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Alive and Kicking (TV series)

Spanish TV series

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ105071231 ↗
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Alive and Kicking (Spanish: Los espabilados; lit. 'the clued-up ones') is a Spanish television series created by Albert Espinosa for Movistar+. Based on the novel Lo que te diré cuando te vuelva a ver by Espinosa, the plot follows five teenagers escaping from a mental health centre. It aired in 2021.

Premise

The fiction follows the mishaps of five teenagers (Mickey L'Angelo, Yeray, Guada, Samuel and Lucas) escaping from a mental health centre in Menorca, experiencing from then on a sort of road movie that takes them to different locations in Spain, Germany and Italy in search of Mickey's older brother.

Cast

Álvaro Requena as Mickey L'Angelo.

Marco Sanz as Yeray.

Sara Manzano as Guada.

Aitor Valadés as Samuel.

Héctor Pérez as Lucas.

Miki Esparbé as Izan.

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