Netflix has set October 9 for A Day Like No Other, the eight-episode biographical series about Spanish singer Raphael, and released first images and a teaser poster alongside the date on July 23, 2026. The premiere is scoped to Spain and Latin America rather than announced as a global release.
Two actors, one subject
The structural choice is the story here. Javier Morgade, of Culpa tuya and El jardinero, plays Raphael in his youth; Carlos Santos, of El refugio atómico and 1992, plays him in maturity. Splitting the role across two performers rather than relying on ageing makeup signals a series that intends to treat the two periods as genuinely distinct rather than as one continuous performance.
The supporting cast includes Francesco Carril, Natalia Varela, Pepa Aniorte and Manolo Caro, among others.
The span it covers
The series traces Raphael from humble beginnings in post-war Spain to the world's largest stages, across roughly five decades. Netflix describes it as covering his passions, his best-known songs, his personal struggles and what it calls the demons that followed him — which suggests a portrait willing to include the difficult stretches rather than a straightforward celebration.
The locations track that scale: Madrid and Las Vegas, by way of Moscow, Paris and Acapulco.
Who is making it
DLO Producciones, whose credits include El jardinero and Ni una más, produces in association with Caracol Televisión. Tito López Amado, Javier Pulido and Beatriz Sanchís direct. José Manuel Lorenzo produces, with Jacobo Martos as associate producer, and the screenplay is by Ignacio del Moral, Paloma Rando and Adrià P. Xancó. The executive producers are Nacho Bolonio, Dago García, Gonzalo Cordoba, Asier Aguilar, Lisette Osorio and Lorenzo himself.
Lorenzo founded DLO in 2011, and the Banijay Group has held a stake in the company since 2013. The Caracol Televisión partnership is the detail that explains the Latin American half of the release: a Colombian broadcaster attached to a Spanish production points the series at both markets from the outset rather than treating one as an export.
What the announcement does not settle
Netflix has not said whether or when the series reaches territories outside Spain and Latin America, nor whether it will carry subtitles or dubbing beyond its launch regions. Release pattern, runtime and the extent of Raphael's own involvement are not addressed. NexusGG has not seen the series.
