VOD News | On 17, May 2025

The BBC has ordered a second season of This City Is Ours.

Created and written by Stephen Butchard and made by Left Bank Pictures, This City is Ours is filmed in Liverpool and tells the story of Michael (James Nelson-Joyce) and Diana’s (Hannah Onslow) love affair, set against the disintegration of Michael’s crime gang. For years, together with his friend Ronnie (Sean Bean), Michael has successfully been bringing cocaine into the City and beyond, using his close links with the Marbella underworld; but when a shipment goes missing, he knows their kingdom is under attack.

This City explores what happens when Ronnie’s son Jamie (Jack McMullen) decides he wants to inherit the kingdom over Michael, and the subsequent battle for control.

Episode one of This City is Ours has been watched by over 6.6 million people so far, more than tripling its initial overnight figure of 1.9 million. On BBC iPlayer, it has been the BBC’s most watched new drama launch of the year so far, and almost 3 million people streamed the series finale ahead of its BBC One transmission this week.

Stephen Butchard, This City is Ours creator, lead writer and executive producer says: “We have all been blown away by the incredibly positive response to This City is Ours, I can’t thank the audience enough for their time and emotional investment. My heartfelt thanks also to Lindsay Salt and her wonderful team at BBC Drama for their unflinching support and continued belief in the show, our story and our characters – and not least for this opportunity to do it all over again! See you soon!”

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