sholacole-43023 From the trailer on channel four to the actual Top Boy series showings - Top Boy is a brilliant drama series showing the London Street life. The shows had been nominated and won many TV entertainment awards and is one of those gripping dramas that if you have it on box set you want to keep watching. I got through the two series of Top Boy in eight hours. The acting was great by both the actors and those acting who are grime artists such as scorcher, Asher d and Kano. Top Boy should have come back for another series as its story line is excellent which not only shows the perspective of adults in London's gangs but also the children's perspective in organised crime.Top Boy is a cleverly, well written drama with good soundtracks and a good London drama

rich_andyson I watched all 4 episodes in one night. That's not usual for me and is a sign of the quality of this series. It's got a great central plot and builds tension to the big events as good as any Hollywood film, maybe better! The characters are interesting, although sometimes it does go a bit Sopranos...Anyway I tried to get into the Wire (which has some comparisons), but as someone living in London I loved this so much more. This will no doubt get re-made in the US within no time with Ice Cube playing Dushane. I don't care really as long as the keep making Top Boy here in London. Can't wait for series 2 and onwards!

mariesanti316 This series is everything you can possibly want, compelling, gripping, absorbing. If you enjoyed The Wire or The Shield, this is the show for you. I accidentally ran across it on Netflix and was captured instantly. I watched it back to back and then watched all 4 episodes again. Excellent. Its about time there is something different and unique to watch. Looking forward to Season 2. This is a solid piece of work. The theme is more than just hoodlums, drugs and violence, it received just a strong audience response because the acting is so precise you feel compassion and understanding. You begin to root for the bad guy and want the drug deal to be executed, and the villain becomes somehow good. This fantastic show reaches beyond just entertainment, it reaches your heart. A must see.

Jackson Booth-Millard I noticed this in an article and from the teaser adverts and said to myself that I would try it and hope it would be as interesting viewing as similar gripping teenage drama based films and dramas, e.g. Kidulthood, This Is England, Fish Tank, and I am glad I stuck with it. From the director of Dead Set, basically, set in Hackney, East London, on the Summerhouse housing estate, this follows a group of mostly black British people in the community who all, in some way or another, get involved with gangster style crime, gang culture and underground drug dealing and business. We follow thirteen year old Ra'Nell (introducing Malcolm Kamulete) and his friend who are pulled into helping in the illegal acts, Dushane (Bullet Boy's Ashley Walters) who runs the underground drug business with his friend Sully (Kane Robinson), along with their top don partner Bobby Raikes (Green Street's Geoff Bell), until he is killed, and originally pregnant Heather (Fish Tank's Kierston Wareing) who is growing a load of marijuana in a secret hideout to sell off. The events in the story are all dramatic, such as the occasionally killing of people and even a dog that is hanged, the affect of the drugs business are seen in many cases whether it is the people who care for the young characters highly concerned or those who do it, and we see the occasional weapons and fighting used. Also starring Sharon Duncan Brewster as Lisa, Nicholas Pinnock as Leon, Giacomo Mancini as Gem, Shone Romulus as Dris, Sean Sagar as Tareek, Letitia Wright as Chantelle, George Wood as Andre, Olivia Musangi as Precious and Benedict Wong as Vincent. If you like seeing young people and teenagers emotionally and physically tortured with their appalling life decisions and delving into illegal and wrong actions, like I have seen so many times in media, then this British drama series is definitely worth catching. Good!