Top Boy

Name: Top Boy
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Action & Adventure
Released: October 31, 2011
Rating: 86

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Series Details & Credits

Channel 4 | Netflix | Release Date: October 31, 2011

Summary: Dushane (Ashley Walters) and his friend Sully (Kane Robinson aka Kano) deal drugs from their East London housing estate in this crime drama series written and created by Ronan Bennett.

[The first two season are called Top Boy: Summerhouse on Netflix]

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Action & Adventure

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100

The Observer (UK) Barbara Ellen

Sep 10, 2024

Season 5 Review: This final series isn’t perfect (it feels a couple of episodes short, and some sociopolitical elements seem Blu-Tacked on), but these are quibbles. Overall, what a blast, what a cast, what a genre-defining ride. Top that, indeed. Read full review

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The Telegraph Jasper Rees

Sep 7, 2023

Season 5 Review: Perhaps a storyline inspired by the Windrush Scandal feels a bit behind the curve. Not so a script that entraps a fresh generation of children and even babies. While this addictive saga will exit with a satisfying bang, that’s the real story that never ends. Read full review

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The Guardian Leila Latif

Sep 7, 2023

Season 5 Review: The show sees them [Sully and Dushane ] as three-dimensional men in the throes of a Shakespearean tragedy. There can only be one Top Boy, but there is no shortage of reasons to recommend this powerful and potent conclusion. Read full review

The Guardian Ellen E Jones

Mar 18, 2022

Season 4 Review: Like these forceful, resourceful anti-heroes, the show always comes out on top. And it’s not about to move from that spot any time soon. Read full review

i Emily Baker

Sep 7, 2023

Season 5 Review: But it’s not the stories or the action that you remember long after the episodes have ended. Instead, it’s the incredible performances that stick with you. Read full review

Radio Times Morgan Jeffery

Sep 1, 2023

Season 5 Review: If the biggest criticism you can level at a TV show is that it leaves you wanting more, that's hardly a harsh condemnation – this final Top Boy could have easily justified a couple more episodes, but what we get remains a powerful send-off for an important series with a stellar ensemble cast who are at the very top of their game. Read full review

The Independent Nick Hilton

Sep 1, 2023

Season 5 Review: This concluding chapter of the Top Boy saga pulls none of its punches – if anything it makes too many of them, like a rabbit-punching flyweight – and demonstrates that a big American streamer can be trusted to tell Black, British stories. Read full review

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BobbySands

Apr 17, 2022

Fam, get to watchin this mighty quick ya hear, as it's only the best show out there, innit!

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Jdank

Sep 25, 2019

Okay now I won’t say it is in the same class as The Wire because I think it is the best show of all time. I will say it is very comparative and an amazing show which I would highly recommend. Great series I would and am going to rewatch.

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Seasons & Episodes

86

Series Overview
Season 5

88
- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: September 7, 2023
- No episode information is currently available for this season
Season 4

83
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: March 18, 2022
Season 3

tbd
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 13, 2019
Season 2

tbd
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: August 20, 2013
Season 1

tbd
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: October 31, 2011