SEAN BEAN STARS IN EPIC CRIME DRAMA THIS CITY IS OURS, ​
​PREMIERING JUNE 4, ONLY ON STAN

May 15 2025 – An addictive story about family and love, destroyed and corrupted by ambition, pride and greed, Stan today announced that crime drama This City is Ours starring award-winning actor Sean Bean (Marriage) will premiere June 4 on Stan, all episodes at once. After recently launching in the UK, where it was praised by critics and became the BBC’s most-watched new drama launch in 2025 so far, the series has since been renewed for a second season. 

Alongside Sean Bean, who plays cocaine-smuggling gangster Ronnie Phelan, This City is Ours’ ensemble cast includes James Nelson-Joyce (Bird) as Ronnie’s friend Michael Kavanagh, Hannah Onslow (Empire of Light) as Diana Williams, Michael’s partner, Jack McMullen (Hijack) as Ronnie’s son Jamie Phelan and Julie Graham (Shetland), head of the Phelan family alongside her husband Ronnie.

Set and filmed in Liverpool, with additional filming in Spain, This City is Ours is the story of Michael (Nelson-Joyce), a man who for all of his adult life has been involved in organised crime…but for the first time in his life, Michael is in love. Now he sees a future: something to win and something to lose – Diana (Onslow).

Telling the story of Michael and Diana's love affair, the series is set against the disintegration of Michael’s crime gang. For years, with his friend Ronnie (Bean), Michael has successfully been bringing cocaine into the City and beyond, directly from Columbia; but when a shipment goes missing, then he knows their Kingdom is under attack.

The eight-part crime drama also stars Laura Aikman (Archie), Kevin Harvey (Treason), Saoirse-Monica Jackson (Derry Girls), Mike Noble (Shardlake), Bobby Schofield (SAS Rogue Heroes), Darci Shaw (Judy), and Stephen Walters (Slow Horses).

Created by Stephen Butchard (The Good Mothers), who serves as lead writer, with Robbie O’Neill writing further episodes. The directors are Saul Dibb (The Salisbury Poisonings), John Hayes (Nightsleepeer), and Eshref Reybrouck (Undercover). Produced by Simon Maloney (Peaky Blinders), with executive producers Andy Harries, Rebecca Hodgson and Sian McWilliams for Left Bank Pictures, Stephen Butchard and Saul Dibb, and Jo McClellan and Sami El Hadi for the BBC. Worldwide distribution is handled by Sony Pictures Television.

New series This City is Ours premieres June 4 on Stan, all episodes at once and only on Stan.

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