David Tennant in Spies Of Warsaw
The Observer - "Whether playing Hamlet, Doctor Who or a French military attache, David Tennant inhabits a role so engagingly you simply have to watch."
David Tennant played the lead role of Jean Francois Mercier in an adaption of the Alan Furst's book The Spies Of Warsaw which was dramatised by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.
Janet Montgomery played Anna and the supporting cast included Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Anton Lesser, Burn Gorman, Tuppence Middleton and Julian Harries.
Spies of Warsaw was a Fresh Pictures production co-produced by Apple Film Production for BBC Four and TVP in association with ARTE France and BBC Worldwide.
Spies Of Warsaw covered the years 1933 to 1943 and was a portrait of subjugated people who tried to resist the suffocating inevitability of Hitler’s regime.
Spies Of Warsaw was screened on Wednesdays 9th and 16th January 2013 in the UK on BBC Four at 9pm both weeks and was repeated on BBC HD on the following Saturdays at 11pm. It aired in the US on 3rd and 10th April 2013. Other countries (such as France) will also screen it. In Poland it started being aired on Friday 11th January (but was dubbed into Polish and was in 4 parts over consecutive weeks).
Synopsis of episode one and the cast list.
Filming started on Wednesday 11th April and ended in early June 2012. Filming took place in Poland (Warsaw, Chabówka and Krakow). The cast read-through happened on Wednesday 28th March in London.
On Wednesday 1st August David attended the 2012 Television Critics Association Tour in Beverley Hills to promote the drama.
The DVD was released in the UK and Europe on Monday 21st January 2013 and in the US on Tuesday 16th April.
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BBC Four to run a rare repeat of Spies In Warsaw. Updated 22/6
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2015 The second part of a rare repeat of Spies Of Warsaw on UK television is on True Entertainment tonight. Updated 7/6
A rare repeat of Spies Of Warsaw on UK television starts on True Entertainment tonight. Updated 6/6
There is a rare repeat of Spies Of Warsaw on UK television in June. Updated 22/5
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2014 The BBC America website has the opportunity to watch Spies Of Warsaw online for a limited time (US only) as part of their Spies Week. Updated 05/11
Spies Of Warsaw is now on the Australian BBC iPlayer. Updated 2/8
There is a repeat of Spies Of Warsaw tonight in both France and Germany. Updated 18/4
SBS has posted their trailer for Spies Of Warsaw online. The trailer plays worldwide. Updated 2/2
Spies Of Warsaw is one of Sydney Morning Herald's Top TV Picks for the week. Updated 2/2
Spies Of Warsaw premieres on free-to-air station SBS in Australia at 8.30pm tonight. Updated 2/2
The Australian review of Spies Of Warsaw calls it 'a cracking good yarn.' Updated 31/1
The Broadcast date has been set for Spies Of Warsaw on free-to-air station in Australia. It is on Sunday 2nd February with the second episode to air next week at the same time. Updated 30/1
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December 2013 The Australian reports that SBS in Australia will broadcast Spies Of Warsaw. Updated 30/10
Sydney Morning Herald lists Spies Of Warsaw as one programme SBS will broadcast in 2014. (It was previously broadcast in Australia on a cable channel.) Updated 28/12
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October 2013 The Australian reports that SBS in Australia will broadcast Spies Of Warsaw. Updated 30/10
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May 2013 Television station ARTE will start broadcasting Spies Of Warsaw tonight in both France and Germany at 8.15pm. Updated 17/5
The premiere Australian broadcast of episode 2 of Spies Of Warsaw is at 8.30pm tonight on UKTV. Updated 12/5
Episode one of Spies Of Warsaw will air in Australia starting at 8.30pm tonight on UKTV. Updated 5/5
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April 2013 UKTV Australia have added a Spies Of Warsaw trailer which plays worldwide. Updated 29/4
When ARTE Germany broadcasts Spies Of Warsaw on Friday 17th May, they will show both episodes. The broadcast starts at 8.15pm. Updated 29/4
Spies Of Warsaw will air in Australia starting Sunday 5th May at 8.30pm on UKTV. Updated 21/4
On 17th May the television station ARTE will start broadcasting Spies Of Warsaw in both France and Germany. Updated 20/4
The Spies Of Warsaw DVD is released in the US and Canada today. Updated 16/4
Amazon Instant Video. The DVD is released there on Tuesday. Updated 11/4
Episode two of Spies Of Warsaw premieres on BBC America in the today US at 9pm. Updated 10/4
Variety briefly mentions the Spies Of Warsaw case study at mipTV yesterday in Cannes. Updated 10/4
At 10.10am today at MIPTV in Cannes there will be a co-production case study panel about Spies Of Warsaw. Updated 9/4
Buzzy Mag has a new interview with David Tennant about Spies Of Warsaw (and Doctor Who). Updated 8/4
This coming week Shine International will be showcasing Broadchurch at MIPTV in Cannes to oversea television companies. This is a large industry trade-show which means that potentially Broadchurch could be sold to 100 different countries.
