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Marie Curie

Marie Curie

8,0 /10 (3 Votes)
1977 EN 1 Seasons

Overview

BBC mini-series with Jane Lapotaire in the title role. The programme chronicles the 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 (Nigel Hawthorne) and her subsequent controversial affairs.

First air date

16/08/1977

Votes

3

Popularity

1.2

Genres

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Networks

BBC One

Language

EN

Last air date

1977-09-13

Episodes

5

Season 1

Season 1

5 episodes • 1977

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Peter McGinn

Peter McGinn

2020-04-03

⭐ 9

This is an excellent five part drama series covering the arc of Madame Curie's adult professional and personal life. It reflects (accurately, I assume) her single-minded drive and purpose in devoting herself to studies and science. It was well worth watching with only a couple of small negatives for me. One was the voice over at the beginning of each episode, as documentaries often utilize, bringing the viewers up to speed on where the episode starts up. It isn't terrible or anything, just an unnecessary distraction. Also, although the show probably reflects her workaholic nature accuratel…

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