Hawking

• Movie

  Type

• 2004

  Year

• 1h 30m

  Runtime

• ★ 7.4

  Rating

• Drama

  Genre

The story of Professor Stephen Hawking's early years is told for the first time in a major drama for BBC Two.It is 1963, and our young cosmologist celebrates his 21st birthday. At the party is a new friend, Jane Wilde - there is a strong attraction between the two. Jane is intrigued by Stephen's talk of stars and the Universe. But she realises that there is something very wrong when Stephen suddenly finds that he is unable to stand up.

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Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch

Stephen Hawking

Alice Eve

Martha Guthrie

Michael Brandon

Arno Penzias

Tom Hodgkins

Robert Wilson

Peter Firth

Sir Fred Hoyle

Lisa Dillon

Jane Wilde

Phoebe Nicholls

Isobel Hawking

Adam Godley

Frank Hawking

Matthew Marsh

Dr. John Holloway

Anastasia Hille

Nurse Susan McClean

Christian Rubeck

Reporter

Bertie Carvel

George Ellis