Top Boy season 3: release date, plot, cast, trailer and everything we know about the final season

Top Boy season 3: Ashley Walters stars
Top Boy season 3 is the third and final instalment. (Image credit: Netflix)

Top Boy season 3 is here and it looks like the series is prepared to go out on a high as the story comes to an end on Netflix.

The Batman's Barry Keoghan and Love/Hate star Brian Gleeson are joining the line-up for season 3 where they'll be playing two new characters in the Ronan Bennett series, where they'll star opposite the series regulars, and they're definitely exciting additions to the series!

Top Boy season 3 will continue to follow drug dealers Dushane (Ashley Walters) and Sully (Kano Robinson) who are notorious kingpins on the Summerhouse estate.

Canadian rapper Drake and his business partner Adel "Future" Nur join as executive producers and directors working on the third series are Myriam Raja and Will Stefan Smith.

Here's everything we know about Top Boy season 3...

Top Boy season 3 release date

Top Boy season 3 returned on Thursday, September 7 when all episodes dropped on Netflix.

Meanwhile, previous seasons of Top Boy and the original series Top Boy: Summertown are all available on the streaming service too.

See more

Top Boy season 3 plot

Kane & Ashley in Top Boy season 3

Kane and Ashley in Top Boy season 3. (Image credit: Netflix)

The official plot for Top Boy season 3 is: "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?"

Top Boy season 3 cast

Brian Gleeson and Barry Keoghan star in Top Boy season 3

Brian Gleeson and Barry Keoghan star in Top Boy season 3. (Image credit: Netflix)

We'll be seeing the original cast members returning for Top Boy, with Ashley Walters, Kane Robinson, Simbi Ajikawo, Jasmine Jobson, Saffron Hocking and Araloyin Oshunremi all confirmed to return by Netflix.

We've also got the exciting additions of Barry Keoghan and Brian Gleeson, who'll be playing the new roles of Jonny & Tadgh in season 3.

Is there a trailer for Top Boy season 3?

Yes, there's a trailer for Top Boy season 3! Take a look below...

Top Boy season 3 ending 

While we don't want to spoil the end of the series for anyone, stars Walters and Robinson vowed in a joint statement to Tudum that they would remain faithful to their characters until the very end.  

“For those who have followed the journey from the start, you will know how much this show means to everyone on our team, and we wholeheartedly know how much it means to you," they said.

"These characters have been a part of our lives for over a decade now, and without everyone’s support, we couldn’t have come this far. 

"We’re very excited about what’s next and thank you for riding with us. We appreciate you. See you again soon.”

Lucy Buglass
Senior Staff Writer

Lucy joined the WhatToWatch.com team in 2021, where she writes series guides for must-watch programmes, reviews and the latest TV news. Originally from Northumberland, she graduated from Oxford Brookes University with a degree in Film Studies and moved to London to begin a career writing about entertainment.


She is a Rotten Tomatoes approved film critic and has a huge passion for cinema. She especially loves horror, thriller and anything crime-related. Her favourite TV programmes include Inside No 9, American Horror Story, Stranger Things and Black Mirror but she is also partial to a quiz show or a bit of Say Yes to the Dress