Top End Bub is an Australian comedy drama television series created by Miranda Tapsell and Joshua Tyler. It was released on Prime Video on 12 September 2025. An eight-part series, it is a sequel to the 2019 film Top End Wedding, with Miranda Tapsell and Gwilym Lee reprising their roles.
Lauren and Ned are living their best life in the city, which is tragically interrupted when LaurenâÂÂs sister Ronelle dies in a car crash in the Top End. Rushing back to Darwin, Lauren and Ned are thrown into the chaos of Top End life with LaurenâÂÂs parents, Daffy and Trevor, and confronted with another curveball when they unexpectedly become the guardians of RonelleâÂÂs lively and cheeky young daughter, Taya.
In April 2024, an eight-part sequel series was announced, titled Top End Bub, with Tapsell and Lee returning as series leads. The series is created, executive produced, and written by Joshua Tyler and Tapsell and produced by Goalpost Pictures. It was filmed in The Northern Territory and Adelaide and is directed by Christiaan Van Vuuren and Shari Sebbens.
Other returning cast members include Ursula Yovich, Huw Higginson, Elaine Crombie, and Tracy Mann. Joining them are Rob Collins, Brooke Satchwell, Guy Simon, Clarence Ryan, and, making her acting debut as Taya ("Bub"), is Gladys-May Kelly.
The series premiered on Prime Video in Australia and New Zealand on 12 September 2025, and will be distributed internationally by ZDF Studios.
David Knox of TV Tonight rate it 4 out of 5 stars calling it âÂÂa breath of fresh airâ along with âÂÂmodern, heartwarming and deadlyâÂÂ. Stephen A Russell, writer for Screen Hub, gave the series the same star rating saying it is âÂÂSassy family funâ but also âÂÂcheesy in a good wayâÂÂ. Tara Watson, writer for Mamamia, called it âÂÂdelightfulâ but also said âÂÂAlong with all the sugary rom-com feels, the series offers a tender exploration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, and the bonds that help us heal through periods of grief.âÂÂ