 Eldorado was produced by Lambert through her own company "Cinema Verity Productions".The BBC obviously hoped that, after "EastEnders", Smith and Holland could make drama gold again; however, the series was cancelled by the new controller of BBC1, Alan Yentob.Smith was blamed for the programme's shortcomings and was fired, which left her bitter towards the BBC, who she believed had not given "Eldorado" a chance to establish itself.