BBC America to Co-Produce Mini-Series Adaptation of The Spies of Warsaw by Alan Furst

Earlier this month we reported on some of the deals coming out of MIPTV, the annual international marketplace for television.

One of these deals was an adaptation of Alan Furst's historical thriller The Spies of Warsaw. Today, BBC America announced that it was joining in on the production, with the mini-series — four 45-minute episodes — to premiere on the US cable network.

The storyline is set in the years leading up to World War II and will follow French and German intelligence operatives, who are locked in a life-and-death struggle in the espionage arena. At the French embassy, the new military attaché, Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier (played by David Tennant), a decorated war hero of the 1914 war, is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of Warsaw. At the same time, the handsome aristocrat finds himself in a passionate love affair with Anna (Janet Montgomery), a Parisian lawyer for the League of Nations. Their complicated love affair intensifies as German tanks drive through the Black Forest.

On-location production is expected to begin next month in Poland.

(Source: Press release.)