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- Channel 4
- Sep 13, 2019
- Channel 4
- Sep 13, 2019
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]
Created By: Ronan Bennett
- Channel 4
- Sep 13, 2019
- Channel 4
- Sep 13, 2019
Top Boy
Season 3
5 Seasons
Season Premiere: Sep 13, 2019
Metascore
Available after 4 critic reviews
6.3
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]
Created By: Ronan Bennett
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5 Seasons
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A beautifully paced and powerful return. Bennett’s tight, compassionate scripts touch on everything from the impact of Brexit to the increased presence of immigration officers without ever forgetting that this is at heart a story about a community and the ties that bind filled with believable, beautifully written characters, many of whom may well break your heart.
Top Boy can be bleak and violent, with dialogue so naturalistic that it verges on the impenetrable, but in telling stories that rarely get heard, it asks us to think differently about the city we live in. Drake has done British viewers a favour. We can thank him later.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 User Ratings
6.3
67% Positive
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
7% Mixed
1 Rating
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27% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 User Ratings
6.3
67% Positive
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
7% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
27% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
For all of Top Boy’s gloom and heavy portent – during almost every scene, you wonder what terrible fate will befall the character in it – there are moments of dry humour. ... It is not a flattering portrait of our times, but as a TV drama, it is up there with the best – tense, gripping and relentless.
I really like Top Boy as I feel it is one of the better British shows exploring urban life. I often find myself lamenting the relative lack of British shows that really reflect modern cities and lifestyles. Exports like Downton Abbey, Bridgerton, or even Peaky Blinders are fantastic yes, but sorely removed from the modern landscape of British cities.
Top Boy excels in painting a relatively realistic (of course the violence is scaled up a notch for drama) reflection of Britain. It often gets compared to The Wire and, whilst I don't think it is quite as good as that, it does have shades of that influence. Mostly I just like that it's something that I can relate to more as a British young adult. Stories like this are severely lacking on British television so I will always support it.
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SEASON 3
this show was outstanding, picking up the main characters from 6 years ago, and showing how much things change and still stay the same. there was a bit in like the 8 & 9th episode I felt it was stretching a little, but all n all a really enjoyable watch
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SEASON 3
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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SEASON 3
