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The Genius of Marie Curie - The Woman Who Lit up the World

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Fri 3^rd May 2013, 21:00 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sun 7^th Mar 2021, 23:45 on BBC Four

Multi-layered documentary revealing the human story of Marie Curie, whose pioneering research on radioactivity made her the world's most famous female scientist. Show more

Contributors

Producer:: Gideon Bradshaw
Director:: Gideon Bradshaw
Presenter:: David Malone
Presenter:: Geraldine James
Executive Producer:: Marcus Herbert
Executive Producer:: Jonathan Renouf
Participant:: Julie Des Jardins
Participant:: Patricia Fara
Participant:: Malgorzata Sobieszczak-Marciniak
Participant:: Renaud Huynh
Participant:: Andrea Sella
Participant:: Helene Langevin-Joliot
Participant:: Helena Pycior
Participant:: Jean-Luc Pasquier
Participant:: Tereza Kaczorowska

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Documentaries

Source: BBC Online

Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words

BBC Four

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Wed 5^th Nov 2014, 21:00 on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: Thu 21^st Apr 2016, 23:00 on BBC Four HD

The story of the greatest physicists of the 20th century and the discoveries they made, told in their own words. Revealing archive provides a unique insight into their lives. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:: Michael Pennington
Executive Producer:: Jonathan Renouf
Writer:: Suzy Boyles
Producer:: Suzy Boyles
Participant:: Patricia Fara
Participant:: Roger Penrose
Participant:: Martin Rees
Participant:: Craig MacKay

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FactualScience & NatureScience & Technology

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Documentaries

Source: BBC Online

Woman's Hour

Toyah, Sandra Bernhard, Sister Helen Prejean

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 20^th Feb 2018, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 20^th Feb 2018, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Punk classic Jubilee reimagined for the stage 40 years after causing controversy at the cinema, Sister Helen Prejean on ending the death sentence and women, science and suffrage. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:: Helen Prejean
Interviewed Guest:: Sandra Bernhard
Interviewed Guest:: Patricia Fara
Interviewed Guest:: Angela Saini
Interviewed Guest:: Toyah Willcox
Producer:: Jane Thurlow

Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Margot Robbie, Zan TV, Mums and daughters in film

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 24^th Feb 2018, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 24^th Feb 2018, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Margot Robbie on her new film I, Tonya, and the Afghan channel for women by women, Zan TV. Plus complex relationships between mothers and daughters in film. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:: Margot Robbie
Interviewed Guest:: Lauren Moss
Interviewed Guest:: Karen Tyrell
Interviewed Guest:: Helen Prejean
Interviewed Guest:: Angela Saini
Interviewed Guest:: Patricia Fara
Interviewed Guest:: Sangeeta Mahajan
Interviewed Guest:: Lynn Enright
Interviewed Guest:: Karen Krizanovich
Interviewed Guest:: Setara Hassan
Producer:: Rabeka Nurmahomed
Editor:: Jane Thurlow

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Woman's Hour

Source: BBC Online

In Our Time

Rosalind Franklin

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 22^nd Feb 2018, 09:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 22^nd Feb 2018, 21:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the achievements of the pioneering scientist Rosalind Franklin. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:: Patricia Fara
Interviewed Guest:: Jim Naismith
Interviewed Guest:: Judith Howard
Producer:: Victoria Brignell

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FactualHistory

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Discussion & Talk

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In Our Time

Source: BBC Online

In Our Time

The Curies

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 47 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 26^th Mar 2015, 09:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 26^th Mar 2015, 21:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the scientific achievements of the Curie family, Marie and Pierre and their daughter Irene Joliot-Curie, all three of whom won Nobel Prizes. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:: Patricia Fara
Interviewed Guest:: Robert Fox
Interviewed Guest:: Steven Bramwell
Producer:: Simon Tillotson

Genres

FactualHistory

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Discussion & Talk

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In Our Time

Source: BBC Online

In Our Time

Robert Hooke

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 48 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 18^th Feb 2016, 09:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 18^th Feb 2016, 21:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Robert Hooke, the 17th-century scientist with a wide variety of interests from elasticity to microscopes who fell out with Newton. Show more