With Masali Baduza, Jack Rowan, Jonathan Ajayi, Rakie Ayola. With Masali Baduza, Jack Rowan, Jonathan Ajayi, Rakie Ayola. 15-year-old Callum is a Nought, and his best friend, Sephy, as well as being a Cross, is also the daughter of one of the most influential politicians in the country. ‘Noughts And Crosses’: TV Review By Fionnuala Halligan, Chief Film Critic 2020-03-14T15:07:00+00:00 This six-part BBC series flips the racial power structure in an alternative UK Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses was an immediate success when it was first published in 2001. Set in a dangerous, alternate world where racism divides society, Noughts + Crosses follows two young people Sephy and Callum, who are divided by their colour but united by love. Parents need to know that Noughts + Crosses is a series about an alternate reality in which people of color reign supreme, and light-skinned citizens are an oppressed underclass. YA author Malorie Blackman does just this in her novel series Noughts + Crosses, building an alternate Britain (here named Albion) strangled by societal racism. Set in a dangerous, alternate world where racism divides society, Noughts + Crosses follows two young people Sephy and Callum, who are divided by their colour but united by love. The fictional role-reversal effectively points out some of the real-life racism that people endure, and may inspire empathy and compassion in viewers. NOUGHTS And Crosses has finally made its way to the small screen – and if the first episode is anything to go by, the series is definitely worth the wait. Based on the beloved 2001 novel by M… Blackman presents a world that runs contrary to history, with white people (‘noughts’) being subordinate to a black ruling class (‘Crosses’). In Malorie Blackman's groundbreaking novel, the population is divided into two: the white Noughts are second-class citizens, and the black Crosses are highly-revered and perceived as the superior race.