Cable Girls
Genre
Creator
  • Ramón Campos
  • Gema R. Neira
Starring
NarratorBlanca Suárez
Open themeSalt
End themeMy Night
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Num seasons5
Num episodes42
Executive producer
  • Ramón Campos
  • Gema R. Neira
ProducerNetflix
Bambú Producciones
LocationSpain
Runtime35–63 minutes
First aired28 April 2017
Last aired3 July 2020
ChannelNetflix

Cable Girls (Spanish: Las chicas del cable) is a Spanish period drama television series that ran from April 2017 and concluded in July 2020.[1] Set in the late 1920s, it stars Ana Fernández, Nadia de Santiago, Blanca Suárez and Maggie Civantos.[2]

The first season, consisting of eight episodes, premiered on Netflix, worldwide, on 28 April 2017.[3] The first half of the fifth and final season was released on Netflix, on 14 February 2020.[4] The second half of the fifth and final season was released on Netflix on 3 July 2020.[5]

Plot

In 1928, a modern telecommunications company begins to operate, in Madrid. The series tells of how the lives of four young women change, after they start working for this company, which offers them decent pay and some independence. Each woman has a different reason for joining the company. Alba Romero, who goes by the name Lidia Aguilar, to conceal her identity, seeks a job at the telecommunications company, to complete a mission. Ángeles Vidal is a young mother who works to help provide for her family and is the most experienced switchboard operator at the telecommunications company. Carlota Senillosa wants a job at the telecommunications company, to escape her controlling father and her rigid high society life, and Marga Suarez joins the company to start a new chapter of her life. The four women begin to form a close friendship, and together, they navigate their sentimental lives and their work. The show reveals the hardships that working women faced, in 1920s Spain, and especially the severe restrictions on the rights of Spanish women in a male-dominated society.[6]

Production

Cable Girls was the first Spanish original produced by Netflix, made in collaboration with Bambú Producciones.[7] The idea for the series began with Ramon Campos and Gema R. Neira, who worked together on the screen writing, along with José Rustarazo, Jaime Vaca, Carlos Portela, Almudena Ocaña, Paula Fernández, and Flora González Villanueva.[citation needed]

The series is filmed in Spain's capital, Madrid, in various locations across the city had been given a makeover to transport viewers back to the 1920s.[8] The most prominent locations, in the series, include La Plaza del Alamillo, where the protagonists live, with the Pension Dolores serving as their home, and the street Lope De Vega, serving as their route to work.[9] The series surrounds four women who work at a telecommunications company, a location in the show that required historical accuracy.[10] The scenes in the National Telephone Company, where the women work, are filmed in the Fundacion Telefonica building on Grand Via.[11]

The first season was released, worldwide, on 28 April 2017, and the second season was released on 25 December, of the same year. The third season aired on 7 September 2018, and the fourth season was released on 9 August 2019. The fifth and final season of the series was released in two parts: Part 1 on 14 February 2020 and Part 2 on 3 July 2020.

For the final season Netflix recorded a trailer in the form of a short documentary about the 'last cable girl' of Spain, Magdalena Martín. She operated a manual telecommunications station in Polopos, Granada, until it closed in December 1988.[12]

Cast

CharacterPortrayed bySeasons
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Part 1Part 2
Main characters
Lidia Aguilar DávilaBlanca Suárezcolspan="6"
Carlota Rodríguez de SenillosaAna Fernándezcolspan="6"
María Inmaculada "Marga" Suárez PazosNadia de Santiagocolspan="6"
Ángeles VidalMaggie Civantoscolspan="4"colspan="1"colspan="1"
Carlos CifuentesMartiño Rivascolspan="5"colspan="1"
Doña Carmen de CifuentesConcha Velascocolspan="4"colspan="1"colspan="1"
Elisa CifuentesÁngela Cremontecolspan="4"colspan="1"colspan="1"
Francisco GómezYon Gonzálezcolspan="6"
Sara Millán (Óscar Ruiz)Ana Polvorosacolspan="6"
Carolina MorenoIria del Ríocolspan="2"colspan="5"
Miguel PascualBorja Lunacolspan="4"colspan="2"
Mario PérezSergio Murcolspan="2" [13]colspan="4"
Pablo SantosNico Romerocolspan="6"
Julio Santoscolspan="2"colspan="1"colspan="1"colspan="1"colspan="1"
Inspector BeltránCarlos Kaniowskycolspan="5"
Cristóbal Cuevas MorenoAntonio Velázquezcolspan="4"
Sebastián UribeErnesto Alteriocolspan="2"colspan="3"
Pedro GuzmánLuis Fernándezcolspan="1"colspan="3"
Sofía Perez VidalDenisse Peñacolspan="4"colspan="2"
FelipeRaúl Meridacolspan="4"colspan="2"
IsidroMiguel Diosdadocolspan="4"colspan="2"
James LancasterAlex Hafnercolspan="4"
CamilaValentina Zenerecolspan="5"
Recurring characters
Ricardo Cifuentes y NavarroSimón Andreucolspan="3"
Emilio Rodríguez "El Halcón"Joan Crosascolspan="1"
Pilar de SenillosaLuisa Gavasacolspan="2"
Dolores "Doña Lola"Tina Sainzcolspan="3"colspan="1"
EulaliaMaría Garralóncolspan="2"colspan="2"
VictoriaKiti Mánvercolspan="5"
Miriam ZafraCarlota Barócolspan="2"colspan="1"
LucíaAnna Molinercolspan="2"colspan="1"
PerlaPatricia Peñalvercolspan="2"colspan="1"
Antonio CastroCristóbal Suárezcolspan="3"
Sergio AndradeCarles Francinocolspan="3"
Gregorio DíazJuan Carlos Vellidocolspan="3"
MagdalenaLucía Perladocolspan="3"

Awards and nominations

|- | align = "center" rowspan = "2" | 2017 || 64th Ondas Awards || colspan = "2" | Best Fiction Web Series or Online Show || || align = "center" | [14] |- | 4th Fénix Awards || colspan = "2" | Best Drama Series || || [15] |- | align = "center" rowspan = "5" | 2018 || 5th Feroz Awards || Best Supporting Actress (TV) || Ana Polvorosa || || [16] |- | align = "center" | 27th Actors and Actresses Union Awards || Best Supporting Actress (TV) || Ana Polvorosa || || align = "center" | [17] |- | rowspan = "2" | 5th Platino Awards || colspan = "2" | Best Ibero-American Miniseries or TV Series || || rowspan = "2" | [18][19] |- | Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Series || Blanca Suárez || |- | 29th GLAAD Media Awards || colspan = "2" | Outstanding Scripted Television Series (Spanish-language) || || [20] |}

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