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The Oscar-winning American animator Gene Deitch first came to Prague in 1959, and - incredibly - he has been here ever since. In the mid-1990s he published 'For the Love of Prague', a fascinating and evocative account of his experiences both under communism and as the system fell. Gene Deitch, who is now 78, continues to live and work a stone's throw from Charles Bridge, on the Mala Strana side. When I spoke to him there recently, he recalled how he'd been looking for financing for a film called 'Munro' when an American producer he didn't know

Rob Cameron's guest on this week's One on One is Colonel Petr Uruba, a distinguished pilot, RAF veteran and former Colditz inmate, who like many of his fellow officers was persecuted by the Communist regime after returning home. Colonel Uruba was delighted to see NATO meet in the Czech capital last week - he actually received a medal from the alliance for promoting NATO membership. When he came into the studio, Rob began by asking him if flying had always been a passion.

As thousands of delegates descend on Prague for the NATO summit, and thousands of demonstrations arrive to disrupt the meeting, it's easy to forget that there are people who want to challenge NATO through peaceful discussion and debate. One of them is Englishman Tony Addy, who works for the Czech office of the European Contact Group (ECG), an ecumenical network involved in a number of alternative seminars and events during the summit. Rob Cameron began by asking Tony to describe what the ECG was all about.

After years as a dissident, Jiri Dienstbier's life changed overnight during the 1989 Velvet Revolution when he became the foreign minister of Czechoslovakia. He was later appointed United Nations special rapporteur for human rights in the former Yugoslavia, and was opposed to the NATO bombing of Serbia and Kosovo. When I spoke to Jiri Dienstbier at his Prague flat, our conversation was wide-ranging.

In this week's One on One join Jan Velinger in conversation with acclaimed Czech filmmaker Petr Zelenka, the director of such popular films as The Year of the Devil and the highly original The Buttoners. Among the topics discussed in the interview: Petr Zelenka's approach to filmmaking as well as his latest project, The Best Films of Our Lives.

Cyril Svoboda, who is the leader of the Christian Democrats, was appointed Czech foreign minister after elections to the Chamber of Deputies in June. The director of Radio Prague, Miroslav Krupicka, recently interviewed Mr Svoboda; with world opinion mixed to say the least on a possible United States-led attack on Iraq, Mr Krupicka asked the Foreign Minister whether the Czech Republic would support such an attack.

Rob Cameron's guest on this week's One on One is Ramiro Cibrian, head of the European Commission delegation in the Czech Republic and EU ambassador to Prague. Their conversation takes in the miracle of mastering Czech in three years, where an ambassador goes to get away from the stresses and strains of work, and getting used to the meat and dumplings of Central Europe after the tapas and paella of Spain. Rob began by asking Ambassador Cibrian about the pros and cons of being one of the country's most senior diplomats.

Imagine you turn up for work and you find that your employer has decided to sack you without giving a reason, or your landlord suddenly gives you a week's notice to move out of your apartment. If you live in the United Kingdom or in some Commonwealth countries, it's quite likely that in situations like this you'll turn to your local Citizens' Advice Bureau or CAB for advice. In many countries there are CABs in town centres, offering free and independent advice to the public on just about any problem under the sun. Thanks to Petra Francova, the

Jan Velinger's guest in this week's One on One is Iva Pekarkova, Czech journalist and renowned author of acclaimed novels that include Truck Stop Rainbows and The World is Round, both set in former communist Czechoslovakia. Iva's 3rd book Gimme the Money, was inspired by her extensive and incredible experience as a taxi-driver in New York City. Her latest books include The Scarz and Thirty-Two Khwan. Some of the topics discussed in the One on One interview: Iva's beginnings as a writer, her reflections on writing and character, and her thoughts

When the Nazi ruler of occupied Bohemia and Moravia, Reinhard Heydrich, was assassinated in May 1942, there was a wave of brutal reprisals. Many Czechs were rounded up and shot and the entire village of Lidice was wiped off the map. But one of the Nazi crimes committed in the wake of the assassination is less well known.