Arabian Nights (2000)
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Cast & Crew.
Mili Avital
Scheherezade
Alan Bates
Storyteller
James Frain
Schahzenan / Harun
Rufus Sewell
Ali Baba
Tchéky Karyo
Black Coda
Dougray Scott
Sultan Shahryar
Jason Scott Lee
Aladdin
Vanessa-Mae
Princess Zobeide
John Leguizamo
Genie of the Lamp
Jim Carter
Ja'Far
Hugh Quarshie
Mustappa
Amira Casar
Morgiana
Andy Serkis
Kasim
Chiaki Yamauchi
Head Maid
Nadim Sawalha
Judge Zadic
Henry Goodman
Sultan Billah
Roger Hammond
Jerome Gribben
Don Warrington
Hari Ben Karim
Alexei Sayle
BacBac
Benedict Wong
Hassan
Peter Guinness
Chief Executioner
Jane Lapotaire
Miriam
Hari Dhillon
Prince Hussain
Maureen O'Farrell
Sultana Billah
Emma Lewis
Sultana
Pik-Sen Lim
Aladdin's Mother
James Callis
Prince Ahmed
Burt Kwouk
Caliph Beder
Ayesha Dharker
Coral Lips
Alexis Conran
Prince Ali
John Hallam
Demon
Leon Lissek
Dr. Ezra
Melanie Gutteridge
Fair Face
David Yip
Assad
Oded Fehr
2nd Robber
Peter Bayliss
1st Physician
Sara Houghton
Hand Maiden
Inday Ba
Heart's Delight
Stanley Lebor
Faisal
Peter Barnes
Creator / Writer
Howard Ellis
Producer
Robert Halmi Sr.
Executive Producer
Robert Halmi Jr.
Executive Producer
Dyson Lovell
Producer
Richard Harvey
Music
Remi Adefarasin
Director of Photography
David Yardley
Editor
Allison Cowitt
Casting
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 30, 2000
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes2
Running Time2h 55m
Filming LocationsTurkey
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Arabian Nights is a two-part 2000 miniseries, adapted by Peter Barnes from Sir Richard Francis Burton's translation of the medieval epic One Thousand and One Nights. Mili Avital and Dougray Scott star as Scheherazade and Shahryar respectively. Produced by Dyson Lovell and directed by Steve Barron, the serial was produced by Hallmark Entertainment and originally broadcast over two nights on 30 April and 1 May 2000 on BBC One in the United Kingdom and ABC in the United States.
The series consists of five stories from One Thousand and One Nights, which are framed within a sixth, maintaining the traditional style of stories within stories that is synonymous with the Nights. The series cast includes Alan Bates, Rufus Sewell, Andy Serkis, James Frain, John Leguizamo (in a dual role), Jason Scott Lee, Vanessa-Mae, Alexei Sayle, Jim Carter, James Callis, and Oded Fehr.