This City is Ours Series 2

[Middlemarch123]

James Nelson Joyce, and a lot of the original cast from series one are due to return to BBC One for eight weeks, Unconfirmed release date is Sunday 25th October at 9 p.m. Thought us fans of series one should have a thread ready.

I can’t wait, look forward to discussing series one with you, and what we want to see in series 2.

Oh brilliant. I've been looking forward to this . I actually re watched series 1 when I saw it was planned.

I’ve rewatched it too, shame Sean Bean’s not in it, but then he was only really in the first couple of episodes! Love James Nelson Joyce, the Michael/Diana storyline was ace.

the first series was great

So excited about this! We only watched series one a couple of weeks ago and I absolutely loved it. Best series I’ve seen for a while.

Well, I can see that I'm late to the party but I can't believe how this thread hasn't taken off! What an amazing couple of series. Fantastic acting, great storylines, bit messy at times (but could have been worse?).

One thing that really really annoyed me though. So, cameras panning to 'phone screens and at one point an address on an envelope. Tiny. Indescipherable. I was constantly having to rewind and try and freeze so that I could peer into the TV screen to try to read what they said.

Come on team TCEO team, It's pretty basic isn't it?

... Will there be a series 3?

I hope there will be series 3. I love this programme. Im a fan of Julie Graham so it was always on my list of things to watch. Enjoyed series 2 as much as 1 I think.

@ForeverTheOptomist There’s a more active thread but at TV pace with no spoilers. I just finished series 2 and thought it was great, but the small text annoyed me too!

Diana was starting to annoy me towards the end though - she knew what business Michael was in, and seemed to enjoy the nice holidays, flat and clothes!

OMG what a show. I loved it.
I’ve been on at DH to watch series 1 (I saw it when it came out) so that we could watch series 2 together, but I got fed up of waiting for him and I’ve binged season 2 over the last few days.
I’d happily go back to the start of season one right now and watch the whole lot again. Such a fantastic cast and brilliant performances. James Nelson-Joyce is mesmerising.
Diana frustrated me more at the beginning of season 1 than at the end of this one. I just kept asking why she got involved with Michael in the first place. But I love the whole overarching story which of course would not have happened without that central relationship!
I have to agree with you @ForeverTheOptomist about the texts, I also had to keep rewinding to read them. I wish they’d put them up on the screen as a caption so we can actually read them.

Re the text…we had subtitles on all the way through. DH’s first language is not English and scouse is a big ask sometimes. No offence, I love it as a dialect!

Yes, I had subtitles on too, but the subtitles didn't say what the texts, etc, said.

Loved series 2 and thought it was better than series one.

That's probs because it was WAYYYY meatier!

Just caught up and now up to date. I think each episode is better than the previous one in this series. Slow start, but gripped now. Can’t wait for the final two episodes. And they’ve confirmed a third series.

I’m confused by the Diana timeline, how old is she meant to be?

It seemed to suggest she was v young when her dad was murdered (a teen) and then her mum went to jail for 10 years so she’d be 27 ish? I had assumed she was mid 30s….

The actress is 26! She’s lovely but I think maybe her hair style and clothes age her? The blurb for the series doesn’t specify her age, says “late twenties.” So yes, it’s confusing because in series I, when we saw the flashbacks to her washing blood at the sink, she looked early teens. Diana looks to me mid thirties.

@Middlemarch123 glad it’s not just me that thought she was older, I’m pretty shocked she’s 26! I’m now confused as to why she’s having ivf and a baby if she’s meant to be late 20s. That would make more sense if she was over 35 but no sense if she’s young and not been in a relationship that long.

Agree, it doesn’t make sense.

So, start of first series, at the baby’s christening, she meets the Phelan family for the first time, introduced as Michael’s new girlfriend, so presumably they haven’t been together long at all, but they’re both being tested for possible IVF. So presumably they met, fell in love and wanted babies very quickly. Am I wrong in thinking that you would need to try and conceive naturally for longer than they did before being considered for IVF? Series 2 is set a week after series one finale. It seems rushed through. Think it would work better if she was mid thirties and him late thirties, and they had been together for a while, make it more plausible.

I’m also confused why her Mum only got 10 years for murder?

@Yogaandchocolate

The man was abusive, maybe it was self defense.