NEFERTITI is probably more famous than her husband, the heretic Pharaoh Akhenaton, and in the hands of Michelle Moran she becomes an almost Princess Diana-like figure.

A commoner, whose beauty, charm and ambition took her to the very throne of Egypt, she is one glamorous lady, one arch-schemer and the one person in the kingdom you wouldnt want to cross.

A story from the past that resonates forcefully today, there is both magic and menace in equal measure in this epic life.