is an ITV television crime drama comedy that ran for three seasons from 7 February 1990 until 2 March 1992.

officer who takes early retirement and moves to Spain where he and his work partner, Douglas Bromley (John Bird), a retired records officer, keep an eye on the expat community of British gangsters.

As well as settling into life on the Costa del Sol, the storyline featured the pair helping out a local private eye, Delgado (Simón Andreu) to investigate cases.

The series also co-starred Kenneth Cranham as a notorious British gangster who fled to Spain.

The title is a play on El Cid, the 11th-century Castilian knight and warlord in medieval Spain.