"Polish 'Enders" filmed in London

New drama Londynczycy has been described as a Polish version of EastEnders.

The show, which will air on Poland's TVP1, focuses on young Polish immigrants moving to Britain.

Characters include a 30-year-old construction worker living in Ealing and a fame-hungry 25-year-old woman who wants to marry an English man.

The big budget series, produced by London-based Andrzej Szajna, has been filmed on a £3 million budget at locations across the capital.

Szajna told The Guardian: "All of the scenarios are based on true stories they were told."

He insisted that Britain would be shown in a positive light: "It is Polish people who are screwing over other Poles, which is so often the case in real life.

"There is one scene where there is a girl looking at adverts in a shop window, and a few other Poles come up and say they can help her find a good job in return for £100. You hear stories like that all the time."

I saw an advert for this! Its on tonight I'll tune in and see what its like. :lol:

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I saw an advert for this! Its on tonight I'll tune in and see what its like. :lol:

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Tell us what you think :D

Well from what I understood. :p

It was quite good. Some random kid going to Wembley stadium because he was curious and then getting a tv out of some bins and taking it home.

Russians trying to kill some Polish guy in Tooting hospital. I think it was for drug money.

Polish builders having a fight on a roof. :lol:

wow, sounds interesting :p :lol:

yeh sounds funny, shame its not being shown on british tv!

I know! Some of it is obviously in English but you get the general gist just by watching their body language.

Maybe it'll be on dvd someday....:p

Its in english?
is it set in england?

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Its in english?
is it set in england?

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its set in london isnt it? i didnt know it was in english though, thought it would be in polish seeing as its being shown in poland!

Yeah it is in London. Most of it is in Polish, the bits in english are subtitled.

From The Sun

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...astbourne.html


MEMBERS of the Polish version of EastEnders were hauled in by cops yesterday after going on a massive bender in Eastbourne.

The director of Londynczycy - translated as Londoners - was held after police were called to a rowdy pub party.

Maciej Migas spent the night in a cell at the police station in the genteel south coast resort.
Assistant director Krzysztos Lukascewicz and another crew member were also held as they enjoyed a bender with members of the cast.

Filming of scenes for the former Eastern bloc soap - pronounced Lohn-deen-chee-tsee - had to be halted. A source said: "Everyone from the show went out on a proper bender - there were about 20 of them - but things got out of hand.


"In the end, the police ended up arresting the director, the assistant director and another chap. But they did have to calm everyone else down."


The boozy party was held at the The Hydro, opposite the cast's hotel.


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Londynczycy was launched last year after figures revealed there are 1.2 million Polish immigrants living in the UK and roughly 200,000 in London. It has a £3million budget and it attracted nearly six million viewers for its premiere in Poland. The soap is also shown in the US.


Some of the plot lines have been drawn from real stories told to writers by Poles living in North London.


A Sussex police spokeswoman said: "Three males were arrested at 2.45am on Tuesday morning for breach of the peace." All three were released after a caution.