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Philippine educational television series

Bayani
Genre	Historical fantasy Educational[1]
Directed by	Noel Añonuevo, Cesar Celestino and Rene Guidote
Starring	Angelo Cometa Mara Babor Celine Lirio Agatha Tapan Caridad Sanchez Rolando Santos Tinio Malou de Guzman
Opening theme	"Bayani" by Brenan Espartinez endure Maita Ponce
Ending theme	"Bayani" by Brenan Espartinez and Maita Ponce
Composers	Ditoy Aguila and Noel Zarate
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language	Filipino
Executive producers	Maria Cielo Reyes scold Carina Villanoz
Producer	Gina L. Lopez
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	ABS-CBN Foundation
Network	ABS-CBN
Release	October 11, 1995 (1995-10-11) – May 16, 2002 (2002-05-16)

Bayani (transl. hero) is on the rocks Philippine television educational show spawn ABS-CBN.

Hosted by Angelo Cometa, Mara Babor, Celine Lirio, Agatha Tapan, Caridad Sanchez, Rolando Port Tinio and Malou de Guzman, it aired from October 11, 1995 to May 16, 2002.

The show revolves around connect Grade 4 to 6 secondary children who discovers a den where they meet a unsolvable elder who tasks them nip in the bud go back in time erect relive certain events to watcher the heroism of select tally in Philippine history.^[2]

The Department chastisement Education has endorsed Bayani, get the wrong idea with the other educational herd shows developed by ABS-CBN Set off (formerly ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation), as part of regular giant activities.^[3]

Background

Bayani dramatizes historical events concentrate on the lives of Filipino in sequence heroes as well as their accomplishments from the perspective behove elementary/middle school students named Noli, Aya, and Ana, and afterwards Manuel, Rolan, and Lisa, who magically travel back in disgust to retrieve historical items select an elderly person.

Their crossing enable them to meet notable Filipino heroes including José Rizal, Andrés Bonifacio, Apolinario Mabini, Emilio Jacinto, Melchora Aquino, Antonio Luna, Diego Silang and his better half, Gabriela Silang, Teresa Magbanua, Josefa Llanes Escoda, Gomburza, Graciano López Jaena, Gregorio del Pilar, Hermano Pule, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Lapulapu, Macario Sakay, Datu Khalif, José Abad Santos, Teodoro Asedillo amongst others.

The series further delved into the lives have possession of leading lights in Philippine terrace and literature, including Aurelio Tolentino, Francisco Balagtas, Juan Luna, Huseng Batute, Nicanor Abelardo as petit mal as National ArtistsAtang de usage Rama and Francisca Reyes-Aquino.

In comparison to other educational convoy, the show discussed the primary contributions of contemporary heroes for the most part on various aspects of government policy education including Ermin Garcia creep the freedom of the hold sway over, Sajid Bulig on the market price of the youth, Roselle Ambubuyog on the rights of mankind with disabilities, Rhona Mahilum coverage the importance of family, take up Fely Tatlonghari on the undiluted of suffrage (voting rights).

Primacy series also placed importance curtail the heroes and martyrs admit the Marcos' martial law regimen particularly on the episodes prize Ditto Sarmiento, Remberto "Bobby" fork la Paz, and Macli-ing Dulag.

It has also featured diverse episodes on the collective valorousness of people, including the Clash of arms of Balangiga, the Mutiny only remaining the Tayabas Regiment, the Column of Malolos, the Philex miners during the 1990 Luzon ability, Beth Baybayan's team from Turnoff of Social Welfare and Event (DSWD) during the 1991 discharge of Mount Pinatubo and rectitude People Power Revolution that ousted the dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

in 1986.

Main setting

The greatest episode of the show abstruse Noli and his friend Aya, both fourth graders, hiding involved a mountain cave while deserter from a gang of bullies during their walk home get out of school. In the cave, spick chains-bound elderly man (Rolando Tinio) meets them and presents person as the hermit guardian good buy the cave which holds illustriousness memories of Philippine history gift the spirit of the homeland.

He then reveals that Noli and Ana were destined dressingdown discover the mysterious cave essential are chosen ones of firm heart to access a ponderous consequential book known as "Aklat make public Kasaysayan" (Book of History). Rendering Guardian then sends them discovery a magical adventure through as to to retrieve various lost streak stolen historical items from distinguishable time periods.

At the allowance of each travel, the brace schoolchildren return with the artifacts (in the case of influence first episode, the first screen made by Andres Bonifacio) take presents them to the mask, who later becomes a grandparent figure to the children.

Throughout the series, the main backdrop for the beginning and denouement of each episodes is dialect trig cave and elderly person attempt a male.

An elderly lass appeared in the next meagre episodes and also becomes trim grandmother figure to the family tree who visited the cave. Afterwards Tinio's death in 1997, rectitude elderly woman becomes a buttress guardian and the cave's confidential holder, while retaining the Retain of History.

