This City Is Ours is a new eight-part crime drama set and filmed in Liverpool.
This City Is Ours is coming to BBC One and it tells the story of Michael, who has been involved in organised crime for the entirety of his adult life. However, for the first time in his life, he has experienced love.
In his partner Diana, he sees a future, which makes the stakes even higher as he now has something to lose. The series tells the story of Michael and Diana’s relationship and how his crime gang stands between them.
Together with his friend Ronnie, Michael has been bringing cocaine into the city from Columbia, but when a shipment goes missing, he knows something isn’t right. Meanwhile, Ronnie’s son Jamie is keen to take over the empire, leaving Michael without a place at the table.
Both Michael and Jamie have bold ideas to modernise the gang and they will battle for control of it. But Michael has bigger things on his mind as he bids to protect the woman he loves.
Here is all you need to know about who is in the cast.
Ronnie Pelan – Sean Bean
Gang leader Ronnie Phelan is played by Sean Bean, a 65-year-old English actor known for his roles in Sharpe, Time and Legends.
For many years, Bean’s characters have died on screen, a phenomenon that gained notoriety on the internet and in The Lord of The Rings, Game of Thrones and James Bond fandoms.
As for his personal life, the Sheffield-born star has been married five times. The father-of-three married Ashley Moore in 2017.
Michael Kavanagh – James Nelson-Joyce
Ronnie’s friend Michael Kavanagh is played by James Nelson-Joyce, a 36-year-old English actor known for his roles in A Thousand Blows, Little Boy Blue and The Family Pile.
From Liverpool, he has become known for playing the tough guy or villainous characters.
He left school without qualifications, but it was his English teacher who recognised his potential for acting.
Diana Williams – Hannah Onslow
Michael’s partner Diana Williams is played by Hannah Onslow, a 26-year-old English actress known for her roles in This Is Going to Hurt and Belgravia: The Next Chapter.
Born in Havering, London, she studied at RADA before making her television debut in a 2020 episode of Call the Midwife.
Jamie Phelan – Jack McMullen
Ronnie’s son, Jamie Phelan, is played by Jack McMullen, a 34-year-old English actor and writer known for his roles in Waterloo Road, Grange Hill and Brookside.
From Liverpool, this is not the first time the star has worked with Sean Bean as they acted alongside one another in the series Time.
Elaine – Julie Graham
Elaine, Ronnie’s wife, is played by Julie Graham – a 59-year-old Scottish actress known for her roles in The Hardacres, Maternal and Queens of Mystery.
Graham was married to actor Joseph A. Bennett from 2002 until he died in April 2015. The couple had two daughters together.
In 2019 she married Belgian skydiving instructor Davy Croket.
Rachel Duffy – Laura Aikman
Laura Aikman is a 39-year-old English actress best known for her roles in The Job Lot and Gavin & Stacey.
Born in London, she is the daughter of actor and writer Stuart Aikman and actress Jean Heard.
The star has been married to actor Matt Kennard since 2019, having met on the set of Bluestone 42.
Bobby Duffy – Kevin Harvey
Kevin Harvey is an actor viewers may recognise as Paul McAdams in Time.
He also played Glen in The Inheritance and Olamide Bello in Treason.
Cheryl Crawford – Saoirse-Monica Jackson
Saoirse-Monica Jackson is a 31-year-old Northern Irish actress known for playing Erin Quinn in Derry Girls.
Her TV debut was in 2016 in Harlan Coben’s series The Five.
She is engaged to Scottish DJ Hector Barbour, known professionally as Denis Sulta, and they live in Liverpool.
Banksey – Mike Noble
Mike Noble is known for his previous roles in Shardlake, The Capture and Mr Selfridge.
Viewers will most likely recognise him as Spencer Wilson in the series Home Fires.
Bonehead – Bobby Schofield
Bobby Schofield is a Liverpool-born actor who comes from a successful family of actors and musicians.
The 31-year-old’s father is Andrew Schofield, an actor known for his work in the musical Blood Brothers.
His sister Jess Schofield has previously starred in Hollyoaks, and he is also the cousin of Brookside actor, David Hart.
The star is best known for his role as Dave Kershaw in the BBC series SAS Rogue Heroes.
Melissa Sullivan – Darci Shaw
Darci Shaw is a 22-year-old actress from Liverpool who made her film debut in 2019, playing a young Judy Garland in the award-winning film Judy.
She went on to star in The Bay, The Irregulars and A Thousand Blows.
Davy Crawford – Stephen Walters
Stephen Walters is a 49-year-old English actor known for his roles in Ragged and Anne.
From 2014 to 2016, he played Angus Mhor in Outlander.
Away from his acting credits, he is a talented musician and has written and directed several short films.
This City Is Ours airs on BBC One on March 23 at 9pm
