Ivan Látal

"I was born in this house, which was built at the beginning of the century in the year 1917 by my great-grandmother and great-grandfather, they bought an old villa as such, and then in 1933 they converted it into a year-round residence, and the house was called Sakrabonia. At that time, my grandfather, who was in Prostějov in Moravia, led the team called Future, which was not in favour and they were looking for an excuse to disband the team. That grandfather was locked up, here you see a ticket for family support. The grandmother received 203 crowns, so it was probably nothing. He was sentenced to serve fifteen years originally, then his trial was somewhat revised, but he was rehabilitated only in 1968, that is two months before he died. It didn't help the poor guy much. These are my grandparents here in Černošice in Sakrabonia. Grandpa Fischer, who was an obstetrician. He gave birth to many of my classmates, he also gave birth to me here in Sakrabonia in Černošice. This is my grandmother, Marie Fischerová-Kvěchová, a painter who more or less led the whole family."

"I joined Czechoslovak Television, then in 1992 Czechoslovak Television was split into the Czech Republic and people started talking about public television, which at the time no one knew what it was. We read and found out that the model was the BBC in London, that it is actually a television independent of political parties and events, which should provide objective information."