In Prague, Ivan Hewett relates how a handful of gifted figures rescued Czech culture from oblivion, startingwith language and myth, and culminating in great novels, symphonies and operas. But national identity soon became a political and controversial matter as Czechs fought amongst themselves about what defined their nationhood. With contributions from the writer Ivan Klima , conductor Charles Mackerras , and historian Miroslav Hroch. Producer Jessica Isaacs