She’s starring alongside Sean Bean. Derry Girls star Saoirse-Monica Jackson has joined the cast of an “epic new crime drama” on the BBC . The series titled This City is Ours is currently filming in Liverpool and Spain and Jackson is on board to play the character Cheryl Crawford.
The eight-part series is created and written by Stephen Butchard (The Last Kingdom) and directed by Saul Dibb (The Salisbury Poisonings) and follows a man’s journey as he falls in love for the first time and sees in his future something to win and something to lose, which is set against the backdrop of the disintegration of his gang. Set in Liverpool, This City is Ours also stars Sean Bean , James Nelson-Joyce (The Covenant), Hannah Onslow (Empire of Light), and Jack McMullen (Hijack). Derry Girls star joins ‘epic new crime drama’ The BBC describes the crime drama as follows: “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, working for his friend and the gang leader Ronnie (Bean).
“When Ronnie begins to hint at retirement, Michael too begins to imagine another life. Because, for the first time in his life, Michael is in love. For the first time in his life, he sees beyond the day-to-day, he sees a future: something to win and something to lose – Diana (Onslow).
“This City is Ours is the story of Michael and Diana’s love affair, set against the disintegration of Michael’s crime gang. “For year.