Helen Baxendale

Noughts & Crosses series takes place in an alternate 21st-century Britain in which whites and blacks are segregated following centuries in which Africans had a technological and infrastructural superiority over Europeans who they made their slaves. The series will chart the forbidden love story between 'Cross' Sephy, a member of the black ruling class and daughter of a prominent politician, and 'Nought' Callum, a white member of the underclass.

When Ken and Lorna collect their daughter from the airport, they're horrified to learn that she's returned from her gap year with more than just a henna tattoo and braids in her hair. At the arrival gate, she promptly introduces them to her new husband, Cuckoo - the squared-jawed, self-appointed spiritual ninja who is now their son-in-law.

Stephen Mangan plays Dirk Gently in an adaptation of the novel for BBC.

After Naomi Shaffer is kidnapped in South Africa on business, Dominic King, a kidnap and ransom negotiator, is given the responsibility for making sure she makes it back home.

Based on the British series, this drama follows the romantic entanglements of three young couples.