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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.
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- verified Status: Ended
- person By: Julia Smith
- calendar_month Release Date: 1992-07-06
- update Lastly Aired: 2002-08-28
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- list_alt Seasons & Episodes: 1 Seasons, 158 Episodes
- timer Episode Runtime: 30 Mins/Episode
- star Rating: 5.2 / 10
- favorite Likes: 6 Likes
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Derek Martin
Roger Walker
Bunny
Patricia Brake
Jesse Birdsall
Marcus Tandy
Clare Wilkie
Julie Fernandez
Roland Curram
Freddie
William Lucas
Darren Newton
Stella Maris
Amerjit Deu
Tessa Wojtczak
Ben Murphy
Buki Armstrong
Gerry
Jon-Paul Gates
Allan Hindle (as Jon Morrey)
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