''Flames'' (stylized as ''FLAMES'') is a youth-oriented Philippine

television drama In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms t ...

anthology show produced and broadcast by

ABS-CBN ABS-CBN (an initialism of its two predecessors' names, Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network) is a Television in the Philippines, Philippine Commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast broadcast network, network tha ...

. The series was broadcast from April 8, 1996 to January 11, 2002 every weekday afternoons. It aired for five years as an afternoon weekday drama on television.

Film adaptation

''Flames'' (or FLAMES: The Movie) is a 1997 Philippine film produced by

Star Cinema ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc. (doing business as Star Cinema or ABS-CBN Films) is a Philippines, Filipino film studio and film and television production company and film distributor headquartered in Quezon City. It is one of the major film ...

. The movie was also a first anniversary offering of its primetime (later daytime) drama series that ran from 1996 to 2002. The movie is separated into two episodes: ''Tameme'', which stars Jolina Magdangal, Bojo Molina and Marvin Agustin, and ''Pangako'' which stars Rico Yan and Claudin Baretto. The episodes were directed by Jerry Lopez Sineneng and Khryss Adalia respectively. The film's theme song was ''Flames'', performed by Jeffrey Hidalgo. The Flames Original Motion Picture Soundtrack garnered gold album status.

Cast

Tameme cast

Jolina Magdangal Maria Jolina Perez Magdangal-Escueta (; born November 6, 1978) is a Filipina singer, actress, television presenter, and entrepreneur. She is referred to in the Philippines as the Queen of Pinoy Popular Culture (or simply as Pop Icon) and is ...

as Leslie *

Marvin Agustin Marvin Jay Marquez Cuyugan (born January 29, 1979), known professionally as Marvin Agustin, is a Filipino actor, chef and entrepreneur. Early life Agustin is the youngest and the only male child of Theresa and Danilo Cuyugan and has two older s ...

as Butch *Bojo Molina as Rolly * Marianne dela Riva as Leslie's mother *Daria Ramirez as Tita Elena *Toby Alejar as Leslie's father *Ray Ventura as Tito Rodel *Mel Kimura *Lorena Garcia as Ada *Jeffrey Hidalgo *JR Herrera as Chito *

Kaye Abad Katherine Grace Abad-Castillo (born May 17, 1982), known professionally as Kaye Abad, is a Filipino-American actress and singer. Abad started in 1993 and is a member of ABS-CBN's Star Magic. She was launched as a member of Star Circle (now St ...

as Jenny *

Cheska Garcia Cheska Garcia Kramer (born Francesca Marie Velasco Garcia; July 24, 1980) is a Filipino actress and model. Early life Cheska Garcia was born in Makati, Philippines to Francisco Pablo Pellicer Garcia, a Spanish mestizo, and Maria Celeste Dahlia ...

as Dianne

Pangako cast

Claudine Barretto Claudine Margaret Castelo Barretto (; born July 20, 1979) is a Filipino actress, singer, and entrepreneur. Popularly dubbed as “''The'' ''Optimum Star''” by various media outlets, Barretto has won 3 FAMAS Award including 2 Best Actress w ...

as Karina *

Rico Yan Rico Yan (; born Ricardo Carlos Castro Yan; March 14, 1975 – March 29, 2002) was a Filipino matinee idol, model, film and television actor, host, spokesperson and entrepreneur. Yan graduated from De La Salle University in 1997 with a degre ...

as Joel *

Paula Peralejo Paula Peralejo (; born June 29, 1984) is the stage name of Maria Elena Paula Bautista Peralejo-Fernandez, a former Filipino actress. She is the younger sister of actress Rica Peralejo. TV career Peralejo was among the cast of ABS-CBN's ''Ang ...

as Yvette *

Boots Anson-Roa Maria Elisa Cristobal Anson-Rodrigo (née Anson; born January 30, 1945), better known as Boots Anson-Roa, is a Filipina actress, columnist, editor, and lecturer. Early life and education Anson-Roa, a Bicolana, is the eldest daughter of post-w ...

as Dona Amparo *

Marita Zobel Mary Ann Respall Blanch-Roxas, better known by her screen name Marita Zobel (born June 18, 1941), is a Filipina actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the ...

as Mrs Ronquillo *

Perla Bautista Perla Marcial Bautista (born February 18, 1940) is a multi-awarded actress in the Philippines. She acted in more than 250 movies and television shows. She won the Best Actress FAMAS Award for ''Markang Rehas'' (1962). She also won Gawad Urian A ...

Marc Solis ''Ang TV'' ( en, The TV) was a youth-oriented comedy variety show in the Philippines. The show's format was inspired by its predecessor ''Kaluskos Musmos'', (a popular Philippine kiddie gag show in the 1970s) and its foreign counterpart ''The ...

as Emil *

Emman Abeleda Emman Abeleda is a Filipino actor, singer and dancer. Career Abeleda practically grew up on screen, he first started appearing on films as early as 1996. As a child actor, he often portrayed son and younger brother roles. On television, he ...

as Sammy *

Jan Marini Alano Jan Marini Alano is an actress and singer from the Philippines. She started her showbiz career in Ang TV, ABS-CBN's teen-oriented gag/variety show in the early 1990s. As one of the resident singers of the show, Jan honed her talents resulting ...

as Aida *Richard Quan *Gerard Pizzaras as Andie

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