Reality TV

Due to common prejudice and stereotypes, many see Down syndrome as an insurmountable obstacle that does not allow one to live a normal life.  The TV show captures groups of handicapped young people going for an adventurous journey around the world during which they face both unusual challenges and every-day issues.

Before the Austrian parliamentary elections in 2017, Heinz-Christian Strache, Head of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), agreed to support the alleged family of a Russian oligarch in exchange for counter-services. This agreement was revealed thanks to a video filmed in secret. A fundamental issue in ethical journalism is whether it is, at all, permissible within the public interest to provoke a situation and capture it all on a hidden camera.

The show’s motto is: let your friends choose your partner because they know you best. Groups of friends organize three dates for their unsuspecting friend. Each date is planned in advance and subsequently monitored by hidden cameras. After the final revelation, it is only up to the friend who they will go on a romantic trip with.

According to the creators of this concept, modern dates are too complicated, so they have decided to simplify the selection and come as close to potential partners as possible. They offer a provocative dating show in which participants choose their counterparts only by the details of their naked bodies, including genitals.

The third part of the documentary series that follows a class of Roma children from the Brno quarter called Bronx for several years. In the first two parts, the children learnt to work with cameras to present a unique testimony about their lives and their families. The third part continues to follow the individual stories of the now teenagers.

For a year, the filmmakers followed the work of nurses in different environments – in homes and hospitals, and on a foreign mission. The cycle is a complex insight into the problematic area of Czech health care, telling a story of women and men who share responsibility, stress, and modest salaries.

A group of Dutch mayors have come up with a rather unusual approach to solving problems. Using hidden cameras, they pretend to be journalists or new neighbours and infiltrate local communities. The aim is to understand their thinking so that the mayors can solve their town-specific issues in a better way.

"Čapí hnízdo" is the case circling Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. Among the key culprits of the case was the prime minister/entrepreneur's son, whom the police tried to find and question for two years to no avail. Sabina Slonková and Jiří Kubík, reporters from Special Investigation, which is an original show that airs on online TV channel Televize Seznam, managed to track down and interview the 35-year-old Andrej Babiš Jr.

Eight cities are supervised by a municipal inspector and her team of secret agents for two weeks. At the end of each episode, the results of the survey are presented to the residents of the city. The factual entertainment show evaluates the advantages and the shamefully unsolved problems in education, health, safety, food, and local authorities.