"I was always drawn to Elizabeth Taylor," says Kim Kardashian. The media personality was the last person to have a published interview with Taylor before she died in 2011. The interview - for Harper's Bazaar magazine - featured a photoshoot inspired by the star's famous role in the 1963 movie Cleopatra.

Kim Kardashian is an executive producer on a new BBC docuseries about the late Dame Elizabeth Taylor and has recalled speaking to her shortly before her death in 2011

The documentary includes never-before-heard recordings and testimonies from her close circle, including her goddaughter, Paris Jackson, daughter of Michael Jackson. Also featured are Joan Collins, Sharon Stone, Margaret O’Brien, and Dr. Anthony Fauci. The film is directed by James House, with Kardashian involved in its production.

The reality star is at the helm of a brand new BBC documentary about the acclaimed actor's life, Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar.

Rebel SuperstarBBC Two, 9pm; Wales, 9.35pmExecutive produced by Kim Kardashian (but don’t let that put you off), this three-part essay on one of cinema’s legendary figures calls upon a number of Elizabeth Taylor’s intimates to tell the story of a precocious professional talent derailed but never defeated by personal setbacks.