Peacock has acquired the BBC's YA drama series Noughts + Crosses, which imagines an alternate world in which Africa colonized Europe — but this new version of history still feels awfully familiar.

Premiering on Peacock, the adaptation of Malorie Blackman's acclaimed novel imagines a Europe colonized by Africa. In the alternate universe of “Noughts + Crosses,” Africa — or “Aprica” as it’s ...

The Romeo and Juliet-esque story is set in a fictional dystopia where the racial power structure as we know it is turned on its head. Barbadian British author Malorie Blackman’s popular and critically ...

Peacock has revealed the trailer for its upcoming limited series Noughts + Crosses, premiering on the streamer next Friday, September 4. Based on the popular series of novels by Malorie Blackman, the ...

Now a Peacock Original, the six-episode series, which reimages racial power structures in an alternate world, will begin streaming on Sept. 4. It originally aired on BBC One in March. The series is ...

Set in an alternate present in which Africa colonized England, BBC One's YA drama 'Noughts + Crosses' arrives on Peacock. By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television Critic To start by giving credit, ...

In 2001 Malorie Blackman published Noughts + Crosses, capturing a world where race roles are reversed, to critical acclaim. Now, 19 years later, we're finally getting a TV series. It follows ...

In the timeline of Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses series of novels, Caucasians are in the minority through most of Europe after being invaded by African countries aligned in the Aprican Empire ...

Noughts and Crosses is a love story set in a society divided by racial prejudice and terrorism. Sephy is a Cross, the daughter of a Deputy Prime Minister, and Callum is a Nought, the son of an ...

How do you adapt Malorie Blackman’s young adult novel series Noughts + Crosses for the screen? The answer, it seems, is to bring together a group that includes the BBC, Victoria producer Mammoth ...

Noughts + Crosses, the BBC adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s bestselling YA series, is coming to the U.S. after Peacock boarded the drama. The streamer will air the six-part series as a Peacock ...