Hiram (TV series)

Hiram
	Title card
Genre	Drama, Romance
Created by	Henry King Quitain
Developed by	Malou N. Santos
Directed by	Jerry Lopez Sineneng
Starring	Kris Aquino; Dina Bonnevie; Heart Evangelista; Anne Curtis ; Geoff Eigenmann
Theme music composer	George Canseco
Ending theme	"Hiram" by Zsa Zsa Padilla
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language(s)	Filipino
No. of episodes	223
Production
Executive producer(s)	Des D. Tanwangco
Production location(s)	Philippines
Production company(s)	Star Creatives
Release
Original network	ABS-CBN
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Original release	July 12, 2004 –; May 20, 2005

Hiram (International title: Stolen Moments / transl. Borrowed) is a 2004 Philippine television drama series broadcast by ABS-CBN and worldwide on The Filipino Channel. It aired from July 12, 2004 to May 20, 2005 replacing Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas. Directed by Jerry Lopez Sineneng, it stars Kris Aquino, Dina Bonnevie, Heart Evangelista, Anne Curtis, and Geoff Eigenmann.

The show has re-aired from August 16, 2006 to December 31, 2007 on the now defunct Pinoy Central TV and again in 2008 on the revamped Network KPTV, now ABS-CBN Sports and Action, and in 2013 it was re-aired on Cinema One Global.

Synopsis

The story revolves around the relationships between Diana, Sophia, Beatrice, and Edward. Diana takes care of Beatrice's child Margaret after Beatrice dies. Sophia has a daughter Stephanie, from a past one night stand.

The story begins with a friendship between three females until they find themselves sacrificing their lives for one another until respective generations find themselves also fighting for the love of one man.

Cast and characters

Main cast

Kris Aquino as Diana Benipayo-Verdadero, fondly called Hopia when she was growing up. Overweight, insecure and the youngest of the three friends, she grows up to be a beautiful television host. Diana stands as mother to Margaret, who is the love-child of her friend Beatrice (Mickey Ferriols). She fell in love with Louie (Christian Vasquez) but her true love is Edward. Character name is derived from British princess, Diana, Princess of Wales.
Dina Bonnevie as Sophia Borromeo, "ate" of Diana and the former Beatrice. Sophia takes the lead in making decisions, which does not make her very popular. She is envious, controlling and confident. She had Stephanie when she agreed to sleep with her Chinese employer to help Diana who got in trouble when they were working in Hong Kong. Sophia pretends to be strong and ruthless but she is also in love with Edward. She had a boyfriend, Alexander (Bernard Palanca), who loves her but knows she loves Edward more. Character is derived from Spanish queen consort, Queen Sophia of Spain.
Heart Evangelista as Margaret Benipayo, beautiful, intelligent and sensible adopted daughter of Diana. She doesn't know the truth about her own birth. She fell in love with Harry, a simple son of a farmer whose face was disfigured. The relationship met the disapproval of Sophia, who took the opportunity to separate them when Harry suffered amnesia after a car crash. Margaret suffered when she found out that Harry was given the name Andrew and fell in love with her best friend Stephanie and Stephanie started to create her evil schemes against her. She decided to step out of the way rather than hurt her best friend. Character name is derived from English royal, Margaret Tudor.
Anne Curtis as Stephanie Borromeo, arrogant, ruthless, villainess, pitiless and the main female antagonist of the series and the unwanted child of Sophia. All her life she lived in the shadow of Margaret until Andrew came into her life. She hurt badly when she found out that Andrew was actually Harry and will make Margaret's life a living hell as time goes by. Stephanie is self-destructive and emotionally dependent, but she is coming to her own. Character name is derived from Portuguese queen consort, Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
Geoff Eigenmann as Harry Silayan/Andrew Florendo, the amnesiac victim who fell in love with two women who happened to be best friends. Harry is torn. Margaret won't take him back and won't give him a choice. Stephanie is pushing him away because of her insecurity. Everyone is anxious about whom he will choose. Character name is derived from British prince Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex/Prince Andrew, Duke of York.
John Estrada as Edward Verdadero, the crush ng bayan when Beatrice, Diana and Sophia were growing up. Handsome, rich and gentlemanly, Edward was the ideal man for all of them. But among the three, his heart only went out for Diana. He waited 20 long years before he could propose to Diana. Character name is derived from British king, Edward VIII.
Mickey Ferriols as Beatrice, the deceased childhood friend of Sophia and Diana. Beatrice falls in love with Edward and has an affair with him. Before she dies she gives birth to a baby girl named Margaret.

Extended cast

Rosemarie Gil as Donya Carolina Verdadero
Angel Aquino as Charlotte Crisostomo
Christian Vasquez as Louie Diaz
Ahron Villena as William
Jaclyn Jose as Isabella
Bernard Palanca as Alexander
Andre Tiangco as Derek Sandico
Tanya Gomez as Anna Silayan
Gigette Reyes as Elizabeth
Bong Regala as James Diaz
Simon Ibarra as Paul
Dick Israel as Diana's abusive uncle
Pilar Pilapil as Sophia's abandoned mother
Lito Legaspi as Don Felipe Verdadero
Katrina Michelle Legaspi as young Diana
Rache Mae Manantan as young Sophia
Angelina Marie Plummer as young Beatrice
Jardson Librando as young Edward
Julia Montes as Young Stephanie Borromeo
Winchell Eric Ave as Mark best friend of Andrew Florendo in Cordillera

Production crew

Executive in Charge of Production: Malou N. Santos
Executive in Charge of Creative: Henry King Quitain
Creative director: Olivia M. Lamasan
Production director: Cathy O. Perez
Creative Manager: Jake Tordesillas
Executive Producer: Des D. Tanwangco
Headwriter: Henry King Quitain
Directed by: Jerry Lopez Sineneng

International Broadcast

Country/Region
Vietnam

Rating

The show's highest rating was 48.0%, the lowest was 21.2%, and the overall ratings was 34.6%.