Champion on BBC1 and Netflix is a new series featuring new music from some of the most exciting talent around, and shows what happens when fame collides with family. The drama stars Top Boy actor Malcolm Kamulete and newcomer Déja J. Bowens as siblings Bosco and Vita Champion, whose relationship is fractured as they both try to make it in the music industry. Musician Ray BLK, known for her single MIA, is also starring alongside Nadine Marshall, Ray Fearon and Jo Martin.
Champion is the first TV project for writer and novelist Candice Carty-Williams who says: "Champion is a celebration of black music and of a black family, however fragmented that family might be, and I can’t wait for the world to see their story. Since I knew what music was, I’ve loved grime and UK rap and neo-soul, to the point of obsession, and to bring to BBC One and iPlayer in the U.K. and Netflix globally a series that gives these genres of music life and texture is my dream, as is working with some of the best producers and songwriters making music today to create original tracks for the show."
