Top Boy, The Crown and Black Mirror lead the BAFTA TV nominations Here's the full list of nominees Marie Claire · Mar 20, 2024
The Kitchen review – Kane Robinson shines in Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe Tavares’s dystopian London drama ‘Top Boy’ Kane Robinson and Jedaiah Bannerman excel in the directors’ feature debut, which isn’t quite as distinctive as its near-future setting The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2024
‘He’s the party starter!’ Daniel Kaluuya and Kano on friendship, football and their new film The Oscar winner – and now director – and the rapper and Top Boy star Kane Robinson are longtime friends. Their new movie, the dystopian thriller The Kitchen, draws on their city childhoods The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2024
New Netflix movie praised for its "impressive worldbuilding" and "powerful" performances is now streaming The Kitchen is co-directed by Daniel Kaluuya Total Film · Jan 19, 2024
The Kitchen review – high-energy drama of near-future rundown housing estate Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya co-direct a drama about a funeral-service worker looking for a way out of the chaotic housing block of the title The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2023
London film festival: privilege and poverty collide in big British cinema showcase Emerald Fennell’s starry Saltburn opens this year’s festival, with Daniel Kaluuya’s directorial debut The Kitchen closing – bookending a banner year for UK cinema The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2023
From leaving addiction behind to getting slapped by Kano: Top Boy street casting maestro Des Hamilton tells his wildest stories The Bafta winner, who has worked on the London thriller since its inception, fell into the casting business by chance. For the past two decades, he’s been passing some of that luck on by discovering new actors all around the country. He tells Nicole Vassell about spotting budding stars everywhere… The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023
Top Boy final season review – a potent ending that rivals the very best television Who will finally come out on top? In these last chaotic, ultra-violent episodes, Dushane and Sully are pushed to the brink – and fans get a hugely rewarding conclusion The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2023
On my radar: Hayley Squires’s cultural highlights The Bafta-nominated British actor on the book that broke her heart, a gig to remember with 50,000 Geordies, and Daniel Kaluuya’s new film The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2023
From council estates to celebrity superfans: farewell Top Boy, the drama that changed TV for ever It launched movie stars, redefined what gangster stories could be and grew into a mature, world-class drama. As the London gangster epic’s final series looms, it leaves Black British culture on the ascent The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2023
Top Boy series 3: Netflix releases first look images and trailer for the London crime drama’s final season Sully and Dushane return to face down their challengers one last time Evening Standard · Aug 14, 2023
The Kitchen: release date, cast, plot, trailer, interview, first looks and everything you need to know about the thriller The Kitchen on Netflix is a dystopian futuristic thriller created by Daniel Kaluuya and starring Top Boy’s Kane ‘Kano’ Robinson. WhatToWatch · May 3, 2023
Barry Keoghan and Brian Gleeson confirmed to join Netflix hit Top Boy for third and final series The streaming site announced the Irish actors will both play new characters in the crime drama Irish Mirror · Jul 7, 2022
The real ages and style of the Netflix Top Boy cast as roadmen and women look very different out of character Top Boy’s characters are styled around the Grime aesthetic and London streetwear, the 2000s British culture that has become a staple in the hit crime drama series wardrobe Irish Mirror · Mar 21, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2022 The stars of Top Boy: ‘Are drug dealers going to Black Lives Matter marches? I doubt it’ Britain’s edgiest crime drama is about to return – and this time its scope is bigger than ever. Ashley Walters, Little Simz, Kano and more discuss turning Drake down, the call of Hollywood and not being able to depict BLM