| Genre: | Drama |
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| Composer: | Radosław Łuka |
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| Cinematography: | Tomasz Dobrowolski |
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| Num Seasons: | 2 |
| Num Episodes: | 29 |
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| Runtime: | 45 minutes |
| Company: | Telemark |
| Network: | TVP1 |
The Londoners (Polish: Londyńczycy, pronounced as /pl/) is a drama television series directed by Maciej Migas and Greg Zglinski, and written by Ewa Popiołek and Marek Kreutz. It has 2 seasons of 29 episodes, which originally aired from 23 October 2008 to 23 December 2009 on TVP1. The series focuses on the lives of an ensemble cast of first-generation Polish immigrants living in London, United Kingdom, with a mixture of dialogue in Polish and English.
The series focuses on the lives of an ensemble cast of first-generation Polish immigrants living in London, United Kingdom.
The series was written by Ewa Popiołek and Marek Kreutz, who, to prepare themselves, spent several weeks among Polish families of immigrants in London, United Kingdom.[1] It was created by the company Telemark; directed by Maciej Migas and Greg Zglinski; and produced by Marcin Marcinkiewicz, Rafał Golis, Joanna Strzelecka, and Marios Hamboulides. The cinematography was done by Tomasz Dobrowolski, editing by Leszek Starzyński, music by Radosław Łuka, scenography by Jacek Turewicz and Wojciech Saloni-Marczewski, costumes by Dominika Gebel, and characterisation by Iwona Kajszczak and Tomasz Matraszek.[2] The main cast included Grażyna Barszczewska, Robert Więckiewicz, Przemysław Sadowski, Rafał Maćkowiak, Lesław Żurek, Roma Gąsiorowska, Karolina Kominek-Skuratowicz, Maja Bohosiewicz, and Michał Włodarczyk. Around half of the scenes were shot in London, England, in the neighbourhoods of Soho, City, Canary Wharf, Ealing, and West End, while the rest were shot in Poland.[1] [3] The series originally aired on TVP1, with its first season consisting of 13 episodes airing from 23 October 2008 to 29 January 2009, and its second season of 16 episodes, from 10 September to 23 December 2009.[2] On 20 May 2010, the Polish Television (TVP) had announced that the series was cancelled.[4]