Name: Top End Bub
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2025-09-11
Rating: 2.3

Overview

Lauren is a dynamic Indigenous lawyer ticking off life goals in Adelaide. She's married to Ned, a handsome husband who makes fresh croissants. What else could a person need? After Lauren's eight-year-old niece is orphaned, the couple reluctantly abandons their big-city goals and move to the Top End to raise the child. While Lauren and Ned juggle the responsibility of becoming unexpected parents and try to keep their marriage together, Lauren must come to terms with her responsibilities within her culture as she transforms from an individualist to the linchpin of her family.

Seasons

Season 1

8 Episodes

2025

E01

Sisters

9/11/2025·28m

Lauren and Ned’s perfect Adelaide life shatters when tragedy forces them back to Darwin to care for their orphaned niece, Taya.

E02

Queen Taya

9/11/2025·25m

Lauren and Ned struggle as new parents while Lauren wonders who Taya’s biological father is – and if she should contact him.

E03

It's Mango, it's Ice-Cream

9/11/2025·23m

Taya gets into trouble at school, revealing Ned and Lauren's very different views on parenting as they struggle to find a middle ground between being ‘Good Cop’ and ‘Bad Cop’.

E04

Best Birthday Ever?

9/11/2025·22m

Taya’s birthday turns to chaos with the arrival of Ned’s high maintenance mother, while Lauren secretly discovers who Taya’s father is.

E05

Aunty Coming Through!

9/11/2025·27m

Lauren pulls a sickie to find Taya’s dad on the Tiwi Islands, while Ned, Taya and Trevor help Leroy save the local footy fundraiser.

E06

Freedom Cheese

9/11/2025·26m

Ned feels betrayed after finding out about Lauren's search for Taya’s biological father and seeks comfort at Leroy’s.

E07

What Winning Feels Like

9/11/2025·25m

With Ned at Leroy’s, he and Lauren have never felt more distant. Taya struggles without him and although neither of them wish to admit it, both Ned and Lauren struggle too.