The Defender | |
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Genre | Crime, Drama |
Written by | Tomáš Feřtek, Matěj Podzimek |
Directed by | Tereza Kopáčová, Tomáš Mašín |
Starring | Lukáš Vaculík |
Country of origin | Czech Republic |
Original language | Czech |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Production | |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | ČT1 |
Release | 5 September 7 November 2021 | –
The Defender ( Czech: Ochránce) is a Czech drama television series, that premiered on Czech Television in 2021. [1] Series also appeared at Serial Killer festival. [2] It won Czech Film Critics' Award in category "Outside Kino." [3]
Series focuses on a teacher Aleš Pelán who becomes School Ombudsman to stand up for children, parents and teachers in need. Pelán's cases include teacher bullied by her students, investigation of a pupil's suicide, girl who has never attended school, parents of students harassed by their classmate or sexual abuse of students by their teacher. All episodes are inspired by real cases. [4]
No. in series |
Title | Directed by | Original air date | Czech viewers (millions) |
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1 | "Slabý kus" | Tereza Kopáčová | September 5, 2021 | 1,313 |
2 | "Vražda vychovatelky" | Tomáš Mašín | September 12, 2021 | 1,342 |
3 | "Andílek" | Tereza Kopáčová | September 19, 2021 | 1,362 |
4 | "Orchidej na smetišti" | Tereza Kopáčová | September 26, 2021 | 1,266 |
5 | "Džungle před tabulí" | Tomáš Mašín | October 3, 2021 | 1,261 |
6 | "Veřejný nepřítel" | Tomáš Mašín | October 10, 2021 | 1,295 |
7 | "Vrabčák" | Tereza Kopáčová | October 17, 2021 | 1,361 |
8 | "Ahoj tati" | Tereza Kopáčová | October 24, 2021 | 1,251 |
9 | "Hidžáb" | Tomáš Mašín | October 31, 2021 | 1,221 |
10 | "Tichá dohoda" | Tereza Kopáčová | November 7, 2021 | 1,355 |
Director of the ČT1 program Milan Fridrich mentioned that spin-off is in production. [5] On 19 March 2024 Czech Television announced series Ratolesti which was called thematical sequel to The Defender. It is set for broadcast in 2025. [6]
The Defender | |
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Genre | Crime, Drama |
Written by | Tomáš Feřtek, Matěj Podzimek |
Directed by | Tereza Kopáčová, Tomáš Mašín |
Starring | Lukáš Vaculík |
Country of origin | Czech Republic |
Original language | Czech |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Production | |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | ČT1 |
Release | 5 September 7 November 2021 | –
The Defender ( Czech: Ochránce) is a Czech drama television series, that premiered on Czech Television in 2021. [1] Series also appeared at Serial Killer festival. [2] It won Czech Film Critics' Award in category "Outside Kino." [3]
Series focuses on a teacher Aleš Pelán who becomes School Ombudsman to stand up for children, parents and teachers in need. Pelán's cases include teacher bullied by her students, investigation of a pupil's suicide, girl who has never attended school, parents of students harassed by their classmate or sexual abuse of students by their teacher. All episodes are inspired by real cases. [4]
No. in series |
Title | Directed by | Original air date | Czech viewers (millions) |
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1 | "Slabý kus" | Tereza Kopáčová | September 5, 2021 | 1,313 |
2 | "Vražda vychovatelky" | Tomáš Mašín | September 12, 2021 | 1,342 |
3 | "Andílek" | Tereza Kopáčová | September 19, 2021 | 1,362 |
4 | "Orchidej na smetišti" | Tereza Kopáčová | September 26, 2021 | 1,266 |
5 | "Džungle před tabulí" | Tomáš Mašín | October 3, 2021 | 1,261 |
6 | "Veřejný nepřítel" | Tomáš Mašín | October 10, 2021 | 1,295 |
7 | "Vrabčák" | Tereza Kopáčová | October 17, 2021 | 1,361 |
8 | "Ahoj tati" | Tereza Kopáčová | October 24, 2021 | 1,251 |
9 | "Hidžáb" | Tomáš Mašín | October 31, 2021 | 1,221 |
10 | "Tichá dohoda" | Tereza Kopáčová | November 7, 2021 | 1,355 |
Director of the ČT1 program Milan Fridrich mentioned that spin-off is in production. [5] On 19 March 2024 Czech Television announced series Ratolesti which was called thematical sequel to The Defender. It is set for broadcast in 2025. [6]