This City Is Ours Season 2: Release Date, Time, Cast, and Confirmed News

This City Is Ours Season 2 launches in the UK on Sunday, October 25, 2026. The first episode airs on BBC One at 9 p.m. GMT (UTC+00:00). All eight episodes are scheduled to arrive on BBC iPlayer that date, but the BBC has not announced an exact streaming release hour. The timing matters: UK clocks go back from British Summer Time to Greenwich Mean Time early that same Sunday, so 9 p.m. is GMT, not BST.

Quick answer: the Season 2 date and time

The date and broadcast pattern come from Left Bank Pictures’ Season 2 announcement, the show’s producer. “Series” is the BBC’s usual term for a season, so searches for “Season 2” and “Series 2” refer to the same run.

Why the time is GMT, not BST

British Summer Time ends on Sunday, October 25, 2026. The UK changes its clocks back one hour at 2 a.m. BST, returning to 1 a.m. GMT. By the evening broadcast, the UK is on GMT (UTC+00:00). That is why writing “9 p.m. BST” for the premiere would be wrong, even though the release falls on the day the clocks change. The UK government’s clock-change calendar lists October 25 as the 2026 fall clock-change date.

GMT is the UK’s winter time standard and matches UTC at this point in the year. In practical terms, set a reminder for 9 p.m. GMT on October 25 if you want the BBC One broadcast. If you are reading outside the UK, convert from 21:00 UTC on that date; do not use the summer offset.

Where to watch and what to prepare

A “box set” means a complete group of episodes released together for on-demand viewing. The BBC says all eight Season 2 episodes will be on BBC iPlayer from October 25, while BBC One will show episodes on Sunday and Monday nights at 9 p.m. The announcement does not give a specific hour for the iPlayer release, so claims that the full season will appear at a particular early-morning time are not confirmed by the cited BBC/producer notice. Check the BBC iPlayer listing on release day for availability.

For viewers in the UK, a TV license is required to watch or download BBC programs on iPlayer, including on-demand episodes. The rule applies regardless of whether you watch on a television, phone, tablet, or computer; see TV Licensing’s iPlayer guidance if you are unsure whether your household is covered.

What Season 2 is about

The new story picks up after the first season’s ending. Michael Kavanagh and Diana Williams have barely reached Spain before they are pulled back into questions about Ricardo’s death. In Liverpool, the remaining members of the gang face rising tensions, while a former gangster from Ronnie Phelan’s era returns from prison seeking compensation. Those are the central threads in the producer’s published synopsis; finer plot details and episode-by-episode developments should be treated as spoilers or unconfirmed unless the BBC releases them.

Michael is played by James Nelson-Joyce and Diana by Hannah Onslow. The confirmed newcomers include Shaun Evans as Ozzie Thompson and Álvaro Morte as Felipe Guzman, Ricardo’s younger brother and a member of the Colombian cartel. Returning cast members named in the producer’s announcement include Jack McMullen, Mike Noble, Julie Graham, Laura Aikman, Kevin Harvey, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Darci Shaw, Adam Abbou, and Bobby Schofield.

Is Sean Bean returning?

Sean Bean’s character, Ronnie Phelan, was killed at the end of Season 1. The official Season 2 cast information published by Left Bank Pictures does not list Bean among the returning cast. That means a return through flashbacks remains speculation unless the BBC or production team confirms it; an actor’s absence from a cast announcement is not proof that a surprise appearance is impossible.

Season 3 is confirmed, but it has no release date

The BBC commissioned a third season before Season 2 premiered. Its official announcement says filming will take place primarily in Liverpool in 2027. No Season 3 premiere date or full cast list has been announced. “Commissioned” means the BBC has ordered another season; it does not mean production is finished or that a launch window is set.

For now, the useful confirmed answers are straightforward: Season 2’s UK launch date is October 25, BBC One’s first episode is at 9 p.m. GMT, and the eight-episode iPlayer box set is due the same day with no exact online drop hour stated. The next series is already ordered, but its schedule is still to come.