Spies of Warsaw (TV series)

Spies of Warsaw is a British television series in which a Deuxième Bureau intelligence agent (spy) poses as a military attaché at the French embassy in Warsaw, and finds himself drawn into the outbreak of World War II.
The television series takes its name from its source, "The Spies of Warsaw", a 2008 spy novel by Alan Furst.
Cast.
Main.
Main cast includes: Some of the story is set in Nowy Benesov and Nowy Boleslawiec.
Support.
Support cast includes:
Episodes.
There are four episodes, which have also aired as a two-part series.
Production.
The series was shot primarily in Krakow and Warsaw, Poland.
Reception.
Rotten Tomatoes rated the television series 64% from critics and 50% from average audience.
The "Telegraph" liked the series for many features: appropriateness for "intergenerational shared viewing, never... too visually brutal, and the playing of the minor characters... was convincingly understated". The "Guardian" complained: "It should have been the perfect spy thriller. It had everything. Except tension".
"New York Times" deemed the series "true to the original in story and in spirit", "Slate" as an engrossing, if slow-moving drama" and the "Boston Globe" saying "a strangely bloodless affair".
Accolades.
The "New York Times" found the series "enjoyable, straightforward espionage tale without a lot of twists or extra layers".
Broadcast and release.
BBC America aired the series in April 2013.