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autumn 2005. Czech Radio received a "Wild Oscar" for it at the prestigious
Wildscreen Festival in Bristol and the Seal of Comenius EduMedia in Berlin. The main aim was to compare gorillas’ behaviour with that of humans, whilst conveying some relevant information about apes and thus contribute to their conservation. The project partly parodied the reality shows that were being broadcast at that time on commercial television (e.g. Big Brother or VyVolenĂ). Tereza Ĺ efrnová and RadomĂr Ĺ ofr also took part in the screenplay for The Revealed.
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Leonardo, of which he was the director until 2009. At the end of 2009 he won the
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Different Reality Show" (2005–2008). It was one of Czech Radio's most prominent multimedia projects. The project began with the launch of an online video broadcast from the gorilla pavilion at Prague Zoo and became a regular radio and television show in
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Bobbles from Bobek and was followed by A Giraffe on Monday and Trojan Lion in 2016. The latest
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