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For women, fat is beautiful - in Mauritania. Girls of seven consume vast amounts to trigger puberty, so they can be married off. Olenka Frenkiel reports on the country's love affair with female obesity.
Producer Rachael Turner ; Exec producer Karen O'Connor The Inside Story: page

Contributors

Unknown:
Olenka Frenkiel
Producer:
Rachael Turner
Producer:
Karen O'Connor

New series 1/6. The scientists face physical and scientific obstacles in the peaks of Colorado, USA, in an old ore-processing mill, where their first task is to make the place habitable. With Hermione Cockburn. Series producer Nathan Williams open2.net/rouqhscience6 37 BBC MAGAZINE: Focus is available monthly, price E3.25

Contributors

Unknown:
Hermione Cockburn.
Producer:
Nathan Williams

DOCUMENTARY OF THE WEEK
The Queen of Trees. The extraordinary story of the African sycamore fig tree and its relationship with a tiny insect partner. Each fig is a world in miniature: birth, sex and death, predators and parasites.
Producers Mark Deeble and Victoria Stone; Series editor Tim Martin Repeated next Sunday www.bbc.co.uk/nature Snap snap!: page 20

Contributors

Producers:
Mark Deeble
Editor:
Tim Martin

DRAMA OF THE WEEK
New series 1/11. Sex, violence and strong language run through the much discussed lavish drama chronicling the birth of the Roman Empire.
52 BC: after eight years of war, Julius Caesar triumphs over the Gauls. But his soaring popularity arouses fears that he wants to return to Rome as a dictator.
Writer Bruno Heller ; Producer Frank Doelger ; Director Michael Apted www.bbc.co.uk/rome Empire building: page 17

Contributors

Unknown:
Julius Caesar
Unknown:
Bruno Heller
Producer:
Frank Doelger
Director:
Michael Apted
Julius Caesar:
Ciaran Hinds
Mark Antony:
James Purefoy
Lucius Vorenus:
Kevin McKidd
Titus Pullo:
Ray Stevenson
Atia of the Julii:
Polly Walker
Pompey Magnus:
Kenneth Cranham
Servilia:
Lindsay Duncan
Marcus Junius Brutus:
Tobias Menzies
Octavia of the Julii:
Kerry Condon
Porcius Cato:
Karl Johnson
Niobe:
Indira Varma
Marcus Tullius Cicero:
David Bamber
Gaius Octavian:
Max Pirkis
Timon:
Lee Boardman
Posca:
Nicholas Woodeson
Eleni:
Suzanne Bertish
Scipio:
Paul Jeeson
Clarissa:
Anna Francolini
Vorena the Elder:
Coral Amiga

New series 1/8. Profumo to Watergate. Sniffing out the moments that made the headlines and shook society, illustrated with archive footage.
Producer Lucy Kenwright Exec producer Caroline Wright

Contributors

Producer:
Lucy Kenwright
Producer:
Caroline Wright

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