Goenkale
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| Goenkale | |
|---|---|
| Format | Sitcom |
| Starring | Kontxu Odriozola Eneritz Artetxe Maite Arrese Ainhoa Aierbe Kiko Jauregi Iñigo Larrinaga Aitor Beltran Itziar Ituño Iker Diaz Felix Arkarazo Naroa Agirre |
| No. of episodes | More than 2,500 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 0:30-1:00 (per episode) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ETB 1 |
| Original run | 1994 – Currently on-air |
Goenkale is a Basque language sitcom which airs every Monday and Tuesday on Euskal Irrati Telebista, Basque Radio-television's, first channel, ETB 1. Set up in an imaginary Basque coastline town, the title of the sitcom is the name of main street of that town. First aired in 1994, more than 2,000 episodes have been broadcast so far, and it is one of the most successful programmes of ETB 1.
At first the episodes lasted 30 minutes and they were broadcast Monday to Friday. Then the Friday episode was removed. Since the year 2004 two one hour long episodes are broadcast on Mondays and Tuesdays. Then thirty minute episodes (half of a normal episode) are repeated at different times during the week.
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[edit] Arralde
Arralde is the fictional coastline town where Goenkale is set up. The programme is recorded at Euskal Telebista's Miramon studios and at various outside locations, mainly Orio and Tolosa. In addition, exterior images of different Basque towns are shown, Mutriku, Lekeitio, Orio, Getaria and Bermeo. Next to Arralde, there is another imaginary town named Amaru, often mentioned by the characters of Goenkale.
The main street of the town is called Goenkale, and scenes set on this main street are recorded at Euskal Telebista's studios, where there is an outdoor set. During the 13 seasons it has been on air, many different sets and scenarios have been used, including the Boga Boga tavern, Maitiena Hotel, Bar Sobia, a gastronomic society, a videoclub, a bakery, the police station, and the houses of different characters.
[edit] Character biographies
Season 13 began in September 2006 and will end in mid July 2007. The main characters this season have been the following:
| Actor/Actress | Character | First appearance | Description |
| Eneritz Artetxe | Julia Bilbao | 2005 | Daughter of Maria Luisa, she has three children, and lives with Maria Luisa in her house. She owns a hotel in Arralde along with her sister Agurtzane Etxaburu. |
| Maite Arrese | Agurtzane Etxaburu | 2005 | Owner of a hotel in Arralde co-owned by her sister Julia Bilbao. She has two children, Mirari and Ales. Married with Eduardo, the marriage ended when she began a relationship with Martxelo |
| Ainhoa Aierbe | Leonor Cardenas | 1995 | She came to Arralde with Jose Mari Lasa (a former character of the sitcom). Years later she began dating Koldo Agirre, and months later they got married. She owns the Boga Boga tavern an hostel. Because of infertility problems they adopted a Romanian orphan girl, Milena. |
| Kontxu Odriozola | Maria Luisa Galardi | 1994 | Former owner of the Boga Boga hostel. She was married with Jose Mari Lasa, eventually divorced, when Jose Mari met Leonor. She had two children Gaizka and Xabier. Xabier died in a car accident, and Gaizka is at a mental institution. She has another daughter from a relationship with another man, Julia Bilbao. She lives with her in her house. Maria Luisa owns vineyards and she produces Txakoli, a famous Basque wine. |
| Iñigo Larrinaga | Koldo Agirre | 1994 | Former lawyer, he now works at the city hall of Arralde. He is the representative of the Ecologist Party at the city hall. He is married with Leonor Cardenas and has a daughter, Milena. Lately he has been having an affaire with Iraide. |
| Aitor Beltran | Martxelo Zaldua | 2005 | Brother of Eduardo Zaldua, he has dated Julia Bilbao and Agurtzane Etxaburu. He is the father of Asier, and oncle of Mirari and Ales. |
