Liverpool drama, This City Is Ours, is set to return to the BBC this autumn.
The first series received BAFTA nominations and has attracted an average of 6.1m viewers since its release in March 2025. The first episode alone has reached 8.2m viewers – more than quadrupling the overnights of 1.9m.
Produced by Left Bank Pictures and created and written by Stephen Butchard, the new images show James Nelson-Joyce returning as Michael Kavanagh, alongside Hannah Onslow as his partner, Diana Williams.
The first series was set around the disintegration of Kavanagh’s crime gang. The second picks up as he and his partner arrive in Spain, but in Liverpool, tensions are continuing to bubble among the remaining members of the gang.
The 8 x 60 minute series has been filmed in and around Liverpool, with further production in Spain.
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Returning cast also seen in the first look are Jack McMullen as Jamie Phelan, Mike Noble as Banksey, Julie Graham as Elaine Phelan, widow of murdered gang leader Ronnie (Sean Bean), Laura Aikman as Rachel Duffy, Kevin Harvey as Bobby Duffy, Saoirse-Monica Jackson as Cheryl Crawford, Darci Shaw as Melissa Sullivan, Adam Abbou as Freddie, and Bobby Schofield as Bonehead.
New cast members include Shaun Evans (Until I Kill You, Endeavour) as former gangster Ozzie Thompson, recently out of prison, and Álvaro Morte (Money Heist, Immaculate, The Wheel of Time) as Felipe Guzman, member of the Colombian cartel and younger brother of Ricardo, who was murdered at the end of the first series.
The executive producers are Andy Harries, Rebecca Hodgson and Sian McWilliams for Left Bank Pictures, Stephen Butchard, Saul Dibb, and Jo McClellan for the BBC.
The directors are Saul Dibb, returning as lead director from series one, John Hayes (Dublin Murders, Nightsleeper) also returning from series one, and Chris Baugh (In Flight, Wreck).
The series producer is Simon Maloney, and the block two producer is Nathan Juckes, both returning from series one.
It’s set to air this autumn
