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Find out if there will be another season of Top Boy

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Find out if there will be another season of Top Boy
Find out if there will be another season of Top Boy

TOP Boy fans were thrilled when the show returned to Netflix for season five.

However, many have binged watched the series and are now keen to know if there will be more.

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Top Boy has been thrilling fans since 2011Credit: Ali Painter/Netflix

Will there be another series of Top Boy?

Netflix dropped all six episodes of Top Boy season 5 on September 7, 2023.

However, as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end.

Netflix has confirmed that Top Boy - which tells the story of rival drug-dealing gangs fighting to get to the top - has now come to an end.

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Season 5 is the last ever series of the gritty drama that follows two big-time drug dealers, Dushane (Ashley Walters) and Sully (Kano).

Actor Ashley has revealed why they wanted it to be the final season.

Speaking at Netflix's global fan event, Tudum, he said: "With something as great as this, you should end on a high, and that’s what we’re doing.

"We’re all battling on a daily basis to make sure that we give our audience and the fans of the show the most amazing ending that we can."

How many episodes of Top Boy are there?

In total, across all five seasons, there are 36 episodes.

There were four in the first two series' that were produced by Channel 4.

For two seasons, Netflix bumped it up to ten per series, but the final season only had six.

Every single episode of Top Boy can be streamed right now on Netflix.

The show kicked off on Channel 4 in 2011, before being cancelled after two series.

With the help of Drake, Netflix then picked up the show and produced three more seasons.

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What did the stars say about Top Boy ending?

Lead actor, Ashley Walters, has been open and honest about wanting the show to come to an end.

Speaking to GQ in an interview in September 2023, he admitted that even though he thought Top Boy had run its course, Netflix "wanted it to go on forever."

"You don’t see 60 or 70-year-old top boys, unless it’s the mafia. So I feel like we’re doing the right thing."

"Kano and I were like, personally, we can’t. We don’t think it’s the right thing to do. It may have gone on too long anyway," he said.

"Not that it’s not been great and the seasons have all been great and everyone’s loved them and I’ve loved them," he continued, "but it wouldn’t have been right. I like to end on a high."

Jasmine Jobson, who played female gang member Jaq echoed this sentiment.

Speaking in the same interview, she said: "It’s especially apt because of the subject matter.

"We’re showing the public that there’s only so far you can go. You can end up in prison, you can end up dead, but every top boy has to come to a stop at some point."

Joanne Kavanagh

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