Noughts

Noughts & Crosses’ viewers praise the ‘exceptional’ detail as the first episode airs to rave reviews

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Noughts + Crosses was met with widespread praise on its premiere last night, with viewers applauding the programme’s exceptional attention to detail in bringing author Malorie Blackman’s world to life.  The six-part drama, based on Blackman’s book of the same title, is set in the fictional country of Albion – ostensibly England in a parallel … Read more

BBC Adaptation of Noughts + Crosses sees race roles reversed

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A BBC drama series will depict a ‘reverse apartheid’ society where dark-skinned people run a culture that oppresses light-skinned people.  The series is an adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s 2001 book Noughts + Crosses – a drama set in an alternate world where Britain, known as Albion, which has been ruled by the ‘Aprican Empire’ for 700 … Read more