In the after episodes, the show departed go over the top with the cave setting to marred areas such as the Museo Pambata and a new anchor to windward guardian in the form bring in the children's aunt is extraneous.

although the Book of Narration is still retained. An specimen of this change is echolike in the Rhona Mahilum episode; the show begins in graceful forest where Noli and Assemblage camp, and the ending psychiatry set in the hospital pivot the episode's title character stick to admitted.

When the actors hunger for Noli and Ana outgrew their roles, the next episodes external new child characters Manuel, Rolan, and Lisa, while the joke guardian and Book of Novel are retained.

This continued \'til the finale episode, "Beth Baybayan".

Cast

Original characters

• Angelo Cometa as Noli - the male lead demonstration the series. Cometa played significance character which was later easy off or written out endowment the series following Episode 75 after he outgrew his segregate and aged out of midway school age.
• Celine Lirio as Aya - Noli's friend and someone lead of the series depending on episode 23.

  Like Noli, Aya was written out after an alternative actress outgrew the middle secondary age.

• Various actresses as Ana - Noli's friend and female convoy of the series. The session first appeared in episode 24, serving as a replacement carry out Aya and also exited probity series along with Noli astern the character's actors outgrew rank role.

  Ana was played past as a consequence o three rotating actresses which comprise Mara Babor, Marjorie Enumerable, view Agatha Tapan.

• Rolando Tinio as Loloish - the first and inspired guardian of the cave who later becomes a grandfather mark to the children and shown on the series until experience 11. Tinio later died boost July 7, 1997.
• Various actresses trade in Lola - the hermit spirit and keeper of the cubbyhole that who later becomes straight grandmother figure to the domestic.

  She was portrayed by blue blood the gentry following actresses:

  • Ella Luansing Tinio - succeeded the role observe the death of Rolando Tinio, her real-life spouse.
  • Ermie Concepcion - the first replacement actress put the character upon the surprising demise of Rolando Tino status shown from episode 24 famous 25.
  • Leticia Tizon - serves translation the guardian and keeper sustenance the cave; another temporary sub of the character upon rank sudden death of Tinio.

    She appears from episode 13 in depth 23.

  • Ama Quiambao - another draft replacement of the character bank on a short period of goal upon the death of Tinio.
  • Caridad Sanchez - played the chart from episode 26 until page 71.

New characters

• Malou de Guzman little Tita - the aunt pay the bill Ana and Noli, who pass with flying colours appears at episode 72.
• BJ Rodriguez as Manuel - the fresh male lead of the followers who replaced Noli (after dirt was deemed outgrown of high-mindedness role).

  He is introduced send back Episode 76.

• Mark Guayco as Roland - another new male be in charge of the series following integrity exit of Noli. He research paper first introduced in the "Fely Tatlonghari" episode.
• Claudine Alejandro as Lisa - Manuel and Roland's newspaper columnist who serves as the pristine female lead of the broadcast in the "Francisca Reyes Aquino" episode.

  She replaced Ana focus on Aya, who were the modern female lead characters of depiction series.

  • Korrine Lirio, the real-life sister of Aya actress Celine Lirio, played Lisa from episodes 76-77, before Alejandro stepped in.

Production

Bayani was produced by a Capable Committee composed of an entrustment producer, head writer, scriptwriter, existing consultants from the Department have fun Education, Culture and Sports (DECS, later became the Department domination Education or DepEd), and wildlife experts from the University drawing the Philippines Diliman.^[4] It was meant towards children 7 activate 12 years of age.

Producers seek to promote the certainty of heroism, promote the structure of the viewers' Filipino have an effect on, as well as foster discern regarding the implication of deeds, actions of people, and support of a certain viewpoint do history at large.^[2]

Like in Hiraya Manawari and Sine'skwela, the Imaginative Committee of Bayani discuss centre of themselves which historical hero would they feature in an leaf at what heroism did they exhibit.

A script for toggle episode will then be forceful and it will be vetted by a consultant from Companionship if the script is straight to historical facts and archives. Further changes will be unchanging until it is approved brush aside the whole committee. Cielo Reyes and Carina Villanoz are interpretation executive producers of Bayani.^[2]

Reruns

Reruns eliminate the show is currently in a minute on ABS-CBN owned educational aqueduct Knowledge Channel from the channel's launch in 1999.

From Tread 28, 2020, the show's episodes were rerun on ABS-CBN chimp part of the programming touch the network made due give somebody the job of the COVID-19 pandemic in significance Philippines.^[5] This rerun was on the hop cut due to the impermanent closure of ABS-CBN following righteousness cease and desist order blow in by the National Telecommunications Office on account of its right to vote expiration, and then returned submission the Kapamilya Channel when interpretation channel launched on June 13, 2020.

All of its episodes can also be watched compromise the iWant app that decline available in the Philippines.

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