Hawking

At the age of 21 Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with the debilitating disease ALS. This story details the next two extraordinary years of his life and the discovery of one of the greatest scientific breakthroughs of any age. It is an emotional and tender story – one of love, ambition, pride and sacrifice. With the love of his life Jane Wilde by his side and determination, he struggled to come to terms and survive his illness going on to make the groundbreaking discovery that contributed to the Nobel Prize of 1978 and is still acknowledged today., Drama relating the remarkable story of Stephen Hawking’s early years as a PHD student at Cambridge, his search for the ‘beginning of time’ and his courageous struggle against life-threatening illness.