Scripted series · La 1
The Ministry of Time
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Rodolfo Sancho
Julián Martínez
29 eps
Nacho Fresneda
Alonso de Entrerríos
42 eps
Macarena García
Lola Mendieta
21 eps
Cayetana Guillén Cuervo
Irene Larra
42 eps
Francesca Piñón
Angustias Vázquez
42 eps
Jaime Blanch
Salvador Martí
42 eps
Hugo Silva
Pacino
34 eps
Natalia Millán
Lola Mendieta
9 eps
Aura Garrido
Amelia Folch
35 eps
Julián Villagrán
Diego Velázquez
18 eps
Manuela Vellés
Carolina Bravo
3 eps
Juan Gea
Ernesto Jiménez
43 eps
Mar Ulldemolins
Maite
9 eps
Xavier Boada
Enric Folch
3 eps
Jimmy Shaw
Lord Charles York / Paul Walcott
4 eps
José Antonio Lobato
Armando Leiva
2 eps
Richard Sahagún
Alberto Ortigosa
3 eps
Pedro Alonso
Saturnino Martín Cerezo
2 eps
Paco Marín
Rogelio Vigil de Quiñones
2 eps
Aitor Merino
Antonio Menache
2 eps
Jordi Vilches
José Lafarga Abad
2 eps
Joan Carles Suau
Miguel
2 eps
Alberto Jiménez
Enrique de las Morenas
2 eps
Juan José Ballesta
Vicente González Toca
2 eps
Maria Rodríguez Soto
Enriqueta Martí
3 eps
Ramón Langa
Ambrosio Spínola
3 eps
Nieve de Medina
Marisa
3 eps
Paco Obregón
Abraham Levi
2 eps
Luis Iglesia
Bosco de Sobrecasa
5 eps
Jaime Pujol
Adolfo Suárez
2 eps
Miguel Rellán
Gil Pérez
2 eps
Algis Arlauskas
Ferguson
2 eps
Santiago Meléndez
Luis Méndez
2 eps
Rubén Trujillo Yranzo
Juan
2 eps
Maitane San Nicolás
Rocío Castro
2 eps
Garbiñe Insausti
Natalia Vila
2 eps
José Ramón Iglesias
Germán
12 eps
Miko Jarry
Adolf Hitler
2 eps
Óscar de la Fuente
Francisco Morales
2 eps
Víctor Clavijo
Lope de Vega
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Ministry of Time actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Ministry of Time reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A soldier from the 15th century, a university student from the 19th century and a nurse from the present join the secret 'Department of Time', a secret department within the Spanish government with the ability to travel through time. Their mission is prevent changes in history.
The run
Seasons
4 seasons · 42 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20169 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20158 episodes
7.6IMDbA top-secret group travels through time to stop nefarious forces from manipulating the past and changing the course of history.
Best episode · S01E03 How Time Is Rewritten
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201613 episodes
7.2IMDbFrom medieval Spain to 1924 New York to 1981 Madrid, an experienced and enhanced Ministerio team continues its top secret time-traveling mission.
Best episode · S02E06 Time of Magic
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201713 episodes
7.3IMDbWhile grieving the loss of one of its own, the Ministry is called upon to right historical wrongs from 16th-century Mexico to 20th-century France.
Best episode · S03E06 Time of Slaves
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
20208 episodes
7.2IMDbBest episode · S04E08 Days of Future Past
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E07
Time of Revenge
The patrol travels to 1844 to stop the assassination of Isabel II at the hands of a Ministry rebel, and the disappearance of the Ministry altogether.
S01E04
A Deal in Time
Ordered to pay millions for the death of the rabbi who wrote the Book of Doors, the Ministry sends the trio to 1491 to prevent his execution for heresy.
S02E01
Time of Legend
The Ministry travels to the 11th century to solve a mystery involving the burial remains of El Cid. Julián faces the consequences of his actions.
S01E02
Time of Glory
The patrol travels to Lisbon in 1588 to stop Lope de Vega from dying before he writes his greatest works.
S03E01
With Time on His Heels
Mourning a loss, the patrol is sent to foil a plan to kidnap Alfred Hitchcock during the premiere of "Vertigo" at the 1958 San Sebastián Film Festival.
S04E07
Past Imperfect
In 1832, King Ferdinand VII is being poisoned. The Ministry takes him to 2020 for medical treatment and replaces him with a stand-in, but they must ensure no one discovers the switch.
- Written by Jordi Calafí, Isa Sánchez
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S04E08
Days of Future Past
- Directed by Jorge Dorado
- Written by Marc Vigil, Javier Olivares
S04E06
Time Flies
S04E05
Undoing Time
S04E04
The Memory of Time
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Javier OlivaresExecutive Producer
Writing
- Jordi CalafíWriter
- Isa SánchezWriter
- Daniel CorpasWriter
- Marc VigilWriter
- Carolina GonzálezWriter
- Javier OlivaresWriter
Direction
- Jorge DoradoDirector
- Marc VigilDirector
- Catxo LópezDirector
Recognition
Awards
2 wins
Ignotus Award for Best Audiovisual Production
1 win · latest 1996
- WinnerIgnotus Award for Best Audiovisual Production1996
The Ministry of Time · El Ministerio del Tiempo
Premios Ondas
1 win · latest 2015
- WinnerPremios Ondas2015
The Ministry of Time · El Ministerio del Tiempo
Where to watch
Streaming
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