Although the La Revuelta team is possibly very busy and Broncano himself must not have much free time these days, this has not prevented them from finding a place to land on Prime Video. Apart from its program on RTVE, we can now enjoy a premiere that is now available on the Amazon streaming service.
Diversifying and not standing still even when you are doing as well as Broncano and his team is a good strategy. They are triumphing on the nights of La 1 and are also an international phenomenon on RTVE Play, where there are people from all over the world who enjoy the program. Now they are launching on Prime Video with a premiere in the form of a docuseries that emulates the bases of true crime, but in a comedic tone. Pure Broncano style, although with Jorge Ponce at the helm.
Meeting the celebrity scammer
Jorge Ponce and Javier Valera are responsible for this production that delves into a character that the public does not know, but it seems that celebrities have crossed paths more than once. The series is titled Medina: The Celebrity Swindler and focuses on Medina, who has been swindling small amounts of money from all kinds of celebrities, especially comedians, for 20 years. Jorge Ponce himself was scammed and, in one of those crazy and inspired ideas, the comedian decided to investigate and delve deeper into this character who had managed to get money from so many people in the union.
You will know the comedian Jorge Ponce perfectly if you are a viewer of La Revuelta, where he usually has interventions that generate laughter. The occasions on which he has uncovered the curious examples of the meanings of the RAE or his live shows on the Gran Vía, always leave good feelings. Now he decides to show that he is ready to make the leap into a different field such as documentary series. And he does it with a more than interesting research work.
Five episodes to follow the case
The docuseries is presented with a total of five episodes in which the different steps that Ponce has taken to discover the scammer and testimonies from the victims are interspersed. Amazon mentions that the comedian has put great resources into searching for the criminal, hiring private investigators and using all kinds of ideas. To this we must add the participation of a multitude of comedians who tell the way in which they crossed paths with the scammer.
Medina always uses a similar type of strategy. He pretends to be someone who has worked in the past with the famous person he is scamming and tells a fictional story to try to get money from him. Some give it more than others and the impressions, in all cases, are curious. Throughout the docuseries we can see the testimonies of Joaquín Reyes, Andreu Buenafuente, Carlos Areces, Kira Miró, Miguel Rellán or Berto Romero, among others. We will also see Broncano, of course.
In addition, it should be mentioned that not only El Terrat takes part in the production, but it is also produced by Encofrados Encofrasa, which is the company founded by Jorge Ponce with David Broncano and Ricardo Castella. This makes the link with the television show maximum, especially considering that both Ponce and Castella act as executive producers of the docuseries. Days ago, although they did not make the move to invite each other to talk about the documentary, they did have the opportunity to camouflage a small promotion of it during one of Ponce’s interventions. All in the Broncano style, deliberately hiding it poorly and making it clear what they were doing with a note of humor.
