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This City Is Ours(2025)

Also known as Liverpool, a mi városunk • This City Is Ours: A Crime Family Saga

Upcoming · BBC iPlayer

7.816 eps
S02
DramaCrime
ON AIR: OCT 25Season 2

What to Expect

PremiereLens read

This City Is Ours pairs a brooding crime story with moments of tenderness that can turn suddenly menacing. Loyalty and betrayal run through a criminal family, making Michael’s doubts about his life dangerous rather than merely private. The drama unfolds as a continuing story of divided allegiances and escalating danger, with each choice carrying consequences beyond the person making it.

Diana offers Michael a future he has scarcely allowed himself to imagine, but their relationship also gives rivals and loyalists a way to hurt him. That double edge keeps the romance emotionally charged: affection creates hope without providing safety. Leaving the family business means questioning longstanding loyalties, while staying threatens the life he wants to build with her.

Best for

brooding crime romance, criminal family conflict and Drama

Story lane

Drama and Crime

Commitment

Season 2 · 16 episodes

Where

BBC iPlayer

Official Premise

Michael, a longtime member of organized crime, falls in love with Diana, prompting him to reevaluate his life and contemplate a future beyond his criminal activities. His newfound love becomes both a motivation and a potential liability.

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