The Londoners (Polish: Londyà Âczycy, ) is a drama television series directed by Maciej Migas and Greg Zglinski, and written by Ewa Popioà Âek 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 Popioà Âek 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, Rafaà  Golis, Joanna Strzelecka, and Marios Hamboulides. The cinematography was done by Tomasz Dobrowolski, editing by Leszek Starzyà Âski, music by Radosà Âaw à Âuka, scenography by Jacek Turewicz and Wojciech Saloni-Marczewski, costumes by Dominika Gebel, and characterisation by Iwona Kajszczak and Tomasz Matraszek. The main cast included Graà ¼yna Barszczewska, Robert WiÃÂckiewicz, Przemysà Âaw Sadowski, Rafaà  MaÃÂkowiak, Lesà Âaw à »urek, Roma Gàsiorowska, Karolina Kominek-Skuratowicz, Maja Bohosiewicz, and Michaà  Wà Âodarczyk. 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.