Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places | |
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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 22 September 2016 | –
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.