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This monograph focuses on the dramatic programmes produced in the Ostrava studio of Czechoslovak Television (ČST) from its start in 1955 until the establishment of its successor, Czech Television, in 1992. It follows the previous book (2012) by the same author, which, for a similar period of time, attempted to comprehensively examine the dramatic programmes from the Brno studio of Czechoslovak Television: Dramatic Programmes of the Brno Studio of Czechoslovak Television (1961–1991). Its aim is to systematically describe and scrutinize all genres and types of fictional narrative programmes created in the studio, i.e., for adults and children, psychological dramas, comedies, crime stories, adaptations of literary works, series, animated programs, transmissions and recordings of theatre performances, productions of operas etc., and thus create an overview of the development of dramatic programmes from the North Moravian regional studio of ČST. The programmes are analysed and compared according to theme, content, genre and geopolitical or personal coherence. The goal of the study is also to describe the development of the production of ČST over nearly four decades characterized by significant political, social, aesthetic and technological change. At the same time, the study tries to depict the way the studio worked, its staffing, methods of development of programmes, ideological requirements for television production, and the production circumstances of particular programmes. The study also draws from unique archival documents and personal interviews with the employees and partners-workers of ČST and tries to characterize the form and development of their work in ČST.