |
28 | 2 | "Gobernar con mano dura" | 15 September 2014 | 2,767,000 (15.5%) |
29 | 3 | "Nacidos para gobernar" | 22 September 2014 | 2,898,000 (15.4%) |
30 | 4 | "Atracción fatal" | 29 September 2014 | 2,950,000 (15.9%) |
31 | 5 | "El drama llega a la corte" | 6 October 2014 | 2,994,000 (15.8%) |
32 | 6 | "Reina de toda la península" | 13 October 2014 | 3,068,000 (15.0%) |
33 | 7 | "Muere la Princesa de Asturias" | 20 October 2014 | 3,178,000 (16.4%) |
34 | 8 | "A Isabel le supera la tragedia" | 27 October 2014 | 3,096,000 (16.6%) |
35 | 9 | "Felipe y Juana llegan a sus reinos" | 3 November 2014 | 3,282,000 (16.5%) |
36 | 10 | "Isabel y Fernando o Juana y Felipe" | 10 November 2014 | 3,264,000 (16.2%) |
37 | 11 | "Le llamaban Juana la Loca" | 17 November 2014 | 3,213,000 (16.2%) |
38 | 12 | "¿Conservarán el legado de Isabel?" | 24 November 2014 | 3,347,000 (16.8%) |
39 | 13 | "La muerte de Isabel" | 1 December 2014 | 3,835,000 (19.4%) |
International broadcasts[]
The rights to broadcast Isabel were acquired in the United Kingdom by Sky Arts in 2013.[33]
In Mexico, Canal 22 acquired the rights and premiered the series on 6 August 2013.[34]
In Chile, the series airs on TVN.[35]
In Brazil, the series is aired on a daily basis on
In Israel, the series aired weekly during 2017 on yes (Israel)'s Viva channel.
In Bulgaria the series (Isabell of Castile) starts on 5 February 2014 air on bTV.[36]
In the United States, the series aired on Estrella TV on Sunday nights from 16 March 2014 until 2018.[37]
In the Arab World, Isabel airs on weekdays on Abu Dhabi Al Oula.
In Serbia, the series airs on national television RTS1 .[38]
Awards[]
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Ondas Awards | Best Spanish Series | Isabel | Won | [39] |
2013 | New York Latin ACE Awards | Best Cultural Program / Series | Isabel | Won | [40] |
Best Actress | Michelle Jenner | Won | |||
Best Supporting Actor | Pablo Derqui | Won | |||
Fotogramas de Plata | Best TV Actor | Rodolfo Sancho | Nominated | [41] | |
Best TV Actress | Michelle Jenner | Won | |||
Iris Awards | Best Fiction | Isabel | Won | [42] | |
Best Actor | Rodolfo Sancho | Won | |||
Best Actress | Michelle Jenner | Nominated | |||
Best Writing | Writing team | Nominated | |||
Best Direction | Jordi Frades | Won | |||
Best Production | Jaume Banacolocha and Joan Bas | Nominated | |||
Best Art Direction | Marcelo Pacheco and Pepe Reyes | Won | |||
Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Makeup and Hairstyling team | Nominated | |||
Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best TV Lead Actor | Ginés García Millán | Nominated | [43] | |
Pablo Derqui | Nominated | ||||
Best TV Lead Actress | Michelle Jenner | Nominated | |||
Best TV Supporting Actor | Pedro Casablanc | Won | |||
Sergio Peris-Mencheta | Nominated | ||||
Best TV Supporting Actress | Bárbara Lennie | Nominated | |||
Best TV Actress in a Minor Role | Clara Sanchís | Nominated | |||
World Media Festival | Best International Series | Isabel | Silver Award | [44] | |
New York Festivals World's Best TV & Films | Best Drama | Isabel | Nominated | [45] | |
Premios Zapping | Best Series | Isabel | Won | [46] | |
Best Actress | Michelle Jenner | Nominated |
Other media[]
La corona partida and Carlos, Rey Emperador[]
In April 2015, TVE announced the production of the film La corona partida. The film focuses on the aftermath of Queen Isabella's death. Jordi Frades, director of the series, also directed the film, and Rodolfo Sancho (as King Ferdinand), Irene Escolar (as Joanna the Mad), Raúl Merida (as Philip the Handsome) and Eusebio Poncela (as Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros) reprised their roles. The film served as the link between Isabel and the series Carlos, rey emperador, which is based upon the reign of Charles I, Isabella's grandson.[47]
Crossover with El ministerio del tiempo[]
Michelle Jenner and Eusebio Poncela reprised the roles of Isabella I of Castile and Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros respectively in the El ministerio del tiempo episode "Una negociación a tiempo".
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- Bibliography
- Salvador Esteban, Lucía (2016). "Historia y ficción televisiva. La representación del pasado en 'Isabel'". Index.comunicación: Revista científica en el ámbito de la Comunicación Aplicada. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. 6 (2): 151–171. ISSN 2174-1859.
External links[]
- Isabel at IMDb
- Isabel on RTVE Play
- Official site
- 2012 Spanish television series debuts
- 2014 Spanish television series endings
- 2010s Spanish drama television series
- Television series about the history of Spain
- Television series set in the 15th century
- Television series set in the 16th century
- La 1 (Spanish TV channel) network series
- Cultural depictions of Isabella I of Castile
- Ferdinand II of Aragon
- Cultural depictions of Joanna of Castile
- Reconquista in fiction
- Television shows filmed in Spain
- Spanish biographical television series
- Television series by Diagonal TV