Ilustrado is a successful Philippine epic docudrama about José Rizal's early life as teenager and his tragic first love which created Maria Clara. It is topbilled by Alden Richards.[1][2] Tagged as the first BayaniSerye, it is the first primetime drama series under GMA News and Public Affairs. The series premiered on the network's GMA Telebabad primetime block and worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV on October 24, 2014, replacing My Destiny.