The BBC is about to broadcast the most violent and sexually explicit programme ever to be shown on British television - and at £58 million for 12 episodes it is also the most expensive. Rome, a drama set in the dying days of the Roman Empire, contains full frontal male and female nudity and depictions of violent sex. The Sunday Telegraph has seen the first six episodes of the blood-soaked drama - a co-production between the corporation and the American broadcaster HBO - which contains nudity within its opening minutes. The show, which premieres in America next Sunday and hits...
