23-F: El día más difícil del Rey (transl. 23-F: The King's most difficult day), is a 2009 Spanish prime-time television historical two-episode mini-series. It dramatizes the events that occurred during the 1981 Spanish coup attempt on 23–24 February 1981. It was produced by Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) and Televisió de Catalunya (TVC). It was first aired on 10–12 February 2009 on La 1 nationwide, and on 19 February 2010 on TV3 in Catalonia.
The mini-series received critical acclaim and numerous awards, including the National Television Award awarded by the Ministry of Culture and a Premio Ondas.
Contents
Cast
Lluís Homar as King Juan Carlos I
Emilio Gutiérrez Caba as Sabino Fernández Campo
Mónica López as Queen Sofía of Spain
Manel Barceló as Antonio Tejero
Jordi Dauder as José Gabeiras
Jesús Ferrer as José Juste
Juli Mira as Luis Torres Rojas
Joaquín Gómez as José Luis Aramburu Topete
Joan Massotkleiner as José Ignacio San Martín
Alicia Pérez as Princess Irene of Greece
Pep Munné as Francisco Laína
Juan Luis Galiardo as Alfonso Armada
José Sancho as Jaime Milans del Bosch
Miguel Ángel Jenner as Luis Caruana
Lluís Bou as Prince Felipe
Haidée Fernández de Terán as Infanta Elena
Anna Viñas as Infanta Cristina
Albert Pérez as Fernando Castedo
Production
The mini-series was produced by Alea Docs & Films for Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) and Televisió de Catalunya (TVC). It was written by Helena Medina, and directed by Sílvia Quer.
Episodes
The series premiered nationwide on 10 February 2009 in prime-time on La 1 of Televisión Española (TVE) with average of 6,491,000 viewers and 31.5% of share. The second and last episode was aired on 12 February with average of 6,920,000 viewers and 35.5% of share. The series was later aired on 19 February 2010 on TV3 in Catalonia dubbed into Catalan.