\n The BBC has revealed a sneak peek at the upcoming series, which returns this autumn and will once again bring viewers back to the criminal underworld of Liverpool.\n<\/p>\n
\n Filming for the new episodes also took place in Spain.\n<\/p>\n
\n The story picks up immediately after the season one finale, with Michael Kavanagh and Diana Williams drawn back into the chaos to answer for the death of Ricardo Guzman.\n<\/p>\n
\n Will you be watching series two? (Image: Kennedy News\/BBC\/Left Bank Pictures\/James Stack)\n<\/p>\n
\n BAFTA-nominated actor James Nelson-Joyce returns as Michael alongside Hannah Onslow as Diana, Michael’s partner.\n<\/p>\n
\n Back in Liverpool, tensions continue to rise amongst the remaining gang members and an old school gangster from Ronnie’s era, recently out of prison, wants compensation from the firm.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n There will be a host of returning cast members, including Jack McMullen as Jamie Phelan, Mike Noble as Banksey, and Julie Graham as Elaine Phelan\u00a0and widow of murdered gang leader Ronnie (Sean Bean).\n<\/p>\n
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\n New faces in the cast include Shaun Evans as recently released gangster Ozzie Thompson, and \u00c1lvaro Morte as Felipe Guzman, a member of the Colombian cartel and the late Ricardo\u2019s younger brother.\n<\/p>\n
\n 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 will also grace viewers’ screens in the second series.\n<\/p>\n
\n The drama was created and written by Stephen Butchard and produced by Left Bank Pictures.\n<\/p>\n
\n The first season proved a major hit, with three million viewers streaming the finale ahead of its BBC One broadcast in May.\n<\/p>\n
\n It also earned BAFTA Television Award nominations for Best Drama and Leading Actor for James Nelson-Joyce.\n<\/p>\n
\n Fans have expressed particular excitement about the return of Nelson-Joyce in season two.\n<\/p>\n
\n One said: “Can’t wait.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I love the first series and watching it over again before the next series begins.”\n<\/p>\n
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\n Another commented: “Can’t wait!\n<\/p>\n
\n “Some of it was filmed in my home town, Heswell, Wirral.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I watched from a distance. It was very violent and realistic.”\n<\/p>\n
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\n This person said: “Look forward to watching. I loved the first series.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The Scouse accents are what makes it.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Oh and James Nelson-Joyce of course.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Have you seen This City is Ours? Tell us if you’ll be watching the second series in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The BBC has revealed a sneak peek at the upcoming series, which returns this autumn and will once…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-265318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}