Let’s acknowledge this up front. I can’t think of another TV series that looks or sounds like Champion. You might hear someone kickin’ a 16 on Top Boy. Feel the instant island warmth of likkle patois in the dialogue of a Small Axe special. Or find Mood and appreciate how financial insecurity and fear of failure are tightly bound up for aspiring musicians, and how race and gender influence their chances of success.
But to take us into the heart of Lewisham borough (my home) and examine sibling rivalry in the music business through the lens of a fragmented British Caribbean family feels fresh, immersive and long overdue.
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