Stephen Hawking's Grand Design

Overview

Stephen Hawking draws on 40 years of research to answer some of life's most compelling questions.

Episodes

The Meaning of Life

S01E01 The Meaning of Life

September 13, 2012 60 min
"The Meaning of Life," explores what the laws of physics reveals about who and what we humans really are? Do we have free will or are we just complex biological machines working to the laws...
The Key to the Cosmos

S01E02 The Key to the Cosmos

September 20, 2012 60 min
"The Key to the Cosmos," poses the ultimate-of-ultimate questions: Why does the universe exist and why does it follow rules and laws? What's the point of the enormous, endless cosmos, and why is it so...

S01E03 Did God Create the Universe?

September 27, 2012 10.0 60 min
Professor Stephen Hawking unfolds his personal, compelling vision of the biggest question of all: Is there a god who created and controls the universe in which we live? To answer this controversial and age old...

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch
Narrator (voice)
Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking
Self
Tom Bonington
Tom Bonington
Brain Surgeon
Bill Hutchens
Bill Hutchens
Galileo

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