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The Broumov region is a rugged, mountainous pocket of land which juts out from the Czech Republic's north-east border into neighbouring Poland. A good two and half hours from Prague on winding minor roads, the region is well off the tourist trail for both Czech and foreign tourists and receives little in the way of investment or attention from the media. But a group of local inhabitants are determined to put the Broumov region - home to a collection of unique 18th century churches and a wild, poetic landscape - back on the map.

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In this edition of Spotlight we join for a boat trip down the Czech Republic's only navigable man-made waterway, the - and on the way we hear about a project to turn water into slivovitz!

This week, takes a look at the city of Prague.

This week, meets ticket touts and tour guides in the first of this two part Spotlight on the capital, Prague...

This week, explores the world of hunting.

This week, visits the Vojna uranium mines which served as a Communist-era detention camp, where many suffered and perished.

This week, checks out the Southern Bohemian spa town, Trebon.

This week, makes a pilgrimage to the little town of Roztoky, just 7km north of Prague. Once a favourite country retreat of the Czech upper classes, Roztoky is also the home of the first Christian church in the Czech Lands.

This week, travels to Terezin, the concentration camp in which some 200,000 Jews and scores of other 'enemies of the state' were tortured and murdered during the Second World War.