Každý den jsem měla premiéru - Příběh první televizní hlasatelky – Růžička Daniel (2014)

How best to introduce this memoir? It is undoubtedly best captured by the words written by Daniel Růžička in its introduction: We sit across from each other in the small study of her devilish apartment. On the table in front of us is a huge pile of photos, not only family ones but mainly those that capture her professional life – a life in television and with television. And in this case, it is not about a magical device, but about an institution. Each photo is a memory, a story, or a comment: "Here with that sports car, I'm with Franta Šťastný, here I am introducing the Prague Spring, this photo is from my wedding with Jiřík..." she says, as the afternoon sun streams through the window onto her face. On the wall, besides the pictures, hang two large photographs: her portrait and the portrait of the prominent radio director Jiří Horčička, her second husband. We sit across from each other, and I listen to her storytelling. Life has already given her eight crosses, but you would search in vain for them on her face. She has a carefully styled haircut and comfortable home clothing. Although she occasionally complains about her health, which tends to call out more often at this age, she perfectly remembers the times when television in our country was born from a technical experiment into a mass medium, influencing not only the lives of television viewers but also...