TV review: Dope Thief would be up there with The Wire if characters were more interesting

This grew on me. It’s more than just a solid thriller about two guys who get in over their heads.

Brian Tyree Henry as Ray Driscoll and Wagner Moura as Manny Carvalho in Dope Thief. Picture: Apple TV+

Dope Thief (Apple TV+) is good. It’s not great straight away, but there’s enough in the opening episodes to give it a shot.

The premise is pleasingly simple. Manny and Ray are low- level crooks in Philadelphia, robbing drugs and money from street dealers, a gig they reckon is like stealing candy from babies.