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*Spain School*
Spain School
Genre	Drama, Adventure
Created by	Joshua Taza; Liz Malone; Katrina Tropez
Starring	Margot Robbie; Rafa Julanatá; Julie Walters; Jamie Flatters; Joséphine Jobert; Evin Ahmad; Juliet Godwin; Miguel Herrán; Mahesh Jadu; ;
Country of origin	Spain
Original languages	English and Spanish
Production
Executive producers	Hildee Sonya; Levi Jade; Joshua Taza;
Producer	Johnathan Jodie
Production location	Madrid
Production companies	Red Planet Pictures; BBC Studios Productions
Original release
Network	La 1; BBC One (UK)
Release	July 4, 2016 –; August 4, 2022
Related
	Hangouts

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Spain School is a spanish-set British drama TV series which starred in 2016. The show features fifteen students from the UK transfer to a Spanish-English school in Madrid in a permanent exchange programme in which they get paid one hundred euros per week. This was meant to have students who were struggling have a fresh start with their lives due to school or in general. The ones chosen choose to explore the adventures to get away from their previous life. But it isn't always that easy, or is it?

Cast

The show sees Margot Robbie as British history teacher Mariana Parker, who decided to move with her children Jasper and Sissy Parker in the exchange programme. Julie Walters plays typical British cleaner Manzia Swallow. French actress Joséphine Jobert is also in the series after managing to find a balance between the Carribbean and Madrid and plays Spanish headteacher Jessie Pedraza. These were the first casting details announced with the rest kept quiet until it's first episode aired. In the first series, Ryan Gosling, Kelly Clarkson, King Felipe VI and his wife Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano, Queen of Spain, make guest appearances.

Characters

Also related:

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Students

Jasmine Drench as Pia West (Series 1–5)
Rafa Julanatá as Robbo López (Series 1–3, 5)
Jamie Flatters as Carter Caddell (Series 1–2)
Joe Thomson as Jasper Parker (Series 1–5)
Milly Bobby Brown as Sissy Parker (Series 1–5)

Spain School– Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally aired		Ave. UK viewers after 7 days (millions)
Season	Episodes		First aired	Last aired	Ave. UK viewers after 7 days (millions)
1	6		4th July 2016	14th August 2016	9.08

Spain School – cast overview

= Main cast (appears in almost or all episodes that season)

Characters by series

Character	Actor	Series
Character	Actor	1	2	3	4	5
Pia West	Jasmine Drench	Main
Robbo López	Rafa Julanatá	Main		Guest	Does not appear
Carter Caddell	Jamie Flatters	Main		Does not appear
Jasper Parker	Joe Thomson	Main
Sissy Parker	Milly Bobby Brown	Main
Jessie Pedraza	Joséphine Jobert	Main
Mariana Parker	Margot Robbie	Main
Wayde Jettinson	Mahesh Jadu	Main
Karla Joven	Evin Ahmad	Main
Pedro Barber	Miguel Herrán	Main
Manzia Swallow	Julie Walters	Main
Beau Manga	Yessin Karim	Main
Valentina Bloom	Khosi Ngema	Main
Puma Plits	Rosie Xaras	Does not appear		Main

Portrayed by	Character	Seasons					Total
Portrayed by	Character	1	2	3	4	5
Main Characters
Jasmine Drench	Pia West	6	6	6	6	6	30
Rafa Julanatá	Robbo López	6	6	3	Does not appear		15
Jamie Flatters	Carter Caddell	6	6	Does not appear			12
Joe Thomson	Jasper Parker	6	6	6	6	6	30
Milly Bobby Brown	Sissy Parker	6	6	6	6	6	30
Kelly Clarkson	Mina Jay	1	Does not appear			1	2
Khosi Ngema	Valentina Bloom	3	3	5	4	5	20

† All episodes are correct as of 1.6

Cast each series

It was confirmed there would be ten contestants every season, which informed the worldwide viewers the show would go on for a long time. Additional recurring and guest characters are usually in the series to support the main characters (the contestants).

Season 1 (2016)

When the show was confirmed in November 2015, casting details were announced to be kept a secret until the show airs in July 2016. Producers hinted in June 2016 there would be a few famous faces and new fresh faces to acting. They didn't say this when the show was announced to avoid the paparazzi trying to find out who will be in the new show.

In the first episode on the 4th July 2016, it was announced all ten contestants were Margot Robbie, Miguel Julanatá, Patrick O'Connor, Joséphine Jobert, Jamie Flatters, Evin Ahmad, Miguel Herrán, Mahesh Jadu, Juliet Godwin and Julie Walters. The first set of guest characters were introduced to the show being: Sia Hampton and Vex Hampton, Pia's parents; José Bloom, Valentina's younger brother; Pear, Pia's hometown Cat; Sissy, Manzia's granddaughter and Fabio "Fabbs" Auguste as Juliet's son.

Season 2 (2017)

Everyone returned for the second season of the already popular TV show that airs in America and the UK. One new cast member was introduced as a recurring character called Meena White, the postman, with her poodle Scrubs. This series was the most viewed season all together due to the finale episodes.

Season 3 (2019)

Everyone returned for the fourth season. One new guest character, Eva Mangel, was introduced.

