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Adrift Buendía Estudios Canarias, Boomerang TV, Atresmedia Five fishermen, who are presumed dead, return home two years later, upending the lives their wives had rebuilt
without them. Paula Echevarría (“Velvet”) leads the ensemble in this 10-episode drama, co-written by Susana López Rubio (“The Time in Between”).
The Big Date
Incís TV, 3Cat
Can AI find your perfect match? A hundred singles test the theory in this Catalan dating format hosted by Dulceida. After 1.5 million-plus digital views on 3Cat, BBC Studios snapped up international adaptation rights.
The Butterfly Labyrinth
Secuoya Studios
Can Yaman (“Daydreamer”) plays a betrayed secret agent who is branded Spain’s most wanted man. Shot entirely in Spain and in Spanish, the espionage thriller gives Secuoya Studios a star-driven international project.
Bumpy, the Bear
Krakatoa, Spiritum Entertainment, RTVE
A playful bear turns everyday discoveries into musical learning adventures. The preschool IP spans 52 shorts and 52 music videos in Spanish, English and Portuguese, extending across TV, music, publishing, toys and licensing.
Caldas
Caldas La Serie, Secuoya Studios, Disney+
Domingo Villar’s bestseller “The Last Boat” becomes a crime series with Javier Gutiérrez (“Marshland”) as Vigo-based inspector Leo Caldas and Hovik Keuchkerian (“The Platform 2”) as his volatile new partner.
The Castle
Movistar Plus, Caballo Films, Mafalda Entertainment
Over the years, a Spanish police unit works to bring down an ambitious prostitution kingpin. The series, co-created by Isabel Peña, Rodrigo Sorogoyen‘s regular co-scribe, it was a big hit at September’s San Sebastián Film Festival.
Celeste, Season 2
Movistar Plus, the Mediapro Studio
Winner of Series Mania’s Panorama best series, as well as actress kudos for Carmen Machi (“La Mesías”), who brings a moving humanity to her role of a dowdy, lonely tax inspector. Created by Diego San José (“Jakarta”).
Dating in Barcelona, Season 3
Arca, Filmax
Barcelona’s dating scene returns with International Emmy-winning “I, Addict” star Oriol Pla alongside Emma Vilarasau and Anna Castillo (“Nowhere”). Earlier seasons led TV3 primetime and played Prime Video Spain.
Death in Llanes
K 2000, 100 Balas
A real-life councillor’s murder fuels this SkyShowtime crime drama, where political rivalries and an unexpected love triangle drive the mystery. Gerardo Olivares directs.
Forever Home
FilmNation Entertainment, the Mediapro Studio
A corpse beneath an idyllic home detonates this domestic thriller adapted from Graham Norton’s bestseller. Amy Nuttall (“Downton Abbey”) and Douglas Henshall (“Shetland”) star; Imagina Sales launches international sales at Mipcom.
Gènesi
3Cat, Minoria Absoluta, Fishcorb Media
Ferran Adrià’s transformation of his eatery El Bulli into a global culinary phenomenon gets the prestige-drama treatment. Miquel Fernández plays Adrià, while New Regency launches international sales at Mipcom; Netflix is already on board for major territories.
Hidden Brushstrokes
Buendía Estudios Canarias, Atresmedia
From the writers of “Ángela” comes a domestic noir about a marriage built on lies. A marriage starts to implode when a wife, (Toni Acosta, “Phenomena”) spots her pilot husband, (Rodolfo Sancho, “The Department of Time”), in Tenerife when he claims to be abroad.
Infamy
Evafilms, HBO Max
A 20-year-old disappearance haunts this six-episode thriller, with Susana Abaitua (“A Ghost in the Battle”) as a lawyer obsessed with two missing girls in a remote Basque community. Based on Ledicia Costas’ novel.
Killing a Bear
Movistar Plus, Arte France
In 2020, Cachou, a brown bear, is found dead in a ravine, sparking a criminal investigation. Fact-based series probes ancestral Spain’s battle with new global forces, say creators Jorge and Alberto Sánchez-Cabezudo (“The Zone”).
Many People Need to Die
Movistar Plus, Corte y Confección de Películas
Movistar Plus’ most-watched series of 2026, it turns on three thirtysomething women friends, depicting Millennial angst with scathing realism and LOL humor. It also marks the consecration of creator/writer Victoria Martín as a major comedic voice in Spain.
Marusía: Naval Academy
Unicorn Content, Mediaset España
A cadet’s mysterious death greets the first woman to head Spain’s Naval Academy. Lucía Jiménez (“When No One Sees Us”) stars in the Galicia-shot drama, mixing mystery with coming-of-age tensions.
Olivia
Studio60, Womack Studios, Disney+
A celebrity TV weatherman retreats with his daughter to his estranged father’s olive groves, reopening old wounds. Pablo Chiapella (“La Que se Avecina”) stars in Juanma Pachón’s (“Welcome to Eden”) comedy-drama about family, roots and second chances.
Red on White
Good Mood (Mediawan), RTVE
“Red Eagle” creator Daniel Écija mixes crime, romance and comedy in a procedural built around forensic linguistics. Hugo Silva (“The Cook of Castamar”) plays a troubled detective opposite María Hervás (“The Immortal”).
Rocío
RTVE, Movistar Plus, Boomerang TV
Music legend Rocío Jurado gets a bio series charting her rise from Andalusian village Chipiona to international stardom. “The Secret of Puente Viejo” creator Aurora Guerra writes; the four-parter shot across 66-plus locations with nearly 2,000 extras.
She, Damned Soul
Mediaset España, Plano a Plano
A forbidden romance drives this Manuel Rivas adaptation as a charismatic priest falls for his cousin’s wife. Maxi Iglesias (“Valeria”), Karina Kolokolchykova (“The Grandmother”) and Martiño Rivas (“The Boarding School”) star.
Sons of the Apocalypse
Deep Com Roots
Former Jehovah’s Witness Becky leaves her closed religious community and travels from Spain to New York after falling for an outsider to her religion. The three-episode docuseries premiered on Movistar Plus.
Traffic Jam, Season 4
Onza, Prime Video
Another monumental traffic jam traps a fresh cast including Raúl Cimas (“Muchachada Nui”), Pepe Viyuela (“Aída”) and Marta Hazas (“Velvet”). Already reupped for Season 5.
UCO: The Key Hours
Onza, Prime Video
A TV crew embeds with an elite Spanish Guardia Civil investigative unit, accessing real operations involving money laundering, smuggling, violent crime and fugitives. “A History of the Future” director Ferran Estellés helms the factual series.
