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Munich, 11 January 2011. The teamWorx/EOS/BBC-co-production Laconia has scored extraordinary ratings on BBC2. The drama (2x90’) won both nights an audience of 2,9 million which made Laconia the highest rated drama for over two years on the British pubcaster. On 6 and 7 January “Laconia” was 3rd in its time slot with an audience share of up to 12,1 percent and exceeded the BBC2 prime time average by up to 64 percent.

The 18 million $-mini-series is starring Franka Potente (“Che Part Two”), Andrew Buchan (“The Fixer”) and Lindsay Duncan (“Alice in Wonderland”). It tells the story of a German submarine, which countersinks the British troopship "Laconia" off the West African coast together with 1800 Italian POW's. Against his orders, German commander Hartenstein has the survivors rescued. Laconia is produced by teamWorx Television & Film GmbH and talkbackTHAMES in co-production with ARD Degeto, SWR, BBC and EOS Entertainment.