This city is ours. Bbc1

Just finished the last episode. Dramatic ending!

It features the actress who played Smithy's girlfriend in the last 2 episodes of Gavin and Stacey putting on an OK Liverpool accent. Also Sean Bean is excellent as an ageing gangster.

I'm ready to watch episode 8 it's been good . Strange how I can like Michael , how he can kill a best friend in a blink of an eye , feel nothing , walk away yet is gentle and kind to his wife and adoring husband . Clever acting

I watched the first 2 episodes and really enjoyed it . I do like Sean Bean though , and I had to put the subtitles on to understand the scouse accent. The actor who plays Micheal is really good and I think Julie Graham as the wife will be more involved as the series goes on .
Kin is really good as well. And has strong female characters.
I didn’t like gangs of London , too violent.
The reviewer missed that Sean Bean didn’t have a Yorkshire accent in Lord of the Rings .

Toetoe

I'm ready to watch episode 8 it's been good . Strange how I can like Michael , how he can kill a best friend in a blink of an eye , feel nothing , walk away yet is gentle and kind to his wife and adoring husband . Clever acting

Yes, I agree Toetoe, I think the actor playing Michael is really good - he shows how people dissociate themselves from bad deeds - “it was necessary”, “but that wasn’t the real me”.
I suspect there’ll be another series……?

I think they should stick to crime and give up line dancing....I can't get rid of the earworm.

Have watched episodes 1 and 2 and am really enjoying this series. Michael is a real conundrum. I would love to know his backstory. How did he end up with a life of brutal criminal activity?

I am proud another drama series is set in and around Liverpool proving such excellent talent exists here. The main characters are brilliant with their own regional accents. There are a few with fake Scouse accents that don’t fit the bill leave them out.

There are enough brilliant actors out there who have not blotted out their regional accents. It’s a series about Liverpool crime families I don’t know where line dancing fits in.

Redhead56

I am proud another drama series is set in and around Liverpool proving such excellent talent exists here. The main characters are brilliant with their own regional accents. There are a few with fake Scouse accents that don’t fit the bill leave them out.

There are enough brilliant actors out there who have not blotted out their regional accents. It’s a series about Liverpool crime families I don’t know where line dancing fits in.

Have you watched it Redhead?
The "family" line dance to Andy Williams is performed at least twice and maligned at least once.

I have watched it I wouldn’t comment about a programme unless I had. I find it hard to believe a hard nosed family line dancing I just can’t imagine it.

Sorry Redhead, didn't mean to sound rude.

The dance is a metaphor for sticking together, moving in the same direction and showing togetherness at every opportunity.
This is the image that the "family" wanted to portray. We know that this image is far from the truth.
I agree that it's artistic license that wouldn't happen IRL.

The blinking song is still playing in my head though!

I had to give up my binge session at 2.30am this morning, I couldn't stay awake any longer!

Admittedly it's a bit brutal in places but so good. I've liked James Nelson-Joyce since he appeared in Little Boy Blue and I really hope this leads him on to bigger & better things. Apparently he's already being touted as the next 007.

Great soundtrack as well - downloaded it from BBC website, but can't get House of Bamboo out of my mind now.

I understand there's been some criticism of the non Liverpudlians attempts at the accent but as I'm but a boring Southerner it didn't affect me.

Redhead56

I have watched it I wouldn’t comment about a programme unless I had. I find it hard to believe a hard nosed family line dancing I just can’t imagine it.

It does look daft but I agree with Pittcity. The dance is a symbol of loyalty and if you don't join in it's noted. What a good series this has been. I expect a follow up now to find out if Michael and Diana do get out.

Hi glamourgran, funny you should say that the The Gangs of London had appalling levels of violence and that you were shocked.
Yet you recommended the crime series Kin, which I simply couldn't watch due to its stomach -turning brutality!
I turned over after about half an hour of watching it & it still makes me feel queasy.
Maybe, I should stick to Midsummer murders or the always brilliant Shakespeare & Hathaway on the BBC IPlayer🤔

Cumbrianmale56

It features the actress who played Smithy's girlfriend in the last 2 episodes of Gavin and Stacey putting on an OK Liverpool accent. Also Sean Bean is excellent as an ageing gangster.

