Magpakailanman (English: Forevermore) is a weekly drama anthology broadcast by GMA Network. The show is hosted by 24 Oras anchor Mel Tiangco and features inspiring stories and life experiences from both famous and ordinary people. It airs every Saturday on the network's primetime block.
The following are the lists of Magpakailanman episodes listed by the year they were aired, from the first and second incarnation.
The episode tells the story of husband and wife, Paul (Joel Torre) and Belle Umali (Amy Austria) and a child (Symon Paul Mano) who get his feet amputated due to the Rizal day bombing incident on December 30, 2000 at the LRT Blumentritt that killed a number of people.
The eldest and only girl among five children, Susan (Gelli de Belen) grows up in Carmona, Cavite, selling bibingka in Biñan to help finance her education. As a probinsiyana, it is hard for her to fit into radio and TV. They give her the odd assignments and she reports on typhoons, floods and earthquake. She even covers the lethal injection of Leo Echegaray in Muntinlupa and the Basilan presscon of Abu Sayyaf. Susan is taken hostage by the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf in 2000 while on duty in Basilan and is freed for 200 sacks of rice.
Fondly called Kaka by his barrio-mates and colleagues in showbiz, Bert Marcelo (Jose Manalo) resorted to odd jobs when he was young to augment the family income. Then his knack for making people laugh opened doors for him via a stage play that introduced him as a comedian. Soon after, he started to receive offers on TV. In December 1995, Bert succumbed to a heart attack.
Noel (Epy Quizon), Miniong (Vandolph) and Wowie (Boy2 Quizon), the members of the popular three-member band, Siakol, share their life story on how they face the hardships of having a band until they reach success, becoming one of the most popular Filipino rock bands in the early 2000s.
She is known as the "Sprint Queen." Lydia de Vega (Princess Punzalan) was considered Asia's fastest woman in the 1980s, trained by her own father, Tatang de Vega (Dante Rivero), until she became a champion. Her life as an athlete suddenly stops when love comes in the picture. Lydia is torn between her career and love life, in the end, she chooses to marry the man of her life, scarring her relationship with her father.