The Londoners (Polish: Londyńczycy [lɔnˈdɘ̟ɲ.t͡ʂɘ̟.t͡sɘ̟]) 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.
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Premise
The series focuses on the lives of an ensemble cast of first-generation Polish immigrants living in London, United Kingdom.
Cast
Main roles
Natalia Rybicka as Asia Budzisz
Lesław Żurek as Andrzej
Robert Więckiewicz as Marcin Malec (main in season 1, guest starring in season 2)
Gabriela Muskała as Ewa Malec
Michał Włodarczyk as Staś Malec
Rafał Maćkowiak as Paweł
Marietta Żukowska as Maria Rost (guest starring in season 1, main in season 2)
Marcin Bosak as Wojtek Górski
Kamila Baar as Kasia
Przemysław Sadowski as Darek Michalski
Grażyna Barszczewska as Nina Strzegomska
Roma Gąsiorowska as Mariola Biedrzycka
Other roles
Selva Rasalingam as Zayed Rampal
Marcin Tyrol as Roman
Małgorzata Buczkowska as Wiola
James Doherty as Alvin Fox
Dominic Cazenove as Peter
Maja Bohosiewicz as Kinga
Janusz Chabior as Jacek
Michał Czernecki as Robal
Przemyslaw Redkowski as a worker
Nadia Aldridge as Kate
Allan Hale as Miguel Ribeiro
Sławomir Orzechowski as Wiesio
Ryan Hurst as James Dyer
Marcin Juchniewicz as Russian person
Dariusz Juzyszyn as Misza
Nicholas Kipriano as Ali
David Price as John Brown
Julia Balsewicz as Iza
Sylwia Juszczak as Justyna
Weronika Rosati as Weronika Fox
Fionnuala Ellwood as Annabelle
David Broughton-Davies
Maurice Byrne as Edward Watson, an actor
Zbigniew Borek as Budzisz, Asia's father
Production
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. 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. 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. 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. On 20 May 2010, the Polish Television (TVP) had announced that the series was cancelled.