THIS CITY IS OURS - Sun 9pm bbc 1 - TV PACE NO SPOILERS

[Blondeshavemorefun]

This City Is Ours stars Sean Bean, Julie Graham and Jack McMullen and follows the big troubles of a Liverpool crime family.

the eight-part series follows Michael, a drug-trafficker who reconsiders his life after falling in love.

Sean Bean (Game of Thrones) plays Michael's boss, gang leader Ronnie Phelan, who begins eyeing retirement just as a rival organisation prepares to attack.

Michael (James Nelson-Joyce) dreams of following his boss and leaving his life of crime behind, but faces opposition from Ronnie's ruthless son Jamie (Jack McMullen), who doesn't want to share his father's criminal empire.

This City is Ours is the story of Michael, a man who for all of his adult life has been involved in organised crime... but for the first time in his life, Michael is in love. For the first time in his life, he sees beyond the day-to-day, he sees a future: something to win and something to lose — Diana. "The eight-part series tells the story of Michael and Diana's love affair, set against the disintegration of Michael’s crime gang.

For years, together with his friend Ronnie, Michael has successfully been bringing cocaine into the City and beyond, directly from Columbia; but when a shipment goes missing, then he knows their Kingdom is under attack.

"The drama explores what happens when Ronnie’s son Jamie decides he wants to inherit their kingdom and that there is no longer a place for Michael at the table.

Both Michael and Jamie have bold ideas to modernise the gang and they will battle for control of it.

But Michael’s biggest battle will be to save the woman he loves and the child he has always wanted.

"This is a story about family and love destroyed and corrupted by ambition, pride and greed. It’s a story about power: what we will do to secure and keep it."

James Nelson-Joyce (The Family Pile) will lead the cast as Michael Kavanagh, while Jack McMullen (Hijack) plays his friend and Ronnie's son, Jamie.

It's not the first time to the two actors from Merseyside have appeared alongside each other and co-starred in Time (https://www.whattowatch.com/watching-guides/a-quick-guide-to-sean-beans-new-prison-drama-time)
and
Little Boy Blue (https://www.whattowatch.com/news/i-was-so-nervous-about-meeting-rhyss-mum-says-little-boy-blue-star-465133)
.

Sean Bean, who plays gang boss Ronnie Phelan, also starred in Time (see below) and has also enjoyed a celebrated career on the big and small screen, including appearances in fantasy epics The Fellowship of the Ring and Game of Thrones. In recent years he's won an International Emmy for his role in Accused and BAFTAs for Time and Broken, both of which aired on BBC One.

Hannah Onslow (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, This Is Going To Hurt) will play Michael's girlfriend, Diana
This City Is Ours co-stars Julie Graham (Shetland) as Elaine, Ronnie's wife and family co-leader, Laura Aikman (Archie, Gavin & Stacey) as Rachel Duffy, Kevin Harvey (Treason, Time) as Bobby Duffy, Saoirse-Monica Jackson (Derry Girls, Upgraded) as Cheryl Crawford and Mike Noble (Shardlake, The Long Shadow (https://www.whattowatch.com/watching-guides/the-long-shadow-release-date-cast-plot-and-everything-we-know)) as Banksey
Elsewhere, Bobby Schofield (SAS Rogue Heroes (https://www.whattowatch.com/watching-guides/sas-rogue-heroes-season-3-everything-we-know)
, The Suspect
) plays Bonehead, Darci Shaw (
Judy,
A Thousand Blows (https://www.whattowatch.com/watching-guides/a-thousand-blows-cast-plot-and-all-about-the-boxing-period-drama)
) plays Melissa Sullivan,and Stephen Walters (
Slow Horses, Anne
) plays Davy Crawford.

He def moved his eye lids so assume not dead

obv the others wouid releise if he was dead and didn’t return By the pool

I did wonder if one of the women was from ‘ Gavin and Stacey ‘.
I wonder if they will realize the man isn’t ‘ round the pool ‘ anymore !
The lady playing Michael’s partner is gorgeous. She looks a bit like Fleabag.

I really enjoyed this, reminded me of both Kin and Goodfellas. Also thanks for clearing up the identity of the actress who was in Gavin and Stacey, that was bugging me something awful 🤣

I thought this was sposed to be NO SPOILERS!!! 😭😭😭

@LemograssLollipop I missed the tarp and pit /quarry 🙀🙀🙀

Same

i thought I had missed the ending

if that is e2 then pleasE NO SPOILERS @LemograssLollipop

Can someone please answer this question- when they showed the scene with the lorry going through customs was that in Spain or England? I thought it was Liverpool docks but I just read an article which suggests that Ronnie and Michael believe the lorry was stopped in Spain?

I thought the lorry was going through Liverpool docks , but not totally sure.

Ummm, I hope I haven't just put my massive feet in 😟😟😟
I thought it was ep1

I'm really really sorry if I've not realised it's moved on, was watching on iPlayer so could have rolled on and I haven't realised.

@Blondeshavemorefun shall I ask for my post to be deleted?

So sorry everyone

Watched a few episodes.
Just to note, the way the girls and women are dressed looks nothing like how these women would dress in Liverpool.
The fact that most of the actresses are not from Liverpool and the wardrobe differences makes them less authentic. Not a logo in sight, which would not be the case.
However, the actress playing Diana is superb, as is the actor playing Michael.

I prob would if you don’t mind 😘

tho tbh I guessed he wound be dead. Easier to dispose of body abroad

I thought Spain to England hence where Davy works

I do love an Irish accent !!

I will confess to watching with half an eye and ear blondes but who had an Irish accent???

I might be wrong but I wonder is Michael's girlfriend (Diana?) is involved in the other dealings. Her mum is in prison - do we know why? She is obviously getting special treatment i.e. face timing in a private room? Could she be involved in some way and playing Michael?

Yes she was Smithy’s fiancée

I thought the dad and son and Micheal did

but I’m crap with accents

was it liverapool

🙀🙀🙀😳😳😳

I hope not

they seem in love and going through ivf

which is a huge deal

I did wonder why mum was in prison

@Blondeshavemorefun Err it’s set in Liverpool so there’s a clue! 🤣🤣🤣Sean Bean was speaking in his native broad Sheffield accent

Ha ha

oh dear

well seems I love a Liverpudlian accent as well 😂

I’m suspicious of Diana ( think that’s her name, Michael’s girlfriend) already and her mum is also inside and doesn’t sound as posh as she does from the bit i heard.

Not sure, but maybe they are not allowed to show bags / clothes with logos on them that are real or something, might be because it’s seen as advertising for the brand?
I admit I don’t really look out for people wearing branded goods on tv dramas. They don’t use ‘ Google ‘ or anything well known like that on Eastenders ( for example) , it’s their own version of a website if they are looking up things online which is clearly fake , so might be the same with any logos ?
Be interesting to know what the rules are ( if any )

If you think Sean Bean's legendary Yorkshire (Tea!) accent is Irish, I can no longer assist... 😉
But nice to know you love those accents, too!

I like Sean Bean’s Sheffield accent. I also like hearing different accents on tv especially Scottish.