Eldorado was a British soap opera that ran for only one year, from 6 July 1992 to 9 July 1993. Set in the fictional town of Los Barcos on the Costa del Sol in Spain and based around the lives of British and European expats, the BBC hoped it would be as successful as EastEnders and replicate some of the sunshine and glamour of imported Australian soaps such as Home and Away and Neighbours. A co-production between the BBC and independent production company Cinema Verity, Eldorado aired three times a week in a high-profile evening slot on the mainstream channel BBC1, filling the slot vacated by Terry Wogan's chat show Wogan, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7.00pm.
In spite of a high-profile advertising campaign on television, radio and in the press preceding the launch, the programme was not initially a popular hit with viewers and critics. Ratings improved with a radical overhaul, but it was eventually cancelled by the new controller of BBC1, Alan Yentob.
Jesse Birdsall
as Marcus Tandy
Sandra Sandri
as Pilar Moreno
Roger Walker
as Bunny Charlson
Kathy Pitkin
as Fizz Charlson
Patricia Brake
as Gwen Lockhead
Campbell Morrison
as Drew Lockhead
Julie Fernandez
as Nessa Lockhead
Josh Nathan
as Blair Lockhead
William Lucas
as Stanley Webb
Hilary Crane
as Rosemary Webb
Faith Kent
as Olive King
Buki Armstrong
as Gerry Peters-Smith
