Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Tue, 28 Jul 2026 01:16:19 +0200Michael Havas: Peter Gabriel called about doing a video with Jan Švankmajerhttps://english.radio.cz/michael-havas-peter-gabriel-called-about-doing-a-video-jan-svankmajer-8131882© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalMichael Havas grew up in New Zealand but came to communist Czechoslovakia – the country his parents had escaped from – to study film. He has made over 50 documentaries in a career that has seen him work with director Jan Švankmajer and many more noteworthy figures. Indeed, I first came across him in connection with a letter protesting Brexit that he wrote to the UK prime minister and circulated to friends, including Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin of Monty Python and musician Peter Gabriel. But when we met I first asked Michael Havas about his family background.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/havas_michael1.jpg?timestamp=1590400730 Michael Havas: Peter Gabriel called about doing a video with Jan Švankmajer https://english.radio.cz/michael-havas-peter-gabriel-called-about-doing-a-video-jan-svankmajer-8131882 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9