This City Is Ours is a British crime drama television series created by Stephen Butchard for BBC One. Set in Liverpool, it was produced by Left Bank Pictures and premiered on 23 March 2025. In May 2025, it was renewed for a second series which aired on 25 October 2026.[1] On 20 October 2026, prior to the broadcast of the second series, the BBC announced that the show would return for a third series.[2]
The series centres around Liverpudlian crime boss Ronnie Phelan, whose desire to retire from criminal life, after one last major drug deal, triggers an intense power struggle between his long-time right-hand man, Michael Kavanagh, and Phelan's impetuous son Jamie.
This City is Ours has filming locations including Liverpool and Spain with filming beginning in May 2024.[6][7] Filming of the second series commenced in October 2025.[8] Ahead of the broadcast of the second series in October 2026, it was renewed for a third series.[9]
This City Is Ours premiered on 23 March 2025 on BBC One with all the episodes made available on BBC iPlayer.[10]
On 5 March 2026, the series began streaming in the United States on AMC+.[11]
Reception
Anita Singh in The Daily Telegraph awarded the show five stars and praised the performances, especially that of Nelson-Joyce.[12] Carol Midgley in The Times awarded the show four stars and praised the "modern, witty and authentic" dialogue, as well as the on-screen chemistry between Nelson-Joyce and Sean Bean.[13]Lucy Mangan in The Guardian also praised the performances but awarded the show three stars, finding it rather "generic”.[14] Rachel Cooke for The New Statesman described it as "marvellous and witty" and compared it to a "superior ScouseDallas", with "its unfeeling, brutish men" and "its ruthlessly ambitious women".[15] Phil Harrison for The Independent gave the show four stars, commenting that the moral complexities and depth of the characters raised the drama from cliche.[16] Dan Einav in The Financial Times described it as "solid but unspectacular", noting that the "idiosyncrasies of Liverpudlian speech, clothing and humour are not simply background details — they are made integral to the identity" of the series.[17]
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