Spain’s Atresplayer Premium Prepares Docuseries ’Once Upon a Time in Marbella’ (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

Emiliano De Pablos Boosting its profile as a Spanish reference point, not only for TV drama but also for documentary production, Atresplayer Premium, the pay TV platform of media conglom Atresmedia Group, is preparing docuseries “Érase una vez en Marbella” (Once Upon a Time in Marbella).

Produced by Atresmedia TV in collaboration with Seville-based Happy Ending (“Pongamos que hablo de…”), the four episode 50 minutes series will dive into real-life stories of deep impact that had the city of Marbella, in Spain’s southern Andalusia coast, as a common element.

The documentary will explain how Marbella went in a few years, since the 1950s, from being a fishing village in Málaga province to becoming one of the most ostentatious leisure centers for the worldwide jet set. “Once Upon a Time in Marbella” will describe different events and characters that, in one way or another, were related to the Costa del Sol’s city and its universe.

Among the stories it will address are that of Princess Diana, who was famously photographed topless by paparazzi; the inauguration of a new nightclub by French businesswoman Olivia Valère, and that of a young German-Spanish nobleman and property developer Alfonso of Hohenlohe, and his dream of building the most important hotel in the world, the Marbella Club.