‘Top Boy’ is getting two new spin-off series with Barry Keoghan returning

Barry Keoghan is set to return to the world of Toy Boy for one of two new spin-off series.

READ MORE: ‘Top Boy’ season five review: still the greatest TV show on Netflix Netflix has announced that the acclaimed crime drama will expand with two new shows, Jonny Boy and Jaq , with Keoghan and Jasmine Jobson reprising their respective roles.

Both were unveiled as part of the streaming service’s new slate of UK commissions at the Edinburgh TV Festival yesterday (August 26).

Jonny Boy will be a five-part prequel focusing on Keoghan’s Jonny McGee, the violent Irish gangster who was introduced as an antagonist in the fifth and final season of Top Boy in 2023.

The character was the nephew of high-ranking Irish gang member Tadgh, played by Brian Gleeson, with the pair coming into conflict with Sully ( Kane ‘Kano’ Robinson ) after taking control of his drug supply.

The original Top Boy creator Ronan Bennett will write Jonny Boy, with Holy Spider and Border filmmaker Ali Abbasi set to direct.

The second series, with the current working title Jaq , will see Jobson return as Jacqueline ‘Jaq’ Lawrence, with the six-part show following the character’s life beyond Summerhouse.

That show has been created and written by playwright Ryan Calais Cameron, while he and Jobson will both serve as executive producers.

Jobson won the Best Supporting Actress prize at the 2024 BAFTA TV Awards for her role in Top Boy, and the show took home Best Drama Series that year.

Plans for a Jaq-centred spin-off have been known for some time, and Bennett revealed in January 2024 that he was in discussions with Netflix about continuing the character’s story .

Top Boy originally aired for two seasons on Channel 4 in 2011 and 2013 before being cancelled.

It was subsequently revived by Netflix after Drake became a fan of the show, with Ashley Walters previously telling NME : “Drake revived Top Boy , if I’m honest with you.” It returned in 2019 for the first of three further seasons on Netflix, with Walters and Kano reprising their central roles as Dushane and Sully respectively.

NME gave its fifth and final season five stars , saying Jaq “continues to dominate every scene she’s in”, while Keoghan’s Jonny was described as a “flamboyant Irish gangster” who provided “great entertainment”.

The review concluded: “Not a second is wasted, with big moments happening right up until the final credits roll.