You can’t beat a bit of Sean Bean, and lucky for us. The Sheffield-born actor is set to appear in a range of upcoming shows. One of which is the new BBC drama, This City Is Ours, which released first-look images last month. And it looks like we don’t have long to wait as the release date for Bean’s newest show has been revealed.
The BBC’s newest crime drama, directed by Saul Dibb and John Hayes and produced by Left Bank Pictures will air at 9pm on Sunday 23rd March on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. The story follows Michael (James Nelson-Joyce) and Diana (Hannah Onslow), whose love affair unfolds against the backdrop of Michael’s crumbling crime gang. As Ronnie hints at retirement, Michael also starts to envision a different life. For the first time, he is in love. For the first time, he sees beyond the day-to-day—he sees a future. Something to win and something to lose: Diana.
The This City Is Ours ensemble includes two-time BAFTA award-winner Sean Bean as gang leader The series stars Sean Bean as Ronnie Phelan, alongside James Nelson-Joyce as his friend Michael Kavanagh, Hannah Onslow (Empire of Light, This Is Going to Hurt) as Michael’s partner Diana Williams, Jack McMullen (Hijack, Ford v Ferrari) as Ronnie’s son Jamie Phelan, and Julie Graham (Shetland, Time) as Elaine, the formidable head of the Phelan family alongside her husband, Ronnie.
At its core, This City Is Ours is a story about family and love—both destroyed and corrupted by ambition, pride, and greed. It explores the pursuit of power and the lengths people will go to secure and maintain it. When Ronnie’s son, Jamie, sets his sights on inheriting the family empire, Michael suddenly finds himself without a place in their world. As both men battle to modernise the gang on their own terms, tensions escalate into a struggle for control. But for Michael, the greatest fight of all will be to protect the woman he loves and the child he has always dreamed of having.
Bean was recently cast as the Sheriff of Nottingham in an upcoming Robin Hood TV series for MGM+ starring alongside Jack Patten.
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You can watch the new BBC crime drama here.
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