Love is never black and white.
In an alternate history where black “Cross” people rule over white “Noughts”, young couple Sephy and Callum are divided by their colour but united by love.
WriterMalorie Blackman
Episode 1
Mar 5, 2020
London, Albion. Sephy, the Cross daughter of powerful Home Secretary Kamal Hadley, and Callum, the Nought son of their housekeeper Meggie McGregor, reunite, and a spark is ignited.
Episode 2
Mar 12, 2020
Callum and Sephy take desperate measures to find somewhere they can be alone together, but Lekan suspects Sephy is hiding something from him and is on the rampage.
Episode 3
Mar 19, 2020
As Albion celebrates midsummer, Lekan stops at nothing to get revenge on Callum. Jude takes desperate measures to prove himself to Dorn.
Episode 4
Mar 26, 2020
Albion is shaken by the aftermath of events at Demwa Hospital, Sephy makes a mistake that changes Callum’s life forever.
Episode 5
Apr 2, 2020
When the McGregor family receives life-changing news, Callum desperately tries to discover the truth. Sephy makes a discovery that forces her to question everything she’s known.
Episode 6
Apr 9, 2020
Now working with the brutal Liberation Militia, Callum makes a decision that threatens to put Sephy’s life in great danger.
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**SEASON ONE REVIEW:** <br />Season Rating: 7/10 <br />Overall Rating: 7/10 Strong enough first season. I don't love <em>'Noughts + Crosses'</em>, at least not yet, but it is still an opening season that I did enjoy sufficiently. The concept is no doubt an interesting and fairly complex one, it throws up interesting scenarios and thoughts. With that said, for season two, I hope they are a bit more neater with the real life parallels. A lot of them here do feel very forced, particularly the "blanca" thing. I can certainly see what they're attempting but as a programme it needs to be a bit more creative - and not just rely on the real world. The noughts/crosses thing itself is cool, though part of me feels like they could've left it in the title/credits and that's it. It goes with what I said a moment ago, it comes across as forced - especially across the opening few episodes. It isn't a difficult thing to understand, so we don't need it repeated so often - in my opinion, it would've been way better if it was subtly left in the title/credits. Cast-wise it's decent. Masali Baduza (Sephy) is the best actor onscreen, I thoroughly enjoyed her whole performance across the six episodes. I also liked Jonathan Ajayi, as Lekan, despite the obvious; he plays his character very well. Jack Rowan (Callum) is the best of the rest, though Paterson Joseph (Kamal), Helen Baxendale (Meggie) and Shaun Dingwall (Dorn) are solid too. A bit more subtlety and creativity would go a long way, so hopefully they improve in those regards in season two; assuming it happens, which I hope it does. All in all, very much worth a watch.
