The director of a controversial Czech reality TV show that recreates life under Nazi occupation has defended the series in the wake of criticism. He said that the show is a serious attempt to try and understand what it was like for ordinary people to live in Nazi-occupied Europe. In a live online discussion hosted Monday by a Czech daily newspaper, the Director said the format hews closer to the BBC’s Living History than a reality show. The show airs through mid-June, features three generations of a Czech family living in a remote mountain village with actors playing their neighbors, Nazis and Gestapo officers.
