The fiction tracks the standoff between Mario Pastor (a gentleman thief) and Bernardo Valle (a police officer hellbent on catching him), and their respective collaborators.[1]
Produced by Bambú Producciones [es], Guante blanco is based on an original idea by Ramón Campos [gl].[3] The writing team was formed by Campos alongside Gema R. Neira, Eligio Rodríguez, Laura León, Deborah Rope and David Ríos, whereas the episodes were directed by Carlos Sedes [gl], Eduardo Armiñán and Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo.[4] Shooting began by July 2008.[5]
The series debuted in prime time on 15 October 2008, earning 2,489,000 average viewers and a 15.9% audience share.[7] The next episodes earned respectively 1,851,000 viewers and a 9.9% audience share (22 October 2008) and 1,277,000 and a 8.0% audience share (31 October 2008).
The original broadcasting run on linear television was axed due to poor ratings after the third episode, leaving five unaired episodes, which were made available on the online service rtve.es.[8][2]Televisión Española decided to run the full series again in prime time in 2010.[7]
