Timeline

This is a **timeline** of events of the *Top Boy* series.

* The first season takes place in March 2011.
* The second season takes place in September 2012.
* The third season takes place in September and October 2019.
* The fourth season takes place in May 2020.
* The fifth season takes place immediately after the fourth season.

While there are some established dates in the *Top Boy* universe, such as the appeal board for Shaun Campbell's murder and CCTV feed, most of the dates presented in this article are educated guesses based on these established dates.

## Summary

### Season 1

* Episode 1 takes place 4 March to 6 March 2011.
* Episode 2 takes place 7 March to 9 March 2011.
* Episode 3 takes place on 10 March 2011.
* Episode 4 takes place 11 March to 13 March 2011.

### Season 2

* Episode 1 takes place 14 September to 17 September 2012.
* Episode 2 takes place 18 September to 20 September 2012.
* Episode 3 takes place on 21 September 2012.
* Episode 4 takes place 22 September to 24 September 2012.

## Timeline

Most of the dates presented are based on established dates by either backtracking or counting forward the number of days and nights that are shown to have pass.

### 2011

* **4 March:**
	+ Kamale Lewis and his crew arrive at the Summerhouse Estate and take the drugs from Tareek and Chantelle. Summerhouse gang leaders Dushane Hill, Gerard Sullivan, and Dris Wright are at the market and don't arrive in time to stop the robbery.
	+ The trio know owe drug supplier Bobby Raikes £3,000 as a result of the lost drugs. They inform his second-in-command Lee Greene who tells them to screw off. They then call on Femi to help them with the money problem, who is unable to assist.

* **5 March:**
	+ Dushane and Sully meet back up with Femi who provides them with an address in Swiss Cottage for them to set up shop. Femi asks for money back in return but Dushane says he’ll get it within three days.
	+ Vietnamese drug buyer Vincent visits Heather's weed farm at her flat.
	+ Leon, a friend of Ra'Nell's absent father, visits Ra'Nell Smith at his home to watch over him while his mother is in the hospital.
	+ Sully and Dushane confront Kamale at a car park. Sully stabs Kamale in the leg and tells him to stay out of Summerhouse.

* **6 March:**
	+ Leon runs into Dushane and Sully at the gym. Leon tells the two to not involve Ra'Nell in their schemes.
	+ London Fields gang members rob the Summerhouse safehouse of drugs and money.

* **7 March:**
	+ Bobby tells Dushane and Sully they have three days to recover £40,000. Dushane requests guns from Bobby, who then gives them two weeks to get the money back.
	+ Heather introduced Ra'Nell to the weed farm.
	+ Lee and an unknown assailaint break into Chris Hill's flat and brand his chest with an iron. Later in retaliation, Dushane and Sully brutally attack Lee at a nightclub.

* **8 March:**
	+ Tareek informs Dushane and Sully he saw Ninja and some of the Fields gang at a bowling alley. Dushane sends in two girls to spot Kamale but he is not present.
	+ Dushane and Sully plan to kidnap Kamale's cousin Shaun Campbell for ransom, even though the latter is not involved in any criminal activity.

* **9 March:** Sully accidentally kills Kamale's cousin Shaun in a botched kidnapping attempt. Him and Dushane torch the car with Shaun in the boot.

* **10 March:**
	+ Dushane attends church with his mother and talks to Raikes.
	+ Dushane, Sully, and Dris kidnap Kamale and put him in an open grave. Dris shoots Kamale and the trio bury him.
	+ Later, Dushane and Sully shoot Lee after discovering he was the gang's snake.
	+ Tareek is stabbed multiple times by Ninja outside a club.
	+ **Note**: The police in season 2 claim Kamale was murdered on this day, although two days are shown to pass since Shaun's death, which supposedly took place on the 9th of March. This could be a filming error and the episode is supposed to take place in one day, or either the police or the witness appeal board gave an incorrect date.

* **11 March:** Raikes confronts Dushane and Sully about Lee's murder.

* **12 March:**
	+ Leon is accidentally shot to death by Sully.
	+ Later, Dushane kills Raikes and stages it to look like a suicide.
	+ Ra'Nell attempts to stab Dushane on the latter's way home.

* **13 March:** Vincent introduced Gem and Chantelle to the weed farm.

### 2012

* **14 September:** Construction workmen find the remains of Kamale and the police are called.

* **15 September:** Sully and his new accomplice Mike raid a body shop for money.

* **16 September:** Police bring in Dushane, Sully, and Dris for questioning about Kamale's murder.

* **21 September:** Joe dies from his injuries in the hospital.

* **23 September:** Gem's father stabs Vincent in the leg at his pound shop. Dushane and Sully who were present also flee the scene.

## Established information

### Season 1

Shaun Campbell's witness appeal board reveals he went missing on the 9th of March 2011, which took place in episode 2. In season 2, it is revealed Kamale Lewis' murder took place on the 10th of March 2011, which took place on episode 3.

### Season 2

Season 2 takes place one year after season 1; in 2012. In episode 1, Dushane claims in his police interrogation his birthday "was Thursday" and Dushane's birthday is revealed to be September 12 in season 3. This is most likely an oversight by the season 3 writers consulting a 2013 calendar (the year season 2 was produced; 12/09/2013 does land on a Thursday while 12/09/2012 calendar does not).

An in-universe explanation would be Dushane likely hosted a party on Thursday or simply forgot what day of the week his birthday actually landed on. Regardless, it means episode 1 takes place less than a week after Thursday, 13 September 2012, otherwise he would have specified "two Thursdays ago" or similar.

Ra'Nell and Gem attend school the following day for five days, which would most likely put the following events between 17 September and 21 September 2012, assuming the show doesn't skip an entire week. This would put episode 4 Saturday morning to Monday morning (22 to 24 September 2012). This would make sense as Ra'Nell and Gem do not attend school this episode as it is the weekend. This would also put Dushane's police interrogation on Sunday, 16 September 2012, Sully and Mike's raid on the body shop on the 15th, and the discovery of Kamale's body on the 14th.

### Season 4

Ats' body was found on "Tuesday, the 12th" according to his witness appeal board. May is the only month of 2020 to have a Tuesday on the 12th. Sully drops off his daughter Tash on a Thursday, and is killed shortly afterward. A minimum fourteen of days pass since Ats' body is discovered, which puts Sully's death sixteen days later on Thursday, the 28th of May, 2020. This is consistent with the time skip in the Season 4 finale, where two days can be assumed to pass. This would also place Jamie's death on the 22nd of May.