Ana y los 7 (transl. Ana and the 7), is a Spanish prime-time television family comedy series that originally ran on La Primera Cadena of Televisión Española (TVE) for five seasons from 18 March 2002 to 30 May 2005, starring Ana Obregón as a stripper who becomes the nanny of seven children from an upper-class family. The series was created by Obregón herself and has spawned several foreign adaptations in Portugal, Mexico, Italy and Chile.
| Ana y los 7 | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Ana Obregón |
| Country of origin | Spain |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 91 |
| Production | |
| Production company | Star line productions for Televisión Española |
| Original release | |
| Network | TVE1 |
| Release | 18 March 2002 – 30 May 2005 |
Plot
Ana García Palermo, is a struggling exotic dancer who tries to hide her double life as a nightclub stripper and a nanny of the seven unruly children of Fernando Hidalgo, a rich banker and recent widower, with whom she falls in love.
Episodes
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Avg. viewers (millions)[1] | Avg. share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||||
| 1 | 17 | 18 March 2002 | 8 July 2002 | 5.015 | 30.5% | |
| 2 | 24 | 18 December 2002 | 9 June 2003 | 6.105 | 34.7% | |
| 3 | 24 | 17 December 2003 | 24 May 2004 | 5.966 | 31.8% | |
| 4 | 13 | 20 September 2004 | 13 December 2004 | 4.818 | 24.8% | |
| 5 | 13 | 28 February 2005 | 30 May 2005 | 4.755 | 25.4% | |
Cast and characters
| Character | Portrayed by | Seasons | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Ana García Palermo | Ana Obregón | Main | ||||
| Fernando Hidalgo | Roberto Álvarez | Main | ||||
| Nicolás Hidalgo | Juan Antonio Quintana | Main | ||||
| Carolina Hidalgo | Claudia Molina | Main | ||||
| Fernando Hidalgo Jr. | Aarón Guerrero | Main | ||||
| David Hidalgo | Daniel Freire | G | Main | |||
| Andrea Hidalgo | Nadia de Santiago | Recurring | ||||
| Bruno | Javivi | Main | ||||
| Manuela | Aurora Sánchez | Main | ||||
| Alexia Vázquez de Castro | Silvia Marsó | Main | ||||
| Rosa de Castro | Mónica Randall | Recurring | ||||
| Tony | Micky Molina | Main | ||||
| Blanca | Ana Polvorosa | Recurring | ||||
| Rebeca | Edurne | R | ||||
| Carmen Palermo | María José Alfonso | M | ||||
| Silvia Curiel García | Neus Asensi | M | ||||
Foreign versions
The series has spawned several foreign adaptations. It was adapted in Portugal as Ana e os Sete, Mexico as Mi corazón es tuyo, Italy as Anna e i cinque, and Chile as Ana y los siete.[2]