Five years after killing his unfaithful wife, the Sultan of Baghdad Shahryar (Dougray Scott) goes haywire and believes every woman is treacherous. However he needs to get married again to keep his throne, and he decides to marry a woman from his harem and kills her on the next morning. The smart daughter of the Grand Vizier, Ja'Far (Jim Carter), Scheherazade (Mili Avital), was in love with Shahryar when they were children and decides to marry him. Scheherazade tells pieces of the stories of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, The Tale of the Poor Hunchback, Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, The Sultan and the Beggar and The Three Princes along the nights, stops the stories in cliffhanger to keep the interest of the Sultan and preventing her death. Meanwhile his brother Schahzenan (James Frain) plans an attack to the palace to overthrown Shahryar.
The miniseries "Arabian Nights" is one of the most delightful entertainment made for the whole family. The witty stories of the one thousand and one nights told by Scheherazade are wonderful and it is hard to point out the best one (maybe the funny "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp"). The DVD could be one of the best ever released but does not have any subtitles, what is a pity. My vote is nine.
Title (Brazil): "As Mil e Uma Noites" ("The One Thousand and One Nights")
