Arabian Nights is a twopart 00 American/British 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 a made by Hallmark Entertainment and originally broadcast overMili Avital and Dougray Scott star as Scheherazade and Shahryar respectively Produced by Dyson Lovell and directed by Steve Barron, the serial was made by Hallmark Entertainment and originally broadcast over two nights on 30 April and 1 May 00 on BBC One in the United Kingdom and ABC in the United StatesBorn 30 March 1972) is an Israeli actress, writer and director Avital built an international career, starting in her native Israel, starring on stage, film and television She won the Israeli Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1991, moved to New York in 1993 to study theater in English, was di...