What are the themes of the series?
It's about family, it's about loyalty.

What you tell us about the character you play?

I play Lennox, the partner of Aria, they have been together for six years. I've come into this family and I've been around the kids at quite influential period in their growth, but they’ve still got a very strong relationship with their father, Beres. Not that Lennox is trying to be a father to the kids. His relationship with Vita is really integral, really real and really close. I think he sees he sees Vita as like his own daughter, and I think he would like that kind of relationship with Bosco, but Bosco doesn't let him in, so there's contention there.

What makes the show unique?

Obviously, the music. I think it is something that I haven't seen. It feels as if the music and the drama are one and the same, all the songs have been written specifically for the show. And they're not just a background to the drama, they are front and centre to the drama. Unfortunately, Lennox doesn't sing, can't sing. Trust me, I'm wicked in the shower.

Who are you are top five musical GOATs?

Erykah Badu, Gil Scott Heron, Nina Simone, Bob Marley and Prince. I knew every lyric to Sign of the Times album. Gil Scott Heron - that activism, that kind of jazz, that soul. I never saw him in concert, I wish I had. Nina Simone - the heartbeat of the culture and a diva in every sense, in the most positive and in the negative sense. Four Women, for me is one of the best songs ever written. We take Bob Marley for granted but growing up in a pan-African household, some of the political songs, Exodus, Natty Dread, those two albums and obviously Catch a Fire. I have the original Catch a Fire in zippo gate folder. Erykah Badu - that first album of hers, if you're a certain age, you've made love to every single song on that album.