Noughts and Crosses - BBC Specualtive Fiction TV Show

PlacidCasual · 16 Mar 2020 at 12:29

Hi Guys

Not seen a thread on this.

New show on the premise that an African Empire conquered Europe 700 years ago and a kind of South Africa style apartheid exists today but in reverse.

TV show - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noughts_+_Crosses
Novel Series - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noughts_&_Crosses_(novel_series)

I had really low expectations of this because the BBC loves this kind of PC stuff and generally does a **** job of it.

I have just watched the first episode and it was substantially better than I expected. Plot driven, good acting not outright in your face "right on" message other than the basic premise.

I'll probably watch a few more episodes and see how it goes. Vaguely Romeo and Juliet style plot with convincing actors in the lead.

Anyone else watching this?

Martynt74 · 18 Mar 2020 at 12:24

Got one more episode to go. It's been fairly good.

I didn't know it was based on a book till my wife said she'd always wanted to read them.

Felt bad for the prison guard. He was a good man.

Fluke? · 18 Mar 2020 at 19:56

Caught the start of one of the episodes and looked quite interesting so have downloaded the first few episodes.
I usually get pretty triggered by the reverse victor thing for some reason although I find the idea of it really interesting in principal.
We'll see!

PlacidCasual · 21 Apr 2020 at 21:23

Just finished the final episode, far better overall than I’d expected. The relationship between the 2 leads strained credibility in the last 2 episodes and could have been better done but a minor gripe in an otherwise good effort. The central conceit was nicely set up and delivered and although the budget limitations showed at times it was very convincing.