'Noughts and Crosses' Will Stream on Peacock in September

'Noughts and Crosses' Will Stream on Peacock in September

The popular BBC adaptation of Majorie Blackman's award-winning YA series, Noughts + Crosses, is finally coming to America by way of streaming service Peacock.

The alternate history saga imagines a world in which a version of Africa invaded and colonized Europe, and race relations across the globe are wildly different as a result.

Sephy Hadley is a "Cross", a member of the black ruling class and daughter of a prominent politician. Callum McGregor is a "Nought," a member of the white underclass who were once slaves to the Crosses. The two have been friends since early childhood, but their relationship grows increasingly complicated as they come of age and their two families are increasingly separated by power and prejudice.

And naturally, noughts and crosses are never meant to be together, romantically speaking. As civic unrest grows and rebellions rise in the streets, Sephy and Callum's passionate relationship will lead them both into terrible danger. (Romeo and Juliet, much?)

Watch the Peacock trailer for the series below: