“Samson famously loses his powers,” the London Evening Standard explained for imaginary readers who needed telling, “when Delilah, played by Kierston Wareing from EastEnders, cuts his hair.” The Daily Mirror noted that “playing brassy bad girls and femmes fatales has become something of a trademark for the Essex actress”. This time she is appearing in The Bible. “One of the greatest successes in TV history,” wrote Peter Sheridan in the Daily Express, “The Bible, a five-part series on Channel 5, has been viewed by more than 200 million worldwide, breaking audience records from the US to Spain.”It is the brainchild of Mark Burnett, the producer behind the American version of Dragons’ Den, and his wife, the Irish actress Roma