Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:02:44 +0200https://english.radio.cz/czech-classic-tales-black-barons-make-new-tv-series-8082208© 2026 Radio Prague International Ceska Televize produced a new television series based on author Miloslav Svandrlik's book Cerni Baroni, or Black Barons, a book recognized in every household in the Czech Republic as well as Slovakia. Mr Svandrlik looks at the life and daily interaction of the technical assistance battalion, or the PTP, in a comedic light. He himself spent two years in the battalion. The PTP were a group of men relegated to physical labour by the communists and often given very dangerous jobs. The renowned director of the TV series, Juraj Herz, said that had he not had his own experience as an outcaste, he would not have been able to direct the series. Andrej Hyrc is one of the actors in the series who plays the Commander and Chief of the Czechoslovak Army. Here he tells Kay Grigar why the infamous unit was called the Black Barons. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/hryc_herz.jpg?timestamp=1590285554 https://english.radio.cz/czech-classic-tales-black-barons-make-new-tv-series-8082208 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9