Dark-skinned Crosses are privileged in society over the light-skinned noughts. Against the odds, the main characters, Sephy and Callum, fall in love across the divide which leads them into danger.

“I don’t think that this show has changed the way in which I think about the world and race,” said Masali, who was born in South Africa, where filming for Noughts + Crosses took place.

Black people –known as Crosses – are the ruling race while white people – noughts – are marginalised. In the middle of this, the relationship between teenagers Sephy Hadley (Masali Baduza ...