RTVE will ask the BBC for explanations for its new series 'The Ministry of Time', very similar to 'El Ministerio del tiempo' "Neither RTVE nor the production company that took charge of the production of the series have granted any license to the BBC or any production company for the adaptation," the Spanish entity has said. The original series, created by Pablo and Javier Olivares, began broadcasting on La 1 in February 2015 and remained on the air for four seasons, with awards such as the Ondas Award for best fiction.