Alif Laila
Alif Laila was a TV series based on the Arabian Nights tales, dubbed into Bangla and shown on BTV in the 1990s.
Era: 90s
What it was like
Magic lamps, flying carpets, genies and palaces. Each episode stopped just where you had to wait a whole week for the next.
Many people remember the streets going quiet while it was on, and plenty can still sing the opening song.
Questions
- Which stories is Alif Laila based on?
- The Arabian Nights, or One Thousand and One Nights. The name comes from the Arabic ‘Alf Layla’, a thousand nights.