Netflix drama Top Boy has crushed off competitors from Apple TV+’s Slow Horses to win Best Drama Series on the BAFTA TV Awards.
Also competing within the class have been the BBC’s Happy Valley and The Gold, however Top Boy walked away with its second award of the evening. Earlier within the night, Jasmine Jobson walked away with a Best Supporting Actress win.
Top Boy, written by Ronan Bennett stars Ashley Walters as drug kingpin Dushane and Kane Robinson as his on-off enterprise associate. The bold pair lead a drug operation in an east London council property. Robinson is shortly up for a Best Actor award for the likes of Brian Cox for Succession, Dominic West for The Crown and Steve Coogan for The Reckoning.
Besides Walters and Robinson, the present has starred the likes of Jobson, Micheal Ward, Little Simz and Araloyin Oshunremi over its 5 seasons.
The present started life as a Channel 4, working between 2011-2013. Four years later, Netflix revived it after Canadian rapper Drake confirmed an curiosity. He turned an exec producer and three extra seasons adopted. Rumors of spin-offs have been rising following the ultimate season final yr, although nothing is but official.
The awards are happening at this time (May 12) in London on the Royal Festival Hall. Romesh Ranganathan and Rob Beckett are as soon as once more internet hosting, with scores of the UK’s largest stars in attendance.