{{Short description|Philippine television documentary show}} {{More citations needed|date=August 2025}} {{Use Philippine English|date=May 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox television | image = Brigada Siete title card.jpg | alt = An image with a blue and purple background. The show title is displayed all over the image. | caption = Title card | genre = Documentary | language = Tagalog | presenter = {{Plainlist| * Louie Beltran (1993–94) * Arnold Clavio * Tito Sotto (1994–2000) * Jessica Soho}} | country = Philippines | camera = Multiple-camera setup | runtime = 60–90 minutes | company = GMA News and Public Affairs | network = GMA Network | first_aired = {{Start date|1993|12|5}} | last_aired = {{End date|2001|9|29}} | related = ''Brigada'' }}
'''''Brigada Siete''''' ({{Translation|brigade seven}}) is a Philippine television investigative documentary show broadcast by GMA Network. It premiered on December 5, 1993.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=R5UVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3woEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5785%2C679978 |title=''Brigada Siete'' premieres on GMA |date=December 5, 1993 |newspaper=Manila Standard |access-date=December 6, 2021 |publisher=Kamahalan Publishing Corp. |page=19}}</ref> The show concluded on September 29, 2001. The show was revived in 2011 as ''Brigada''.
After Louie Beltran's death by 1994, Tito Sotto took over on November 6<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19941102&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Tito Sotto is new ''Brigada Siete'' host |date=November 2, 1994 |newspaper=Manila Standard |access-date=July 20, 2021 |publisher=Kamahalan Publishing Corp. |page=19}}</ref> and continued hosting until 2000. By that time, it was reformatted as a magazine show.
==Hosts== {{Multiple image | align = center | total_width = 300 | direction = horizontal | header = Hosts | image1 = Jessica Soho portrait.JPG | caption1 = Jessica Soho | alt1 = An image of Jessica Soho. | image2 = Sen. Pres Vicente Sotto (cropped).jpg | caption2 = Tito Sotto | alt2 = An image of Tito Sotto.}}
* Louie Beltran {{Small|(1993–94)}} * Jessica Soho {{Small|(1993–2001)}} * Arnold Clavio {{Small|(1994–2001)}} * Tito Sotto {{Small|(1994–2000)}}
==Accolades== {| class="wikitable" |+ Accolades received by ''Brigada Siete'' ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Recipient ! Result ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 1995 | 9th PMPC Star Awards for Television | Best Magazine Show | ''Brigada Siete'' | {{Won}} ! rowspan=4 | |- | 1996 | New York Film & TV Festivals | Best Investigative Report | "Bala O Batas" | {{CFinalist|Finalist}} |- | 1996 | 10th PMPC Star Awards for Television | Best Magazine Show | rowspan=2 | ''Brigada Siete'' | {{Won}} |- | 1997 | colspan=2 | Adboard Golden Pearl Awards | {{Won}} |- | 1999 | colspan=2 | Peabody Award | Child Labor Episode | {{Won}} | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/investigative-reporting/ |title=59th Annual Peabody Awards |date=May 2000 |website=Peabody Awards |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|1982224}}
Category:1993 Philippine television series debuts Category:2001 Philippine television series endings Category:Filipino-language television shows Category:GMA Integrated News and Public Affairs shows Category:GMA Network documentary shows Category:Peabody Award winners
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