welcome, madame curie. i do not know why i'm here. at the university. you wish to give me pierre's seat? we don't want to give you anything. altogether more serious, although no less odd, is radioactive, which was due to open in uk cinemas in marchjust as lockdown began and now comes to video—on—demand from monday. adapted by persepolis creator marjane satrapi from the graphic novel by lauren redniss, subtitled a tale of love and fallout, radioactive tells the story of marie curie, played with fearsome conviction by rosamund pike. did you get all the acclamation you felt you deserved? in pike's hands, the french—polish scientist, who became the first woman to win a nobel prize and the first person to win it twice, is a force of nature, a brilliant thinker battling with a chauvinist establishment that considers her as unstable as the elements to which she dedicated her life. will you please give me my x—ray machines and ambulances? sam riley is pierre curie, the partner in whose shadow marie is initially forced to dwell, but upon whose