Laura Aikman is a very versatile actress, she played Dyan Cannon, Cary Grant’s wife, in the film Archie.

Parsley3

Redhead56

I have watched it I wouldn’t comment about a programme unless I had. I find it hard to believe a hard nosed family line dancing I just can’t imagine it.

It does look daft but I agree with Pittcity. The dance is a symbol of loyalty and if you don't join in it's noted. What a good series this has been. I expect a follow up now to find out if Michael and Diana do get out.

I think there will be second series, Julie Graham’s character said to Michael in the last episode, “This isn’t over.”

Cumbrianmale56

It features the actress who played Smithy's girlfriend in the last 2 episodes of Gavin and Stacey putting on an OK Liverpool accent. Also Sean Bean is excellent as an ageing gangster.

Sean Bean is flipping terrifying as the head honcho!
No longer the prettyboy either. This series is very watchable, apart from when I'm hiding behind my hands!
All the cast are fantastic too. It's good to have something decent to watch after all the anti-climatic claptrap recently. 🤔

I read today on the BBC news app that there will probably be a second series.

Sean Bean…no longer the pretty boy either

Perhaps not, but still very watchable though.

😍

Parsley3

I read today on the BBC news app that there will probably be a second series.

I hope there will be and I hope the wait won't be too long.

I see Line of Duty is due to start filming next year which means it probably won't be aired until 2027. A programme that had a good number of us gripped but who will remember what went before by the time it gets to our screens? (Or care for that matter).

I do start to lose my enthusiasm when you have to wait years for the next series.

Calendargirl

^Sean Bean…no longer the pretty boy either^

Perhaps not, but still very watchable though.

😍

Oh yes Calendargirl, Mr Bean is very watchable, there's a firey intensity about him.
He plays the part very well, totally convincing. Although fortunately,
I have never met a crime boss, some weidos & pervert- flashers but never a mobster. 😳

ferry23

I had to give up my binge session at 2.30am this morning, I couldn't stay awake any longer!

Admittedly it's a bit brutal in places but so good. I've liked James Nelson-Joyce since he appeared in Little Boy Blue and I really hope this leads him on to bigger & better things. Apparently he's already being touted as the next 007.

Great soundtrack as well - downloaded it from BBC website, but can't get House of Bamboo out of my mind now.

I understand there's been some criticism of the non Liverpudlians attempts at the accent but as I'm but a boring Southerner it didn't affect me.

I binge watched this days ago and still have The House Of Bamboo going round in my head...the series is great, and so is the soundtrack.

I'm enjoying This City Is Ours and a shame Sean Bean was only in two episodes, but the other cast members are really good. Also liked how a little used laundrette was used to hide millions of pounds worth of drugs, it's rather like many of these American candy stores that hardly anyone uses are used as a respectable front for organised crime.

I'm rather enjoying this drama, the acting is fabulous and very believable.
Julie Graham is brilliant as the matriarch as is Nelson Joyce as the young sucessor to Mr Bean's character.
My only quibble is the actress who plays Nelson Joyce's girlfriend.
Her acting is very contrived and wooden, she's not a natural & she spoils the authenticity of the family. Which is otherwise spot-on and completely riveting if somewhat alarming at times. 🤔

Ilovedogs22

I'm rather enjoying this drama, the acting is fabulous and very believable.
Julie Graham is brilliant as the matriarch as is Nelson Joyce as the young sucessor to Mr Bean's character.
My only quibble is the actress who plays Nelson Joyce's girlfriend.
Her acting is very contrived and wooden, she's not a natural & she spoils the authenticity of the family. Which is otherwise spot-on and completely riveting if somewhat alarming at times. 🤔

Ah, how we all see things differently - I thought she was stand out.

And wouldn't the world be a boring place if we all thought the same!