This season saw Stephanie Panozzo and Lando Norris enter the series as housemates to replace Yessin Karim and Evin Ahmad. It is the last season to feature Josephine Jobert, Mahesh Jadu and Juliet Godwin as regular characters and sees the departure of Margot Robbie as Pia and her cat Pear, played by Mr. Sparkle. This was the final season to feature Pia's mother Sia.

Season 4 (2021)

The season saw four new cast members introduced to the show, the largest there had ever been. Everyone else returned for this season but was the final to feature Mimi Slinger and Wendy the poodle as a recurring and main character.

Season 5 (2022)

Miguel Julanatá returned for this season, being in 4 out of the 6 episodes to give fans a conclusion to the shocking season 2 ending. Patrick O'Connor took a break from the series and was absent this season. This was the final season to feature Miguel Herran, Stephanie Panozzo and Khosi Ngema as regular characters and was the final season for Miguel Julanatá.

Production, cast and issues

Before July 2016

The idea came to mind from a Hangouts producer Joslyn Zittle who thought of the idea of her American show would be 'an awesome hit' to start expanding the show worldwide. Hangouts cast member Jade Ramsey said in an Instagram post she liked the idea of her friend's and eventually said there are talks with American producers 2 weeks later on a possible series. On 24th August 2015, the spin-off was greenlighted by CBN and they confirmed it was entering cast auditions and was in the works with the first half of the season 1 script written already. The following day, the BBC said they would be airing the American show one day after an each new episode airs in America. It was confirmed the series would consist of 6 episodes. News went quiet for a while until the 4th November 2015, where it was confirmed the shooting location would be in LA; though there were rumours beforehand when seeing multiple film crew at the scenes. One week before the show's premiere, María Pedraza was confirmed to play Valentina Bloom, after leaving hit Spanish netflix show Elite. The rest of the cast was announced in the premiere episode to 'excite' all their new coming fans.

2016 to present

Filming for the first season began in January 2016. The show was almost immediately renewed for a second season at CBN and in the UK for the BBC. Two further seasons, 3 and 4, were commissioned a week after season 2 ended although there were mixed feelings about the ending of the second season.

The fourth season was greenlit 1 month later in September 2019. Filming began in December 2019. Due to a huge storm throughout LA, filming was postponed 5 days after filming commenced. On day 4, Margot Robbie was filming a scene in rainy conditions and where the wind was slowly getting stronger and more rapid. The filming crew said to film two more scenes after Robbie's and they would postponed rest of production until the storm had mostly passed. However, during her scene, an enormous tropical tree branch fell just behind Robbie, seconds away from what could have been fatal. She was shaken by the event as filming equipment was lost or damaged when the winds got worse and the situation turned into an emergency evacuation. 1 week later, filming resumed. The show wrapped up production at the end of January 2020, 2 months before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stunt Storylines

Producer Johnathan Jodie confirmed there would be one huge stunt per season whether it would be serious or non-serious to make the show exciting for viewers. Producer Lily Hamilton later called them stunt storylines. In the first season, the stunt was a horrific storm during episodes 3 and 4. In the second season, fans were concerned when the stunt storyline hasn't taken place in the first four episodes and would be at the end of the season, sparking a potentially dangerous stunt. The series two stunt featured two of the main characters in a dangerous situation and one of them being kidnapped and being later confirmed to have been killed five seasons later. It was the third biggest stunt in the show's history. The third season saw a motorbike stunt at a fairground which was harmless. The fourth season saw another harmless stunt which involved yes. The fifth season saw an extremely dangerous stunt which is still the biggest stunt in the show's history today. A bomb stunt almost kills main character Pia Hampton and leads to her exit in a coma for 2 years. A trailer was released before the episode saying "Who will be leaving the villa?".

Struggles towards the series

In late 2016, a new rising actor who was originally set to play Julanatá's character Robbo Lopez, originally called Joe Lopez, died in a car accident which led to disruption to filming scheduled a week later. His role was recast and the character's first name changed to Robbo.

Controversy arose in 2017 that Godwin's character was racist in one sentence which supposed to be 'light-hearted'. The sentence was later removed after much negative publicity.

At the end of the second season in August 2017, fans were startled when two famous characters unexpectedly left the series, that being Miguel Julanatá and Jamie Flatters. It was never explained why they left and decided not to return but fans said the least they should have had was to be told they were leaving or that there would be a scary shock to prepare them. People came up with their own theories to why they left although everyone was conflicted about the whole situation still. In 2022, Julanatá gave light to the explanation saying that the workplace was becoming toxic from certain staff and that there was 'dark' situations going on off-screen the public didn't know about involving him and Jamie Flatters which lead them to both quit. Other cast members reportedly suffered the same but stayed on the show in hope it would all change because of how amazing the setting and show is. When Flatters persuaded Julanatá to quit with him and telling it to the production team, they said they would suspend the people and crew involved, but that wasn't enough to keep both of them in the show. He never spoke about the situation again to the public.

In 2020, filming for the sixth season was postponed for seven weeks before returning to production due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In late 2021, it was confirmed Julanatá would be returning to the show after his extremely abrupt exit. However, in December 2021 towards halfway through filming, he was severely hospitalised after suspected food poisoning and was in a serious condition. Fortunately, Julanatá recovered and filming resumed 2 weeks later. This series started a week later than every other season had done. He appeared in the seventh season as a housemate again. However, this was his final season.