| Genre: | Adventure Swashbuckler |
| Creator: | Daniel Écija Pilar Nadal Ernesto Pozuelo Juan Carlos Cueto |
| Starring: | David Janer Javier Gutiérrez Inma Cuesta Miryam Gallego Francis Lorenzo |
| Country: | Spain |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Num Seasons: | 9 |
| Num Episodes: | 116 |
| Executive Producer: | Hugo Mendiri Villarruvia |
| Producer: | César Ruíz de Diego Miguel Turón |
| Runtime: | 80 minutes (approx.) |
| Company: | Globomedia for Televisión Española |
| Channel: | La 1 |
Águila Roja (English: Red Eagle) is a Spanish adventure television series set in Spain during the 17th century. It was produced by Globomedia for Televisión Española and was broadcast on La 1 of Televisión Española from 2009 to 2016. It is one of the channel's most successful shows, and its rights have been sold to several countries.
The aim of the show was to capitalize on the success of Televisión Española's period dramas such as Cuéntame cómo pasó, La Señora or Amar en tiempos revueltos, but at the same time aiming for mature audiences with a masked hero in the style of Zorro or Green Arrow as the main character. Many of the latter shows carry warnings that they are for mature audiences only.[1]
The series begins in 1660 and follows Gonzalo de Montalvo (David Janer), a school teacher who trained as a ninja while exiled in Japan as he traveled through Asia during his youth, said to be the illegitimate son of reigning king Philip IV, as he becomes Águila Roja in an attempt to expose the assassin of his wife and avenge her death, which usually includes foiling plots against the monarchy planned by a secret society known as "La Logia" ("The Lodge"), amongst whose members are Lucrecia (Miryam Gallego), Marquise of Santillana, and Hernán Mejías (Francis Lorenzo), Commissioner in the Village of Madrid.
| Year | Awards | Category | Nominated | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Festival de Televisión y Cine Histórico de León[2] | Best New Actor | Guillermo Campra | ||
| Festival de Cine y Televisión de Islantilla | Best Television Series | Águila Roja | |||
| Festival de Televisión y Radio de Vitoria[3] | Premio Pasión de Críticos for best drama | ||||
| Premios TP de Oro[4] | Best National Series | ||||
| Premios Unión de Actores | Best television supporting actress | Inma Cuesta | |||
| Premios ATV[5] | Best fiction show | Águila Roja | |||
| Best producer | |||||
| Best make-up and characterization | |||||
| Best art direction and set design | |||||
| Best cinematography and lighting | |||||
| Best music for television | |||||
| Premios CineyMás[6] | Best new Spanish series | ||||
| 2010 | New York International Independent Film and Video Festival | Silver Medal for Best Action and Adventure Series | Águila Roja | ||
| Rose d'Or[7] | Best Multi-Platform Content | ||||
| Premios Ondas | Best National Television Series | ||||
| Premios Protagonistas | Television award | David Janer | |||
| Premios Fotogramas de Plata | Best television actor | ||||
| Best television actress | Inma Cuesta | ||||
| Premios Unión de Actores | Best television supporting actor | Francis Lorenzo | |||
| Premios ALMA | Best television screenplay | Águila Roja | |||
| Premios TP de Oro | Best national series | ||||
| Best actor | David Janer | ||||
| Premios CINE&TELE | Most watched show in Spain | Águila Roja | |||
| Premios ATV | Best fiction show | ||||
| Best series actress | Inma Cuesta | ||||
| Best filming | Águila Roja | ||||
| Best make-up and characterization | |||||
| Best art direction and set design | |||||
| Best cinematography and lighting | |||||
| Best music for television | |||||
| Premios CineyMás[8] | Best national series | ||||
| Best Spanish actor | David Janer | ||||
| 2011 | ACE Awards[9] | Best characteristic | Francis Lorenzo | ||
| Television personality of the year | Miryam Gallego | ||||
| Premios Fotogramas de Plata[10] | Best television actor | David Janer | |||
| Best television actress | Inma Cuesta | ||||
| Premios Pétalo[11] | Best actress | ||||
| Premios Kapital[12] | Best fiction series | Águila Roja | |||
| Premios CineyMás | Best Spanish series | ||||
| Best Spanish actor | David Janer | ||||
| Best Spanish actress | Miryam Gallego | ||||
| Premios Pizquita Series | Best Spanish drama series | Águila Roja | |||
| Best cast in Spanish series | |||||
| Best female performance in Spanish drama series | Miryam Gallego | ||||
| Best soundtrack in Spanish series | Águila Roja | ||||
| Best fictional couple in Spanish series | Miryam Gallego & Francis Lorenzo | ||||
| Premios TP de Oro | Best Spanish series | Águila Roja | |||
| Best actor | David Janer | ||||
| Premios Unión de Actores | Best television main actor | Javier Gutiérrez | |||
| 2012 | Premios CineyMás | Best Spanish series | Águila Roja | ||
| Best Spanish main actor | David Janer | ||||
| Best Spanish main actress | Inma Cuesta | ||||
| Best Spanish supporting actor | Javier Gutiérrez | ||||
| Best Spanish supporting actress | Miryam Gallego | ||||
| 2014 | 2nd [13] | Best Actor | Javier Gutiérrez |