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The BBC has released the first trailer and artwork for series two of This City Is Ours, confirming the hit crime drama will return on BBC iPlayer and BBC One from Sunday 25 October.
All eight episodes of the new series will drop on iPlayer that day, with the show also airing on BBC One over consecutive Sunday and Monday nights at 9pm from the same date, the BBC confirmed.
The series, created and written by Stephen Butchard and produced by Left Bank Pictures, follows the fallout for a Liverpool crime family after the events of series one. According to the BBC, the new run picks up with Michael Kavanagh and Diana Williams barely settled in Spain before they’re dragged back to answer questions over the murder of Ricardo at the end of series one. Back in Liverpool, tensions are said to be building among the remaining members of the gang, while an old-school gangster from the Ronnie era, newly released from prison, is reportedly after compensation from the firm.
New faces join the cast
James Nelson-Joyce returns as lead character Michael Kavanagh, alongside Hannah Onslow as his partner Diana Williams. Nelson-Joyce won Best Breakthrough Talent at the RTS North West Awards 2025 for the role.
The trailer also introduces two major new additions. Shaun Evans (Endeavour, Until I Kill You) joins as Ozzie Thompson, a former gangster recently out of prison, while Álvaro Morte (Money Heist, The Wheel of Time) plays Felipe Guzman, a member of the Colombian cartel and the younger brother of Ricardo.
Other returning cast members seen in the trailer include Jack McMullen as Jamie Phelan, Mike Noble as Banksey, Julie Graham as Elaine Phelan (widow of murdered gang leader Ronnie, played by Sean Bean in series one), 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.
What happens next
Series one launched on iPlayer and BBC One in March 2025 to strong reviews, picking up BAFTA Television Award nominations for Best Drama and for Nelson-Joyce as Leading Actor. The BBC says the show has drawn an average of 6.2 million viewers to date, with the opening episode reaching more than 8.3 million viewers, more than four times its initial overnight figure of 1.9 million. Almost three million people were said to have streamed the finale on iPlayer before it aired on BBC One that May.
Series two runs to eight episodes, with Stephen Butchard serving as lead writer alongside Robbie O’Neill, who has written an additional episode. Saul Dibb returns as lead director alongside John Hayes (Dublin Murders, Nightsleeper). The show was commissioned by Lindsay Salt, the BBC’s Director of Drama, with Andy Harries, Rebecca Hodgson and Sian McWilliams executive producing for Left Bank Pictures alongside Butchard, Dibb and Jo McClellan for the BBC.
With a release date now locked in and the full new cast confirmed, fans won’t have long to wait, as the full series lands on iPlayer in just over two weeks’ time.
