Dara O Briain Meets Stephen Hawking
Documentary film about professor Stephen Hawking, the world's most celebrated scientist. Dara O Briain spends time with his boyhood hero in Cambridge.
Since he was a teenager, Dara O Briain has been fascinated with professor Stephen Hawking, the world's most celebrated scientist. In this special film, Dara spends time with his boyhood hero as he attends the world premiere of The Theory of Everything, the movie made about his life, and then at Professor Hawking's home and place of work in Cambridge.
In 1963, Stephen was diagnosed with ALS, a form of motor neurone disease, and given two years to live. Over 50 years later, he is still working on new scientific theories and has become an unlikely pop culture icon. Dara meets the people who keep him healthy and working - his carers and support team, his academic colleagues and friends - and Eddie Redmayne, who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Hawking on film.
After attending the premiere of The Theory of Everything, Dara travels to Cambridge where Stephen has spent most of his adult life. He meets Stephen's children Lucy and Tim, his former assistant Judith Croasdell, his technical assistant Jonathan Wood, fellow theoretical physicist professor Kip Thorne, academic colleague professor Thomas Hertog and actors Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones. Dara also questions Professor Hawking about living his life with ALS, why science still excites him, and his hopes for the future.
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Online exclusive: "I might get a Nobel Prize after all"
Duration: 04:01
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:03John Newman
Love Me Again
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00:40Take That
These Days
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Dara O Briain |
| Interviewed Guest | Stephen Hawking |
| Executive Producer | Mark Wells |
| Executive Producer | Steven Lappin |
| Producer | Paul Vanezis |
| Director | Paul Vanezis |
Broadcasts
- Tue 16 Jun 2015 22:35主播大秀 One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Scotland, Scotland HD, Wales & 1 more
- Tue 16 Jun 2015 23:05主播大秀 One Northern Ireland HD, Wales HD, Northern Ireland & Wales only
- Tue 16 Jun 2015 23:35主播大秀 One Scotland HD & Scotland only
Tue 11 Aug 2015 01:15主播大秀 Two except Scotland- Tue 11 Aug 2015 23:35主播大秀 Two Scotland
- Wed 14 Mar 2018 22:45主播大秀 One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Scotland, Scotland HD, Wales & 1 more
- Wed 14 Mar 2018 23:10主播大秀 One Wales & Wales HD only
- Wed 14 Mar 2018 23:40主播大秀 One Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only
- Wed 14 Mar 2018 23:45主播大秀 One Scotland HD & Scotland only
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