How perfect casting helped This City Is Ours combine a love story with the criminal underworld

TCIO_101-20240508-JS_0005

Director and executive producer Saul Dibb on authenticity, casting his leading man and the depth of working-class acting talent in Liverpool

if you have an account

full-subs-package-LR-resize

Do you want to keep reading?

Register to read four free articles per month

Subscribe and get access to

  • Up to the minute industry news
  • Agenda-setting interviews with key industry figures
  • Insight into the latest programme performances
  • Ratings data with viewing trends

Access premium content subscribe today

If you have an account you can SIGN IN now