Several websites are now repeating David Tennant's comments to Collinder about Mr Fantastic e.g. Digital Spy. Updated 4/4
Collider have a new interview with David Tennant about Spies Of Warsaw (plus Doctor Who and Harry Potter!) Updated 4/4
Zap2It also have a new interview with David Tennant about Spies Of Warsaw. Updated 3/4
Huffington Post has a new interview with David Tennant about Spies Of Warsaw (and Doctor Who). Updated 3/4
Episode one of Spies Of Warsaw premieres tonight on BBC America in the US at 9pm (Eastern). Updated 3/4
Philly.com has a great review of Spies Of Warsaw (and David Tennant in particular). Updated 2/4
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March 2013 MP3 of writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais interview about Spies Of Warsaw. Updated 24/3
BBC America have posted a new trailer for Spies Of Warsaw to YouTube. The trailer plays worldwide. Updated 23/3
BBC America have posted some new interview videos with David Tennant to promote Spies Of Warsaw which has its American premiere on 3rd and 10th April. The topics covered are:
Tonight at 10.45pm on BBC Four Mark Lawson interviews Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais who adapted Spies Of Warsaw for television. Updated 20/3
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February 2013 The total viewing figures for all four episodes of Spies Of Warsaw in Poland. Updated 5/2
FifeToday has a review of the DVD of Spies Of Warsaw. Updated 4/2
Episode four of Spies Of Warsaw premieres on TVP1 in Poland tonight. The end of episode three was scene of the family supper in Jean Francois estate when he left the table so wasn't really a cliff-hanger. Updated 1/2
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January 2013 The Spies Of Warsaw DVD in the US has a different cover to the UK version. This is the link to pre-order for its release on 16th April. Updated 25/1
Episode three of Spies Of Warsaw premieres on TVP1 in Poland tonight. Updated 25/1
Spies Of Warsaw will be released in the US on Blu-Ray (with bonus UltraViolet copy) and DVD on Tuesday 16th April. Updated 24/1
Spies Of Warsaw will air on BBC America in the US on Wednesdays 3rd and 10th April at 9pm (Eastern). Updated 24/1
The Polish website Gala.pl has a new photo of David Tennant from Spies Of Warsaw with a poignant quote from him about Polish history. Updated 23/1
A Polish website has posted a new interview with David Tennant about Spies Of Warsaw. This is the Englsih translation. Updated 23/1
The viewing figures for the second episode of Spies Of Warsaw in Poland. Updated 22/1
FilmNewEurope reports that the first episode of Spies Of Warsaw was the top rated programme in Poland with 3.6 million viewers. Updated 21/1
Spies Of Warsaw DVD is released in the UK today. Updated 21/1
Irish Independent describes Spies Of Warsaw as "frequently clunky" but David Tennant as "persuasive." Updated 20/1
In a review of Spies Of Warsaw the Daily Mail makes it clear that it prefers the book to the televised version. Updated 20/1
The overnight UK viewing figures for Spies Of Warsaw. Updated 18/1
Episode two of Spies Of Warsaw premieres on TVP1 in Poland tonight. Updated 18/1 The review by Herald.ie of Spies Of Warsaw concluded with "This was a terrific piece of grown-up drama, gripping, atmospheric, intelligently written and strikingly acted." Updated 17/1
A different worldwide download link for Spies of Warsaw episode 2 (as the previous link reached its bandwidth limit) but please remember that the DVD is released in the UK on Monday. Updated 17/1
Spies Of Warsaw received 7.3 out of 10 votes (overnight) on IMDB by those people who voted. Interestingly male voters gave it higher vote than females. Updated 17/1
The worldwide link to download episode 2 of Spies Of Warsaw has been posted to Tumblr. Please remember that the DVD is released in the UK on Monday. Updated 17/1
iPlayer link to download episode 2 of Spies Of Warsaw. The link is valid for 7 days and is UK only. Updated 16/1
CultBoxTV have a photo of David Tennant from Spies of Warsaw as their caption contest. Updated 16/1
