BBC’s *This City Is Ours* returns with a four-star episode that sometimes becomes weighed down by gang violence and bereavement
The most effective lighter moments come from foolish henchman Ando, whose bravado ends disastrously, while Julie Graham gives Elaine’s grief genuine emotional force
Shaun Evans brings amiable menace to Ozzie, a newly released criminal whose arrival threatens to reignite tensions with gang leader Michael Kavanagh
The season’s unexpected flourish is Matt Monro’s *On Days Like These* as the theme tune, recalling *The Italian Job*.