Eldorado 31 years old
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.
Credits
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ben Murphy He was 50 , now 82 years old | |
| William Lucas He was 67 , 91 years old when he died | |
| Jesse Birdsall He was 29 , now 61 years old | |
| Patricia Brake She was 50 , now 81 years old | |
| Roland Curram He was 60 , now 92 years old |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|
Eldorado (31 years)
Ended
- First Air Date: 1992-07-06
- Runtime: [30] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 158