Aizliegtais paņēmiens

Aizliegtais paņēmiens (lat. The Forbidden Method) is a Latvian investigative news program produced by Latvijas Televīzija (LTV). Its creator and host is journalist Guntis Bojārs. Every program is divided into two segments: Operation and Discussion. During the Operation segment LTV journalists use both public information and hidden camera to research a popular subject in Latvia. During the Discussion segment host Guntis Bojārs interviews usually 3 experts or politicians on their observations while watching the Operation.

Aizliegtais paņēmiens
Genre	Investigative journalism
Created by	Guntis Bojārs
Written by	Guntis Bojārs, Sanita Miķelsone
Directed by	Liene Zeimunde
Presented by	Guntis Bojārs
Narrated by	Aigars Rozenbergs Gusts Kikusts
Country of origin	Latvia
Original language	latvian
No. of seasons	11
No. of episodes	300+
Production
Editor	Uģis Kronbergs
Running time	37 minutes (seasons 1—2), 50 minutes (seasons 3—present)
Original release
Network	Latvijas Televīzija
Release	11 October 2013 (2013-10-11) – present

Title sequence

Each episode begins with a brief description of the program. Riga landscape and passersby are shown, but these frames are accelerated. Background music is played. Almost all the series (except for specials) begin with the following introductory phrase read by Aigars Rozenbergs:

We'll probably be condemned, but, forgive us, sometimes it's the only way to find out the reality of events, the law and the true face of society. How is it really? "Forbidden method".

Series overview

Season	Episodes	Originally aired
		First aired	Last aired
1	26	11 October 2013	14 June 2014
2	40	1 September 2014	22 June 2015
3	35	7 September 2015	23 May 2016
4	36	5 September 2016	5 June 2017
5	39	4 September 2017	18 June 2017
6	34	3 September 2018	27 May 2019
7	TBA	2 September 2019	TBA

Awards

In 2017 the five episode special Operācija: "Tokija" (lit. Operation: Tokyo) gained Employers’ Confederation of Latvia prize. In this special a journalist from Latvijas Televīzija worked in restaurant chain Tokyo City and documented using a hidden camera a sustained tax evasion scheme.

External links

• Official website (in Latvian)
• Facebook account (in Latvian)