A series in five parts by ELAINE MORGAN with and
1: 1886. Marya Sklodowska is a governess on a country estate outside Warsaw. Her hope is to save enough money to study science but, as a woman, her only hope of doing this is to follow her elder sister to France. But there are both financial and personal problems to overcome first.
Incidental music CARL DAVIS Producer PETER GOODCHILD
Directed by JOHN GLENISTER if Subtitles on Ceefax page 270