| Felix Arkarazo | Andoni Murua | 1998 | Former chief police officer at Arralde's police station. He is dating Nekane Beitia, which is pregnant. He is being blackmailed by Eduardo Zaldua. |
| Iñaki Perurena | Imanol Muruzabal | 1997 | Mayor of Arralde, he became mayor when the former mayor was murdered. Prior to that, he had been the judge of the town. He has been dating Begoña, but now Begoña has accused him of sexually attacking her and she has denounced him. |
| Naroa Agirre | Herself | 2005 | Pole vaulter, she is a teacher at Arralde's local gym, owned by Imanol Muruzabal. She is dating Elias, and lives with Elias and his son Markel. She had a car accident when she was travelling in a car driven by Tximista. |
| Iker Diaz | Eduardo Zaldua | 2005 | He is the ex-husband of Agurtzane Etxaburu, he has two chilren, Mirari and Ales. He was arrested for the urbanistic |
| Itziar Ituño | Nekane Beitia | 1997 | She is the chief police officer of Arralde |
| Kiko Jauregi | Joseba | 1996 | A doctor, he had a girlfriend and an adopted daughter that no longer appear in the programme. He dated Julia Bilbao for some weeks. |
| Fede Badiola | Elias | 2006 | Teacher at Arralde's school, he is widower and has a child, Markel. His wife died due to a medical negligence committed by Martxelo. |
| Kepa Errasti | Ales Zaldua | 2005 | Son of Eduardo Zaldua and Agurtzane Etxaburu. He is currently studyng and dating Markel, Elias' son. |
| Sara Cózar | Mimi | She works at the city hall as an administrative. | |
| Yannick Vergara | Rakel | 2004 | She works as a maid at the hotel owned by Agurtzane and Julia. She is a close friend of Maria Luisa and works as a maid at her house too. She is dating Tximista. |
| Arkaitz Gartziandia | Markel | 2006 | Son of Elias, he is dating Ales, Agurtzane and Eduardo's son, but Mertxe, his grandmother does not approve this homosexual relationship. |
| Iñigo Iraultza | Gorka Totorikabuena | 2006 | Former employee at Julia and Agurtzane's hotel, he was dismissed when police arrested him in connection with the killing of Koldo's sister. He was later released when evidence proved he was innocent. He is in love with Nekane and the child Nekane is expecting could be his. |
| Itsaso Garzon | Iraide Artola | 2006 | Employee at Julia and Agurtzane's hotel. He is working with Eduardo in a plot to blackmail Koldo. |
| Garazi Falcon | Mirari Zaldua | 2005 | Daughter of Eduardo Zaldua and Agurtzane Etxaburu. Works as a receptionist at her mother's hotel. He fought with Iraide for the love of Aritz. |
| Joseba Usabiaga | Tximista | He works as a waiter at the bar owned by Imanol. He is dating Rakel. He was injured when he had a car accident as he was carrying Naroa Agirre to work. |
[edit] Other characters of the 13th season
- Ane Pikaza => Arrate
- Ander Etxebeste => Jon / Ion
- Manu Etxarri => Asier
- Aitor Aldabeltreku => Edorta Garitonandia
- Manu Uranga => Aritz
- Itziar Orrea => Mertxe
- Lierni Fresnedo => Begoña
- Asier Oruesagasti => Kevin
- Ziggy Dockerty => Milena
- Dorleta Urretabizkaia => Ana Popesku (Milena's mother)
- Na Gomez => Pello
[edit] Former characters
- José Ramón Argoitia => Gregorio
- Anabel Arraiza => Sara
- Loli Astoreka => Begoña
- Maite Bastos => Margarita
- Maiken Beitia => Mila
- Iñaki Beraetxe => Mikel
- José María Berasategi ==> Txapas
- Teresa Calo => Koro
- Mañu Elizondo => Agustín
- David Errasti => Don Luis
- Isidoro Fernández => Ibon
- Iker Galartza => Tomax
- Kepa Gallego => Nestor
- Aintzane Gamiz => Elene
- Mikel Garmendia => Jose Mari
- Bárbara Goenaga => Ainhoa
- Miren Gojenola => Amaia
- Arantxa Gurmendi => Hortentsi
- Jose Kruz Gurrutxaga => Karlos
- Gorka Igartua => Guti
- Iñake Irastorza => Teresa
- Anuska Lasa => Ane
- Mikel Laskurain => Felix 'Puskas'
- Niko Lizeaga => Gaizka
- María Luzarraga => Mertxe
- Irune Manzano => Pilar
- Judit Mariezkurrena => Olga
- Oihana Maritorena => Teresa
- Pedro Otaegi => Eusebio
- Manex Rekarte => Julen
- Pilar Rodríguez => Petra
- Martxelo Rubio => John Kepa
- José Ramón Soroiz => Martin
- Itziar Urretabizkaia => Lutxi (2003-)
- Paul Zubillaga => Xabier
