Hostal Royal Manzanares

Hostal Royal Manzanares
Genre	Comedy
Directed by	Sebastián Junyent [es]
Country of origin	Spain
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	4
Production
Production company	Prime Time
Original release
Network	TVE1
Release	15 February 1996 (1996-02-15) – 16 January 1998 (1998-01-16)

Hostal Royal Manzanares is a Spanish comedy television series starring Lina Morgan. It aired from 1996 to 1998 on TVE1.

Premise

Reme, a small-town woman, arrives to Madrid together with her father Paciano and her hen Cristal and stay at the hostel owned by Asunción, Reme's aunt.^[1][2][3]

Cast

• Lina Morgan as Reme, a small-town woman who has just arrived to Madrid with her father and her hen, Cristal.^[3]
• Mary Begoña as Asunción, the owner of the guesthouse, Reme's aunt.^[3]
• Rafael Alonso as Paciano, Reme's father.^[2]
• Ana Obregón as Sonsy,^[3] a prostitute with a heart of gold.^[4]
• Joaquín Kremel [es] as Luis, Reme's main love interest.^[3]
• Mónica Pont [es] as Elena, Asunción's daughter and Reme's cousin.^[3]
• Tote García [es] as Filo, a client of the guesthouse.^[5]
• Lolita Flores as Juncal, a kleptomaniac gypsy woman, who just left prison.^[1][6]
• Pedro Rollán [es] as Junior, a well-off man.^[6]

Production and release

Produced by Valerio Lazarov's company Prime Time and directed by Sebastián Junyent,^[7][8][2] the series was filmed in presence of a studio audience.^[2] Just like some other comedy series of the time, it was based on an "inoffensive and banal" brand of humour driven by the histrionism of the characters.^[9] It premiered on 15 February 1996, drawing 8,491,000 viewers (a 46.01% share).^[10] The series dominated the prime time for the rest of its broadcasting run, with audience peaking on 15 May 1996 at 8,675,000 viewers and a 50.6% share.^[11] The series finale aired on 25 December 1997, yet a special episode of compilatory nature aired in January 1998.^[1]

References

1. Pastrana, David (21 March 2010). "'Hostal Royal Manzanares', Nostalgia TV". Espinof.
2. Ruiz, Adrián (20 August 2015). "'Hostal Royal Manzanares', el gran éxito de Lina Morgan en televisión". Ecoteuve. El Economista.
3. "¿Qué fue de los protagonistas de 'Hostal Royal Manzanares'?". Voz Pópuli. 6 September 2019.
4. Gómez Morales, Beatriz (2020). "La definición de una narrativa propia. La comedia televisiva española (1990-2018)" (PDF). Cuadernos.Info (46): 359. ISSN 0719-367X.
5. Gardó, M. (27 February 2014). "¿Qué fue de los protagonistas de 'Hostal Royal Manzanares'?". Las Provincias.
6. "Dos nuevos huéspedes". El País. 17 October 1996.
7. "Prime Time, la productora de Valerio Lazarov, un camino agridulce". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 31 May 2004.
8. Vilches, Lorenzo; Berciano, Rosa A.; Lacalle, Charo (1999). "La ficción nacional, por fin a escena". Anàlisi. 23: 37.
9. Gómez Morales, Beatriz (2020). "Televisión crítica o industria de la risa. El caso de la comedia televisiva española (1990-2018)" (PDF). Revista Signa. 29. UNED: 477. ISSN 1133-3634.
10. "Lina Morgan, la reina del 'share'". El Norte de Castilla. 20 August 2015.
11. Marcos, Natalia (20 August 2015). "'Hostal Royal Manzanares' y otras series de Lina Morgan". El País.