TV series

Not One Thousand and One Nights

2010 · 1 season

A playful yet tense reimagining of familiar tales, mixing light comedy with a looming sense of fate and clever scheming.

Overview: A different take on the classic One Thousand and One Nights, where Scheherazade has a recurring dream that a soothsayer interprets as a sign that she only has two days left with her husband, before she meets the same fate as the women before her. Scheherazade comes up with a plot to escape that fate.
How it feels: Whimsical, satirical, tense and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Fate, deception, survival, love
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: fate
deception
survival
love
power
Places: fantasy world
single country house
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild