| Creator: | Josep Cister Rubio |
| Network: | Spanish; Castilian: [[La 1 (Spanish TV channel)|La 1]]|i=no |
| Language: | Spanish |
Spanish; Castilian: Valle salvaje is a Spanish period television soap opera, created by Josep Cister Rubio. It began airing in Spain on 18 September 2024 on Spanish; Castilian: [[La 1 (Spanish TV channel)|La 1]]|i=no of Spanish; Castilian: [[Televisión Española]]|i=no. It is produced by Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE), StudioCanal, and Bambú Producciones.
In the year 1763, Adriana Salcedo de la Cruz is a 20-year-old woman who, after attending a ball at the Royal Palace, is forced to leave the Villa of Madrid and travel with her brothers to Asturias to fulfill her secretly arranged marriage commitment. She must meet her fiancé, Julio, a man she does not know, and stay at her aunt Doña Victoria's house, her late father's sister. There, her life will change forever. She will encounter true love, betrayal, and put her life at risk as she tries to uncover the truth about her father's death.
In November 2023, it was first announced that Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) had commissioned to produce a new daily series, Spanish; Castilian: Valle salvaje, which would consist of 120 episodes and have a total budget of €11.1 million.
Filming for the series began on 8 April 2024,[1] and took place in the municipality of Cerezo de Arriba (Segovia),[2] as well as in several historical locations such as the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso, the Palace of Hoyuelos, and Las Tabladillas in Segovia; the Royal Palace of Aranjuez in Aranjuez (Madrid); the Granjilla Estate in San Lorenzo de El Escorial; the Casa de las Cadenas in Toledo; the exteriors of the city of Aranjuez; and the Tejo Reservoir.[3]
In August 2024, Spanish; Castilian: [[Televisión Española]]|i=no began promoting Spanish; Castilian: Valle salvaje on Spanish; Castilian: [[La 1 (Spanish TV channel)|La 1]]|i=no.[4] Although it was initially rumored that it would replace Spanish; Castilian: [[4 estrellas]] in the access prime time slot,[5] the network soon revealed that it would air in the afternoons, replacing one of the two versions of the game show El cazador.[6] On 2 September 2024, Netflix announced that it had acquired the series to launch it daily on its platform in all Spanish-speaking countries.[7]
On 13 September 2024, Spanish; Castilian: La 1|i=no announced that it would premiere Spanish; Castilian: Valle salvaje in prime time on 18 September 2024, taking the slot originally intended for the premiere of Spanish; Castilian: [[Las abogadas]], before moving to the afternoons of the network starting Thursday, 19 September 2024.[8] The next day, on 14 September 2024, the network confirmed that the afternoon airing of the series would take place at 6:30 PM, after Spanish; Castilian: [[La Moderna]] and Spanish; Castilian: [[La Promesa]], replacing El cazador Stars.[9]