Unfortunately, it has become customary that holiday television programs are, with a few exceptions, a show of endless reruns. They prove the routine with which they are made up of playwrights, who are sometimes not even ashamed to offer an almost identical Christmas or Easter offer as in previous years. They recycle old films and … Read more
The Czech footballers lost the key domestic qualification match for advancing to the World Cup in 2023 with Iceland 0: 1 and lost a real chance to advance. The only goal was scored in the 36th minute by Gunnhildur Jónsdóttir, who, according to repeated shots, helped her hand. Coach Karel Rada’s trustees got the ball … Read more
Sunday’s announcement of the “Magnesia Litera 2022” literary awards brought a big surprise. Pavel Klusák, a music publicist, won two awards, for journalism, and finally the main one, ie “Books of the Year”, for the publication “Karel Gott: The Czechoslovak Story”. One can only speculate that the jury indirectly revealed what it thinks of one … Read more
If the endless TV series Nova “Ulice” still keeps something afloat, then they are mainly some great actors. The plot plots, indeed endless, are already annoying to many viewers. And it seems that also to the caretaker Evžen, for whose favor two beauties are fighting in this soap opera, while he has to face the … Read more
Thanks to the rich archive of Czech Television, this week we commemorate the admirable artistic career of actor Viktor Preiss and his seventieth birthday. It’s really hard to say which of the hundreds of roles he created on stage, in film and television is the most memorable. Jaromír Hanzlík’s relaxed talk show “Smiles of Viktor … Read more
Unfortunately, this year’s Czech Lions award ceremony was also significantly affected by another unfavorable circumstance. While last year it was a coronavirus crisis, this year, when many of us were already waiting for a turn for the better, the war in Ukraine thwarted plans to celebrate Czech film according to the usual scenario. The organizers … Read more
Friday talk show by Karel Šíp All parties is one of the jewels of television entertainment. It has appeared on Czech Television screens for more than sixteen years, and although the time has changed since its inception, the show has not lost any of its originality and popularity. In Friday’s episode, Karel Šíp chose a … Read more
The war in Ukraine aroused a huge number of Czechs to immediately start helping the families most affected by the war. While they have already sent more than a billion crowns to charity accounts and donate a huge amount of necessary items, Czech artists are trying to use their popularity to inspire other fellow citizens … Read more
I grew up in the postwar period. I remember my childhood with love and gratitude. I think that time was very difficult for my family. But I didn’t see it. My mother spoke English, French, Italian and German, but her language was really specific. It’s true that we were probably a bit of a strange … Read more
“Rap Story is basically a feature film,” says screenwriter and music publicist Karel Veselý about the documentary series on the history of Czech rap. The series has ten ten-minute episodes and was filmed by Czech Television. “Rappers are mainstream nowadays, but they still have the hallmark of subculture and music for young people. They benefit … Read more