Czech Lion Award for Best TV Series | |
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Country | Czech Republic |
First awarded | 2015 |
Currently held by | Volga |
Website | http://www.filmovaakademie.cz |
Czech Lion Award for Best TV Series is one of the awards given to the best Czech television series. Category was founded in 2015. [1]
Year | English Name | Original Name | Director |
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2015 | Mamon | Mamon | Vladimír Michálek |
2016 | Wasteland | Pustina | Alice Nellis, Ivan Zachariáš |
2017 | World under your head | Svět pod hlavou | Marek Najbrt, Radim Špaček |
2018 | Dabing Street | Dabing Street | Petr Zelenka |
2019 | MOST! | MOST! | Jan Prušinovský |
2020 | Rats | Zrádci | Viktor Tauš |
2021 | The Defender | Ochránce | Tereza Kopáčová, Tomáš Mašín |
2022 | Nineties | Devadesátky | Peter Bebjak |
2023 | Volga | Volha | Jan Pachl |
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