It has been hailed as one of the best gangster series on Netflix, drawing comparisons to Peaky Blinders, but its graphic violence has left viewers divided
Eleven hooded men entered the headquarters of the Central Bank of Barcelona on 23 May 1981 and took about 300 hostages. Assault on the Central Bank, Netflix’s miniseries based on that real event, is again the most seen in Spain on 3 June 2026, more than a year after its premiere. Few series achieve that resurgent effect, and when it happens, it is worth wondering why. The answer is in the raw material: a robbery that was not a robbery. Three mon…