Spies Of Warsaw is one of Metro's Top TV Picks today. Updated 16/1
Radio Times have added a review of episode 2 of Spies Of Warsaw. Updated 16/1
Episode two of Spies Of Warsaw premieres on BBC Four at 9pm today. A synopsis of the episode is here. Updated 16/1
Some fans have noticed that the BBC America website no longer lists Spies Of Warsaw as being scheduled for broadcast on 6th and 13th February in the US as reported previously. Updated 15/1
Unfortunately The Guardian gives David Tennant in Spies Of Warsaw quite a bad review. Updated 15/1
Polish Star of Spies Of Warsaw, Marcin Dorocinski, says some lovely things about working with David Tennant. Updated 14/1
The Polish website TheNews.pl has an article titled "Spies of Warsaw drama a hit with critics" with several press reviews. Updated 14/1
The Sunday Times has a bizarre review of both David Tennant as an actor and of Spies Of Warsaw. Updated 13/1
"Charismatic" David Tennant is singled out for praise on a respected Polish website. Updated 13/1
The Observer review of Spies Of Warsaw describes the drama as a "cut above the rest in its demands on the attention." Updated 13/1
The Independent review of Spies Of Warsaw believes they do not know how to use David Tennant ("a star") correctly in the role. Updated 13/1
An article in the latest issue of Doctor Who magazine mentions David Tennant in Spies of Warsaw and The Escape Artist as well as other projects. Updated 12/1
A Polish website has a (translated) review of Spies Of Warsaw where the writer hated the dubbing but described David Tennant as "handsome and charismatic" which he felt was lost in the dubbing. However he also writes that he believes that episode two next week of Spies Of Warsaw in Poland may be available on digital in a choice of both Polish and English. Updated 12/1
The first episode of Spies Of Warsaw last night on Polish television received over 3.5 million viewers which was a 21% share of those watching television at that time. Updated 12/1
Herald Scotland's review of Spies Of Warsaw stares that they like the atmosphere but thinks David Tennant is too thin for the role and the uniform. Updated 12/1
A report about Spies Of Warsaw on Polish television tonight. Updated 11/1
The review of Spies Of Warsaw by The Stage includes the comment "the series is worth persevering with, not least for Tennant’s commanding performance." Updated 11/1
Herald.ie have posted their review of Spies Of Warsaw which includes the description "It's is an engrossing slow-burner that build the tension gradually." Updated 11/1
Episode one of Spies Of Warsaw premieres in Poland at 8.20pm tonight on the channel TVP1. It will be dubbed into Polish and is the first of four parts. Updated 11/1
The first episode of Spies Of Warsaw on BBC Four last night received 578K viewers which was 2.4% of those viewing TV at the time according to the overnight figures. Updated 10/1
Den Of Geek review of Spies Of Warsaw. Updated 10/1
The Telegraph review of Spies Of Warsaw is written by someone who ends their piece by saying he is looking forward to episode 2 and gave it four stars. Updated 10/1
The Independent's review of Spies Of Warsaw. Updated 10/1
The Arts Desk review of Spies Of Warsaw. Updated 10/1
Worldwide link to download episode one of Spies Of Warsaw. Updated 10/1
The BBC website has a preview clip of the second episode of Spies Of Warsaw. Updated 9/1
InsideMediaTrack's review of Spies Of Warsaw includes the phrase "Performances in the two-parter are outstanding with David Tennant effortlessly fitting into the world of espionage." Updated 9/1
CultBox has a more positive review of Spies Of Warsaw as they give it four stars. Updated 9/1
Review of Spies Of Warsaw by The Guardian who described it as "not so thrilling." Updated 9/1
BBC iPlayer link to watch or download Spies Of Warsaw (UK only). Updated 9/1
Even celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has tweeted about Spies Of Warsaw premiering tonight. (His production company was involved in the drama.) Updated 9/1
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