Hawking (2004 film)

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Hawking
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Screenplay by	Peter Moffat
Directed by	Philip Martin
Starring	Benedict Cumberbatch Michael Brandon Tom Hodgkins Lisa Dillon Phoebe Nicholls Adam Godley Peter Firth Tom Ward John Sessions Rohan Siva Matthew Marsh Anastasia Hille Bertie Carvel Christian Rubeck
Music by	Murray Gold
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Production
Producer	Jessica Pope
Running time	90 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	13 April 2004 (2004-04-13)
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Hawking is a 2004 biographical drama television film directed by Philip Martin and written by Peter Moffat. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, it chronicles Stephen Hawking's early years as a PhD student at the University of Cambridge, following his search for the beginning of time, and his struggle against motor neurons disease. It premiered in the UK in April 2004.

The film received positive reviews, with critics particularly lauding Cumberbatch's performance as Hawking. It received two British Academy Television Awards nominations: Best Single Drama and Best Actor (Cumberbatch). Cumberbatch won the Golden Nymph for Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Film or Miniseries.

Cumberbatch's portrayal of Hawking was the first portrayal of the physicist on screen not by himself.^{[1][nb 1]}

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