Continuing the chronicles and work of scientific pioneer Marie Curie as she conducts her research into radioactivity, makes the famous discovery of Radium and wins Nobel Prizes for both Physics and Chemistry. The programme also looks at key events that affected the soon-to-be famous revolutionary including the devastating death of her husband and her subsequent controversial affairs.

• Elaine Morgan
• Robert Reid

• Richard Bebb
• Jane Lapotaire
• Nigel Hawthorne