The all-new second season of Top Boy begins a year after the end of the first and returns to follow Dushane and Sully as they attempt to keep on top of the criminal underworld of East London.
Now rivals, they are both looking to expand on their territories and deal with their enemies. Neither of them is expecting the emotional changes that come with new-found relationships. Dushane meets Rihanna - a solicitor - who offers him a way out of the life he’s always known. Street kid, Jason, is an unlikely companion for Sully, who reminds him of his own troubled childhood.
Having always managed to stay away from the gang way of life, Ra’Nell tries out for the local district youth squad as a way to escape the estate. His best friend, Gem, isn’t so lucky. He has been running a weed farm and is in a lot of debt that puts his safety under constant threat.
With a new emerging criminal gang who are threatening to take over the territories and business, will Dushane and Sully find a way to work together and come out on top?
STARRING: ASHLEY WALTERS (FAMILY TREE, DOCTOR WHO, INSIDE MEN, OUTCASTS, SINBAD), KANE ROBINSON (R&B ARTIST/RAPPER – KANO, TOWER BLOCK)
DIRECTORS: S1 – YANN DEMANGE (CRIMINAL JUSTICE, DEAD SET), S2 – JONATHAN VAN TULLEKEN (MISFITS)
WRITER: RONAN BENNETT (MICHAEL MANN’S PUBLIC ENEMIES, THE HAMBURG CELL)
PRODUCERS: CHARLES STEEL, ALASDAIR FLIND, RONAN BENNETT
"Top Boy feels like an ensemble piece, although it is Walters who tops the bill. It is Walters's compelling screen presence which lies at the heart of this multi-layered, ambitious piece of work". Telegraph 21.08.13
"...an involving and wonderfully well-acted piece of television, one that thrust you straight into a fully imagined world, forcing you to pay attention while making you almost queasily complicit in its characters' sins”. Independent 21.08.13
"...it’s as visually spectacular as American cable TV dramas such as The Wire or Mad Men — one early shot, of the mechanical diggers gathered round the gang lord’s grave at dawn, with the Thames and the Millennium Dome beyond them, was superbly cinematic”. Daily Mail 21.08.13
"...still serious, and seriously good”. Guardian 21.08.13
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On the day of broadcast, Top Boy season 2, episode 1 was the number 1 tweeted TV show of the day. The title was trending on Twitter long before the broadcast commenced and achieved a total of 98,640 tweets with a peak of 3,894 tweets per minute.
The premiere episode peaked with total ratings that saw a 15% increase on the lead-in series and a 23% increase on the figures achieved by the programme occupying the slot the previous week. It also proved extremely popular amongst the 16-24 age group, achieving a 78% increase on the benchmark share. While Top Boy season 2, episode 1 proved popular with male audiences, increasing on the benchmark share, the benchmark for female viewers was almost doubled.