
El Hormiguero is a Spanish television program with a live audience focusing on comedy, science, and politics running since September 2006. It is hosted and produced by screenwriter Pablo Motos. The show aired on Spain's Cuatro channel from launch until June 2011 and is now broadcast on Antena 3. Recurring guests on the show include Luis Piedrahita, Raquel Martos, Marron & "The Man in Black", and puppet ants Trancas and Barrancas. It has proved a ratings success, and has expanded from a weekly 120-minute show to a daily 40-minute show in its third season, which began on September 17, 2007. The show won the Entertainment prize at the 2009 Rose d'Or ceremony.

Follows police officer Francisco "Paco" Miranda and his men through funny cases.


Zapeando is a live chat where its host and its collaborators talk about the most highlighted moments of the television, as well as the spaces more and less loved by viewers, the best videos and video edits, the mistakes of other hosts, remembering old people who had success on television or the most talked-about commercials. In addition, the format supports introducing guests to some programmes that help to chat about some TV moments (called momentazos, big moments) or simply talk about their most recent works.

In 1936 Madrid, an idealistic doctor's life changes forever when he shelters a wounded spy and joins a decades-long fight against the spread of fascism.

A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

Armed forces surround a psychiatric prison in order to abduct an incarcerated serial killer — but aren't prepared for the battle that ensues.


A major traffic jam throws thousands of citizens on the outskirts of Madrid into chaos, disrupting their plans. This everyday situation will be the starting point for unexpected, comical, and emotional plots.

A policeman dies chasing a serial killer and is reincarnated in another policeman five years later, granted immortality in exchange of never revealing his true identity.


Between 1954 and 1966 there was, in a desert area of Fuerteventura, a Francoist concentration camp known by the euphemistic name of Colonia Agrícola Penitenciaria de Tefía, one of many places where the regime sent those convicted under the Law of Vagos y Maleantes which, from 1954, was implemented to also include homosexuals. In 2004, Airam Betancor was forced to recall the seventeen months of forced labor he endured in the colony.

Inspector Elena Blanco has discovered that her son Lucas is alive, but belongs to the sinister Purple Network, which Vistas told her about before its dramatic denouement. Six months have passed and the inspector hides from her team that her son is among them; Only Mariajo, her faithful confidant, knows the truth. The BAC has been penalized by the outcome of the Macaya case, being transferred to another ship and the only thing they can do is pull on that thread that Vistas left them, a network that is hidden in the depths of the interns.

Months after the events of The Purple Network, the hunt is not over yet. Following Lucas's death, Elena Blanco has disappeared. Only Mariajo knows where she is, but she keeps it a secret, even from the rest of the team. The fight against The Network has taken too much of a toll on her, and in a desperate attempt to get her life back on track, she has left the BAC.
