BBC announced that the crime drama This City Is Ours has been renewed for a second season.
The show features Sean Bean, James Nelson-Joyce (Black Mirror), and Saoirse-Monica Jackson (Derry Girls), and is also named as BBC iPlayer’s biggest new drama launch of the year so far.
This City Is Ours is created and written by Stephen Butchard and is produced by Left Bank (The Crown). The series follows the love affair between Michael (Nelson-Joyce) and Diana (Hannah Onslow), set against the disintegration of Michael’s crime gang. After years of successful cocaine trade with his friend Ronnie (Bean), thanks to his close links in the Marbella underworld, Michael’s kingdom is threatened by a missing shipment.
The first season of the series featured Laura Aikman, Julie Graham, Kevin Harvey, Mike Noble, Bobby Schofield, Darci Shaw, and Stephen Walters.
After The Crown was finished, This City Is Ours became the biggest hit by Left Bank. According to the BBC, the series had gathered more than 6.6 million viewers per episode. The final episode has already reached 3 million on iPlayer by Friday afternoon.
Creator and writer Butchard commented: “We have all been blown away by the incredibly positive response to This City is Ours. I can’t thank the audience enough for their time and emotional investment.”
This City is Ours was commissioned for the BBC by Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama. The crime drama is written by Butchard and executive produced by Andy Harries, Rebecca Hodgson, and Sian McWilliams for Left Bank Pictures, Butchard and Jo McClellan, and Sami El Hadi for the BBC. Sony Pictures Television is the international distributor for the series.
Source: Deadline
