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
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John Newman
Love Me Again
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Take That
These Days
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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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 22:3591热爆 One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Scotland, Scotland HD, Wales & 1 more
- Tue 16 Jun 2015 23:0591热爆 One Northern Ireland HD, Wales HD, Northern Ireland & Wales only
- Tue 16 Jun 2015 23:3591热爆 One Scotland HD & Scotland only
- Tue 11 Aug 2015 01:1591热爆 Two except Scotland
- Tue 11 Aug 2015 23:3591热爆 Two Scotland
- Wed 14 Mar 2018 22:4591热爆 One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Scotland, Scotland HD, Wales & 1 more
- Wed 14 Mar 2018 23:1091热爆 One Wales & Wales HD only
- Wed 14 Mar 2018 23:4091热爆 One Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only
- Wed 14 Mar 2018 23:4591热爆 One Scotland HD & Scotland only
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