This hugely entertaining show from the Queenie author sees Top Boy’s Malcolm Kamulete shine as a British rap star battling his sister. Is its writer now south London’s TV bard?
When we said goodbye to young Ra’Nell at the end of Top Boy’s second season, the concern for his future was twofold: first, would this good-natured kid overcome the disadvantages of a dicey upbringing on the Summerhouse estate? And second, would Malcolm Kamulete, the talented actor who played him, ever get another role as good, in a British TV industry that habitually overlooks and undervalues Black talent?
I am pleased to report that on the second count at least, all is well. A now grown Kamulete shines again as British rap star Bosco Champion in this confidently executed and consistently entertaining new musical drama by Candice Carty-Williams, author of the 2019 British publishing sensation Queenie.
Champion was shown on BBC One and is available on BBC iPlayer.
