Ashley Walters: Last News

Top Boy will return for a fourth season in March, Netflix has confirmed. The hit drama, which is produced by Drake, was last on screens in 2019.

Top Boy season four’s release date has finally been confirmed, alongside a host of new names joining the cast.The Netflix series – which is itself a revival of the Channel 4 show – last streamed nearly three years ago in 2019, and its follow up has been announced for March 18, launching with eight episodes.The news was revealed by stars including Ashley Walters and Kano, who shared a video clip of the poster with a date being put up on the ODEON BFI IMAX in central London.Walters had teased an announcement yesterday (January 30) with an image of part of the poster being put up, accompanied by the word “tomorrow”.A post shared by Ashley Walters /// Asher D (@ashleywalters)Alongside that, Netflix has confirmed that Josephine De La Baume (A Very Secret Service), Howard Charles (Shadow and Bone), Erin Kellyman (The Green Knight) and rap and grime artist NoLay (Natalie Athanasiou) will be joining the cast, while fashion model Adwoa Aboah will make her acting debut on the show.The new season was expected to arrive in 2020, though was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Walters and Kano are set to return, as are regulars Micheal Ward, Little Simz, Jasmine Jobson, Lisa Dwan, Kadeem Ramsay, Saffron Hocking, Jolade Obasola, Hope Ikpoku and Araloylin Oshunremi.The new season will see Dushane (Walters) on top of the world after winning against Jamie (Ward), while his Summerhouse crew is unrivalled. Things are also going well with Shelley (Ajikawo) as he dreams of a future away from the road – though a new problem threatens everything.Sully (Robinson) is trying to find peace after killing friend Dris, and is forced back into the only world he knows when family comes calling.

Top Boy on Twitter.The hit series first aired in 2011 until 2013 on Channel 4, before being resurrected by Netflix for a third series in 2019.Walters, who has played Dushane Hill in the show since its inception, shared a photo on Twitter earlier today (January 30) of what looks to be a new poster for the series being put up in London. The actor’s headshot takes up most of the advert, while the word “before” seems to be written over his face.Beneath him, the word “TOP” is visible, with the rest of the poster not plastered up when the photo was taken. “Tomorrow,” Walters captioned the tweet.

Top Boy will “expand the world” of the show “in a really interesting way” when its fourth season airs on Netflix, filmmaker Aneil Karia, who directed three episodes of the most recent season, has told NME.Top Boy, which follows the dealings of a group of gang members on a housing estate in the East End, includes Ashley Walters and Micheal Ward in its mostly British cast. Its first two series were broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK before it was abruptly cancelled.

Ashley Walters and Noel Clarke donated to a township in Cape Town, where they filmed part of 'Bulletproof: South Africa'. The pair have reunited for the new series of the Sky One crime drama, which was filmed in the South African city, and Noel has admitted they found the disparity "heart-wrenching" in one of townships, so much so he was keen to show his kids to teach them about life's differences.

Top Boy star, 38, shared his happy news on Instagram with a cute picture of the newborn, Neveah Jade.In a heartfelt message he said he was ‘proud’ of his son. He did not specify which of his children had become a father but mentioned he is ’20 going on 21′. Ashley said: ‘Wow.

Ashley Walters has become a grandad at the age of 38 to adorable little girl Neveah.

Warner Chappell has signed a new worldwide publishing deal with Ashley Walters – aka Asher D of So Solid Crew. The agreement covers his back catalogue as well as future works.“I’ve been working on a lot of new music recently and have some really exciting projects lined up”, says Walters.

Parents and pupils say a school’s haircut crackdown is racist to those with afros.

More Guilty Pleasures… Little Simz will badger Top Boy co-star Ashley Walters to get back into music as they tackle series four of the Netflix show.The singer is Shelley in the crime drama alongside actor and ex-So Solid Crew member Ashley, who plays lead character Dushane.Reflecting on Ashley’s past as musician Asher D, the 26-year-old told Guilty Pleasures: ‘He is a huge part of pioneering what we know as our music scene today. I think everyone would want Ashley to continue to make music.

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EastEnders star, Lindsey Coulson, 60, who is best known for playing the role of Carol Jackson until 2015, has revealed how BBC bosses told her to "prepare for backlash" before being in the first mixed-race couple on EastEnders with Howard Antony, who played her on-screen husband, Alan Jackson.The BBC favourite told OK! Magazine how it was a "breakthrough" moment for the soap.During an interview, Lindsey, who now stars alongside Noel Clarke and Ashley Walters in Bulletproof, explained how she is proud to be on a show with "two black men as the leads".The actress then went on to say how she is also proud to have been cast in the first mixed-race couple in EastEnders.Lindsey divulged: "I am also proud to have been part of the first mixed race

Top Boy actor Ashley Walters broke down during an emotional video post where he recounted being stabbed and left for dead by racist thugs when he was a teenager.