Águila Roja
Águila Roja is a Spanish adventure television series set in Spain during the 17th century. It was produced by Globomedia for Televisión Española and was broadcast on La 1 of Televisión Española from 2009 to 2016. It is one of the channel's most successful shows, and its rights have been sold to several countries.
The aim of the show was to capitalize on the success of Televisión Española's period dramas such as Cuéntame cómo pasó, La Señora or Amar en tiempos revueltos, but at the same time aiming for mature audiences with a masked hero in the style of Zorro or Green Arrow as the main character. Many of the latter shows carry warnings that they are for mature audiences only.
Synopsis
The series follows Gonzalo de Montalvo, a school teacher said to be illegitimate son of reigning king Philip IV, as he becomes Águila Roja in an attempt to expose the assassin of his wife and avenge her death, which usually includes foiling plots against the monarchy planned by a secret society known as "La Logia", amongst whose members are Lucrecia, Marquise of Santillana, and Hernán Mejías, Inspector in the Village of Madrid.Cast
Awards and nominations
International broadcast
| Country | Station |
| Global | TVE Internacional |
| El Trece | |
| SIC Radical, SIC and SIC K | |
| La Trois | |
| bTV | |
| La Red | |
| Tele Rebelde | |
| Virgin 17 | |
| Guatevision | |
| GEM TV | |
| Cadenatres | |
| Global Television | |
| TVN 7 | |
| PRTV | |
| Happy TV | |
| MundoFox | |
| Saeta TV Canal 10 | |
| National TV |