Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places

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Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places
Official show poster
Genre	Documentary
Directed by	Ed Watkins[1]
Presented by	Stephen Hawking
Composer	Sheridan Tongue
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	3
Production
Executive producers	Noah Morowitz, Ben Bowie[2]
Producer	Ed Watkins
Running time	27 minutes
Production companies	Curiosity Stream Bigger Bang
Original release
Network	Curiosity Stream
Release	22 September (2016-09-22) – 22 September 2016 (2016-09-22)
Related
Stephen Hawking's Universe
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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.