BBC fans furious as new drama Champion suffers last-minute schedule change

BBC viewers were left raging as new drama, Champion suffered a last-minute schedule change.

Deja Bowens makes her thrilling TV debut in the new music series, with Malcolm Kamulete (Top Boy, Ill Manors) and music artist Ray BLK (also making her TV debut).



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The new BBC drama, Champion suffered a last minute schedule change

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Fans were furious to find out Champion had been moved from it’s BBC One slot to BBC Two

Rapper Bosco Champion has returned from prison and is eager to rule the music world once more.

When Bosco’s adversary discovered his loyal younger sister Vita’s talent, she slipped out of her brother’s shadow to become a performer in her own right, pitting the Champion siblings against one another and tearing the family apart in the process.

The new drama has already become a firm favourite for fans who were excited to tune into BBC One to catch the latest episode of the series.

But to their disbelief, however, the broadcast was shifted from its planned 9:15 pm time on BBC One to BBC Two to make room for the Wimbledon championships

Viewers were not happy, and took to Twitter to express their rage.

One wrote: “So annoying that they’ve moved Champion tonight!”

A second Champion is on BBC Two now instead, so annoying.”

A third complained: “I just hate these last-minute show changes, who cares about Wimbledon.”

A fourth fumed: “They’ve f*****g moved Champion to BBC Two now.”

A fifth raged: “Was really looking forward to switching on BBC One for Champion tonight, such a great show but instead it’s been moved. P****’s.

The drama also stars Kerim Hassan (Once Upon a Time in London), Adeyinka Akinrinade (Everything I Know About Love, Top Boy), Tom Forbes (Wolf Hall, Knightfall), Genesis Lynea (Shadow and Bone, Silent Witness), Karl Collins (Attack The Block, Hollyoaks), Francis Lovehall (Small Axe, Death on the Nile), Corey Weekes (Coronation Street, Doctors), Rachel Adedeji (Dreaming Whilst Black, Hollyoaks) and many more

Nadine Marshall (Sherwood, Small Axe), Ray Fearon (His Dark Materials, Beauty and the Beast) and Jo Martin (Doctor Who, Top Boy) also feature in the show.



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Fans complained about the schedule shakeup on Twitter