Set on the fictional East London estate of Summerhouse, TOP BOY is a crime drama that takes an unflinching look at the raw, dangerous world of drug dealing and the lives of those who live in the ends. It’s a look at the paradoxical aspiration and realities of those who are marginalised by society yet form a tight-knit community as they try to better their lives on the estate.
For Dushane and Sully, that’s about the relentless pursuit of building a drug empire to become TOP BOY. But that puts a target on your back. Enemies can come from anywhere, loyalties are tested as trusted lieutenants can become snakes, and the unwritten rules of the road are always challenged. But these are the challenges you face as TOP BOY The question is: how long can you stay there?
Sully’s actions at the end of the last series have rewritten his business rules with Dushane. As new shared problems arise, everything they’ve built comes under threat from forces outside and within their empire. Can they coexist by the rules of the road they’ve lived by their whole lives in a world that is changing before them? Or can there only be one TOP BOY?
The series stars Ashley Walters (Bulletproof, Small Island), Kane Robinson (The Kitchen), Simbiatu Ajikawo ‘Little Simz‘, Jasmine Jobson (Lie Low, Obey), Araloylin Oshunremi (Heartstopper), rap and grime artist Natalie Athanasiou ‘NoLay’, Saffron Hocking (London Kills, White Gold), Joshua Blisset (Blue Story, Young Wallander), Adwoa Aboah (Willow) with Barry Keoghan (The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Banshees of Inisherin) and Brian Gleeson (Bad Sisters, Peaky Blinders, Frank of Ireland) joining.
Myriam Raja and William Stefan Smith return to direct the final season. Bafta nominated Myriam Raja directed episodes 1- 4 and Bafta award-winning William Stefan Smith directed the final two episodes.
The show is created and written by Ronan Bennett.
Episode 3 was written by Elliot Warren and Episode 4 was written by Tyrone Rashard
TOP BOY is executive produced by the original creative team – Charles Steel and Alasdair Flind (for Cowboy Films), Ronan Bennett (for Easter Partisan), and Yann Demange. The series is executive produced by multi-faceted entertainer and producer Drake and his business partner Adel “Future” Nur for DreamCrew Entertainment, along with LeBron James, Maverick Carter, and Jamal Henderson for The SpringHill Company.
Ashley Walters and Kane Robinson also serve as Executive Producers.
In celebration of the final season, Netflix is releasing a selection of Brian Eno’s recordings from his soundtrack to the show.
