Top Boy(TV show/series, 2011-2013)

Name: Top Boy
Genre: Drama
Released: 2011
Rating: 3.7

TV-MA

| 52min per episode | Genre: Drama

Scripted Reality in 2 seasons with 8 episodes

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 43 votes)

Top Boy is a British crime drama television series created and written by Ronan Bennett. The series is set on the fictional Summerhouse estate in the London Borough of Hackney. It focuses on two drug dealers, Dushane (Ashley Walters) and Sully (Kane Robinson), along with others involved with drug dealing and gang violence in London. There are 32 episodes across five series. The first two series, with 4 episodes each, were broadcast on Channel 4, with the first series airing over four consecutive nights from 31 October to 3 November 2011 and the second series airing from 20 August to 10 September 2013. Although storylines for a third series were proposed, the series was dropped by Channel 4 in 2014. Following interest from Canadian rapper Drake, it was announced in 2017 that Netflix would revive the series, with both Ashley Walters and Kane Robinson, as well as the original crew, reprising their roles, and Drake and hi... ()

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2 seasons: Series 1, Series 2
Genres: Crime TV Shows / British / TV Dramas
Keywords: Gritty / Emotional
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About Top Boy

A thrilling and raw crime drama following a gang of drug dealers in Hackney, London - an honest and gripping rendition of inner-city drug and gang culture.

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Trailer for Top Boy + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Top Boy - Trailer(Trailer, 2:06)

Top Boy Seasons and Episodes

08/20/2013Season 2 - 4 episodes

In the second season, Dushane has worked his way to the top but finds he has an enemy in his one-time associate Sully who now has a new ruthless crime partner. When their common nemesis Kamale is found dead both Dushane and Sully fall under suspicion. Meanwhile, 15-year-old Ra'Nell is lying low with the district youth squad trials fast approaching but his friend Gem is unable to do the same.

#1 | 08/20/2013Episode 1

4.3/5 (with 6 votes)

Charming, sexy and clever, 27-year-old Dushane has finally made it as 'Top Boy', and is moving into the big time with boss Joe. But Dushane's former right-hand man Sully is now a potentially dangerous rival with a new partner-in-crime, violent and volatile Mike.

#2 | 08/27/2013Episode 2

4.1/5 (with 4 votes)

Dushane visits Joe in hospital and learns from his injured partner that their drugs were stolen by a gang of Albanians. Sully and Mike are asked to carry out a hit.

#3 | 09/03/2013Episode 3

4.1/5 (with 4 votes)

Rafe rescues his brother Jermaine held captive by Sully and Mike and vows to take revenge. Gem is terrified when a drug delivery he is making for Vincent goes wrong.

#4 | 09/10/2013Episode 4

4.6/5 (with 4 votes)

Solicitor Rhianna represents Kayla but warns Dushane that she is likely to talk to the police. Following Vincent's brutal attack on Ra'Nell, Lisa is forced to turn to Dushane for help. And Gem's father, Mr Mustapha, decides to deal with Vincent in his own way.

10/31/2011Season 1 - 4 episodes

Additional Information

Official websites:

www.channel4.com

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)

Plays in: London

Made by: Cowboy Films

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 15 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 10/31/2011

Last episode released on: 09/10/2013

Cast: Ashley Walters, Kano, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Geoff Bell, Benedict Wong, Kierston Wareing, Nicholas Pinnock, Lorraine Burroughs

Creator: Ronan Bennett

Director: Yann Demange

Composer: Brian Eno

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Top Boy (2011)"

"Top Boy: Summerhouse"

Keywords: organized crime, urban, outlaw, gang, gangster, urban decay, drug crime, drug dealing, hackney, london, london, england

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