The announcement

RTVE announced on Wednesday, 21 October 2026 through its social media accounts that Pedro Fernández Vara, known to colleagues as 'Perico', and Enrique Bravo Guerrero, known as 'Kike', had died. Fernández Vara worked as a cameraman and Bravo Guerrero as a sound technician. The broadcaster's message opened with a line of mourning for the whole corporation.

“The RTVE family is in mourning.”

Careers behind the camera

Both men spent more than 40 years at the public broadcaster, working on programmes and documentaries whose images reached viewers even though their own contribution was often invisible to them. RTVE's statement named four titles from their careers: Al filo de lo imposible, Imprescindibles, Ciudades Patrimonio de la Humanidad and Agrosfera. Eldiario.es gave the years for each: Al filo de lo imposible in 1982, Imprescindibles from 2010 onward, Ciudades Patrimonio de la Humanidad from 2019 to 2021 and Agrosfera from 1997 onward. RTVE described the pair as professionals who had worked on the best programmes and documentaries of the house.

“Two great professionals who worked for more than 40 years in this house on the best programmes and documentaries.”

Al filo de lo imposible

El Mundo called Al filo de lo imposible probably the most emblematic of the titles RTVE recalled. The adventure and expedition programme ran for more than three decades and brought viewers images of some of the most inaccessible places on the planet, including mountains, glaciers and extreme expeditions. Sebastián Álvaro directed it for much of its run. El Mundo also reported that some of its expeditions, including those to K2, became television events in their own right.

Reactions

Eldiario.es reported that some followers responded to the deaths by sharing their condolences. RTVE called the two men great colleagues who leave a great legacy, and closed its message by sending a strong hug to their loved ones. La Razón described the pair as having contributed to numerous productions of public television.