Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places

Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places
Official show poster
GenreDocumentary
Directed byEd Watkins[1]
Presented byStephen Hawking
ComposerSheridan Tongue
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes3
Production
Executive producersNoah Morowitz, Ben Bowie[2]
ProducerEd Watkins
Running time27 minutes
Production companiesCuriosity Stream
Bigger Bang
Original release
NetworkCuriosity Stream
Release22 September (2016-09-22) –
22 September 2016 (2016-09-22)
Related
Stephen Hawking's Universe

Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places is an original documentary series[3] that was released exclusively on Curiosity Stream, in partnership with production company Bigger Bang.[4] Stephen Hawking stars in and narrates the series, in which he pilots a Computer-generated imagery (CGI) space ship (the SS Hawking) across the Universe, making stops at some of his favorite places and discussing the scientific significance of each location.

On October 5, 2017, the series won the News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Graphic Design & Art Direction,[5] in a category with its peers from Smithsonian Channel, Discovery Channel, PBS and Vox.

Synopsis

Episode 1 takes Hawking from black holes to the Big Bang, Saturn to Santa Barbara, California.

Episode 2 finds Hawking in search of the theory of everything. He also discusses the Great Filter solution to the Fermi paradox and the dangers of artificial intelligence in a visit to Proxima Centauri b.

Episode 3 continues Hawking's fears regarding AI, as well as his search for a theory of everything. He also introduces the multiverse concept and the anthropic principle.

Release

The series had a planned release date of April 19, 2018. However, with Hawking's death on March 14, 2018, CuriosityStream released the third episode early, temporarily making all three episodes free to stream on their website as a tribute to Hawking.[6]

Awards and nominations

News & Documentary Emmy Award

  • Outstanding Graphic Design & Art Direction (Winner, 2017)

Media Coverage

References

  1. ^ "Ed Watkins". IMDb. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Ben Bowie". IMDb. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places (TV Series 2016– )". IMDb. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  4. ^ "What We Do | Bigger Bang". Biggerbang.tv. Archived from the original on 2017-04-11. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
  5. ^ "The national academy of television arts and sciences announces winners at the 38th annual news & documentary Emmy awards". Archived from the original on 2017-10-06.
  6. ^ Mosher, Dave. "One of the last TV shows starring Stephen Hawking is now streaming for free — here's how to watch it". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  7. ^ "Why Aliens Shouldn't Contact Us: Stephen Hawking Warns Of Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life". International Business Times. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Stephen Hawking tours five favorite places in the universe in CuriosityStream video". GeekWire. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.