Noughts and Crosses
TV shows that amplify and celebrate black voices
Here are some of our favourite series and documentaries that tell the stories of black people.
I May Destroy You
BBC iPlayer
Created by, executive produced and starring Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You explores the intricacies of sexual consent, dating and relationships.
"The journey of Sephy is just beautiful to me": Masali Baduza on her new role in BBC One's Noughts and Crosses
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TV Picks of the Week: 2nd – 8th March
Liar
Monday
ITV, 9pm
Liar returns for its second series, picking up from where they left off with disgraced surgeon and sex offender Andrew Earlham (Ioan Gruffud) lying dead in the marshes.
What to watch in 2020
The Outsider, series one, Sky Atlantic
Malorie Blackman's Noughts and Crosses among slate of dramas for BBC One
The adrenalin-fuelled dystopian love story is being adapted by Levi David Addai with Matthew Graham who described the book series as “a powerful story drawing on the themes of hope, love and identity.”
Director of BBC Content Charlotte Moore announced the series, which is being made by Poldark indie Mammoth Screen at Edinburgh International Television Festival.
TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY SUCCESS AT NATIONAL STUDENT AWARDS
Dresslocked, produced by Domareen Fox, won the Undergraduate Animation category, while Eat, then Wait for the Night, produced by Jing Zhao, took the Undergraduate Factual prize. Jing Zhao (known as 'Coco') was also nominated in the Undergraduate Craft Skills: Editing and Sound categories.