Overview
The story of Professor Stephen Hawking's early years. 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.
Cast
- Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Hawking
- Peter Firth as Sir Fred Hoyle
- Tom Ward as Roger Penrose
- Lisa Dillon as Jane Wilde
- John Sessions as Dennis Sciama
- Phoebe Nicholls as Isobel Hawking
- Michael Brandon as Arno Penzias
- Tom Hodgkins as Robert Wilson
- Alice Eve as Martha Guthrie
- Adam Godley as Frank Hawking