Season 2 will be made up of four episodes and looks set to bring the forbidden love story between Sephy, played by Masali Baduza, and Callum, played by Jack Rowan, to its conclusion.<\/p>\n
According to an official synopsis, the new season \u201cwill dive viewers straight back into the dangerous, alternate world of Malorie Blackman\u2019s bestselling novels\u201d.<\/p>\n
The BBC has also announced a raft of new cast members joining the series, including actor, rapper and comedian Michael Dapaah as Mensah, who is described as \u201ca powerful and well-known TV personality whose influence stretches far across Albion\u201d.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, comedian, presenter and Strictly Come Dancing star Judi Love will play Mensah\u2019s co-host Chidi Abara, with whom he has a \u201cfractious relationship\u201d.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>The BBC has also confirmed that Top Boy<\/a> star Jasmine Jobson will join the series as Cara, alongside Mayuri Naidu (High Rollers) as Shashi Bandara MP, Iretiola Doyle (Madam President) as the Empress of Aprica, and Morgan Watkins (A Very English Scandal<\/a>) in an unknown role.<\/p>\n Michael Dapaah called joining the series an \u201chonour, especially because of how renowned Malorie Blackman\u2019s novels are and what they represent\u201d.<\/p> He continued: \u201cI enjoyed watching season 1 and I\u2019m a fan of director Koby Adom\u2019s previous work. For me it was time to properly enter the world of acting and this was a great introduction for me.<\/p>\n \u201cI wanted to show people and myself that I can play a role which isn\u2019t so heavily comedic and can do so much more, and I found this character Mensah really entertaining, which is always a bonus.\u201d<\/p>\n Returning cast members are set to include Baduza, Rowan, Helen Baxendale, Paterson Joseph, Bonnie Mbuli, Jonathan Ajayi, Josh Dylan and Kik\u00e9 Brimah.<\/p>\n The series is produced by Mammoth Screen for the BBC and filming took place in South Africa and the UK.<\/p>\n Noughts + Crosses returns to BBC One and BBC iPlayer in Spring 2022. Season 1 is available on demand at BBC iPlayer<\/a>. You can buy the Noughts + Crosses book series on Amazon here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out our\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0hub for more news, interviews and features or find something to watch with\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>our\u00a0TV guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, l<\/strong>isten to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By James Hibbs Published: Friday, 01 April 2022 at 12:00 am The highly-anticipated second season of the BBC\u2019s Noughts + Crosses adaptation is coming to screens this spring, and we now have our first look at what\u2019s in store. Season 2 will be made up of four episodes and looks set to bring the forbidden […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By James Hibbs Published: Friday, 01 April 2022 at 12:00 am The highly-anticipated second season of the BBC\u2019s Noughts + Crosses adaptation is coming to screens this spring, and we now have our first look at what\u2019s in store. Season 2 will be made up of four episodes and looks set to bring the forbidden…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/13155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"""\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/5.-Josh-Dylan-as-Jude-and-Jasmine-Jobson-as-Cara-in-Noughts-Crosses-series-two-coming-soon-to-BBC-One-and-iPlayer__24375815_24375805-90e594e.jpg?quality=90&resize=619%2C413"\" "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
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