US EditionBBC This City Is Ours fans issue demand on major star as show future decided - Liverpool Echo
- The BBC crime drama This City is Ours premiered its first series in March 2025, concluding on 11 May after eight episodes set in Liverpool.
- Its critical acclaim and record-breaking viewership, with over 6.6 million viewers for the debut episode, prompted a swift commission of a second series.
- The series focuses on the Phelan family's criminal struggles and features a cast including Sean Bean, whose character was killed off but might return in flashbacks next season.
- Stephen Butchard, the show's creator, praised the audience's "incredibly positive response," while BBC Drama's Lindsay Salt highlighted millions discovering the character-driven drama.
- This City is Ours series two, produced by Left Bank Pictures with eight hour-long episodes, will continue the underworld saga and is eagerly awaited by fans.
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The Scottish SunHuge BBC series to return for new series despite killing off main star
A MAJOR new BBC drama has been confirmed to be returning for a brand new series. After bringing in a huge six million viewers, This City is Ours has been re-commissioned for a second series. BBCA top BBC drama is to return for a second series[/caption] BBCThis City is Ours became a runaway hit[/caption] The eight-episode series has become the Beeb’s most-watched new drama of the year after being given the coveted Sunday night drama slot. Led by …
This City is Ours to return for second run
The Liverpool-set drama centres on the power struggles of notorious crime family the Phelans This City is Ours will return for a second series, following the green light from BBC One. Left Bank Pictures filmed the eight-part drama in Liverpool from April last year, boosting the local economy by £9m; it has since become the BBC’s most-watched new drama launch of the year so far. James Nelson-Joyce, Hannah Onslow, Sean Bean and Jack McMullen starr…
BBC's Hit Drama Dubbed 'Scouse Sopranos' To Return For Second Series - The Yorkshireman
Starring Yorkshireman Sean Bean, who, in classic Bean fashion, won’t be returning for the second series after his character was killed off early doors, the rest of the cast is set to return for the BBC drama This City Is Ours as it heads into its second series. After attracting more than six million viewers, the show has become the BBC’s most-watched new drama of the year. Set and filmed in Liverpool, the gripping series follows the drug-traffic…
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