SetandfilmedinLiverpool,ThisCityisOursisthestoryofMichael,amanwhoforallofhisadultlifehasbeeninvolvedinorganisedcrime,workingforhisfriendandthegangleaderRonnie.WhenRonniebeginstohintatretirement,Michaeltoobeginstoimagineanotherlife.Because,forthefirsttimeinhislife,Michaelisinlove.Forthefirsttimeinhislife,heseesbeyondtheday-to-day,heseesafuture:somethingtowinandsomethingtolose-Diana.ThisCityisOursisthestoryofMichaelandDiana'sloveaffair,setagainstthedisintegrationofMichael’scrimegang.Foryears,togetherwithRonnie,MichaelhassuccessfullybeenbringingcocaineintotheCityandbeyond,directlyfromColumbia;butwhenashipmentgoesmissing,heknowstheirKingdomisunderattack.ThisCityisOursexploreswhathappenswhenRonnie’ssonJamiedecideshewantstoinherittheirkingdomandthatthereisnolongeraplaceforMichaelatthetable.BothMichaelandJamiehaveboldideastomodernisethegangandtheywillbattleforcontrolofit.ButMichael’sbiggestbattlewillbetosavethewomanhelovesandthechildhehasalwayswanted.Thisisastoryaboutfamily,andlovedestroyedandcorruptedbyambition,prideandgreed.It’sastoryaboutpower:whatwewilldotosecureandkeepit.
