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This City is Ours set to showcase Liverpool again

News imageBBC/Left Bank Pictures/James Stack Left to right: Diana Williams (Hannah Onslo), Michael Kavanagh (James Nelson-Joyce), Ronnie Phelan (Sean Bean), Jamie Phelan (Jack McMullen), Elaine Phelan (Julie Graham). They are all seated ina royal blue velvet booth except for Sean Bean who is standing in the centre. The Liver Building can be seen in the background out of the window.BBC/Left Bank Pictures/James Stack
The first series attracted an average of 5.8m viewers

Liverpool is once again set to take centre stage in the hit BBC crime drama This City is Ours as filming for the much-anticipated second series continues to take place across the city.

Liverpool actor James Nelson-Joyce returns as leading gang member Michael Kavanagh, alongside Hannah Onslow as his partner Diana Williams.

The first series, which attracted an average of 5.8m viewers per episode, was filmed in and around Liverpool, as well as in Spain.

Producer Stephen Butchard said he aimed to capture the vibrancy of his native city, and it looks like the second series will be no exception.

Here we take a look at some of the locations where filming has taken place.

News imageBBC/Left Bank Pictures/James Stack Filming of This City is Ours with Michael Kavanagh, played by James Nelson-Joyce, with short brown hair and beard, and Diana Williams, played by Hannah Onslow, with shoulder length red hair wearing a red blazer and burgundy top. There are walking in the street, in the evening, holding hands.BBC/Left Bank Pictures/James Stack
Michael Kavanagh, played by James Nelson-Joyce, returns forthe second series with his partner, Diana Williams (Hannah Onslo).

The Old School House

News image1936 Pubco Exterior view of the Old School House. It is a large red-brick building with a garden full of greenery and bunting. The photograph was taken on a sunny day.1936 Pubco
The Old School House is located on the edge of Sefton Park

Actors from the series - which chronicles the battle for control over a cocaine-trafficking gang - have been spotted filming at the Old School House on Liverpool's Lark Lane on the edge of Sefton Park.

The new series will pick up from where things were left at the end of series one, a BBC spokesperson has said.

The White Hart

News image1936 Pubco The inside of Dickensian-style pub, The White Hart, which includes a stag's head mounted on the wall to the left of the fireplace. There is a number of small tables and wooden chairs and brown leather stools with the walls filled with paintings and ornaments.1936 Pubco
Filming has taken place at White Hart on Hope Street

This City Is Ours has also filmed scenes at the Dickensian-style The White Hart Pub on Liverpool's Hope Street.

The Vines

News image1936 Pubco Interior of the plush neo-Baroque designed pub with carved mahogany woodwork throughout, repousse copper panels, and a stained-glass dome.1936 Pubco
The Vines pub, known as the Big House, has been another set for the crime drama

The Grade II* listed the Vines pub - known as the Big House - on Lime Street is another set location as the gangsters continue their exploits.

Temple Street

Cast members have also reportedly been spotted filming at the Mansion nightclub on Temple Street.

Heswall

The action has apparently also returned to Heswall in Wirral. There have been reports of filming taking place on Pensby Road.

News imageBBC/Left Bank Pictures/James Stack Gang member Michael Kavanagh (James Nelson-Joyce) with brown hair wearing a blue coat and navy sweater zipped up in a scene from This City Is Ours. He sits in a high rise building holding a phone with large windows showing an aerial view of Liverpool city centre.BBC/Left Bank Pictures/James Stack
Producer Stephen Butchard said he aimed to capture the vibrancy of his native Liverpool in the series

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