Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places


Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places is an original documentary series that was released exclusively on CuriosityStream, in partnership with production company Bigger Bang. Stephen Hawking stars in and narrates the series, in which he pilots a Computer-generated imagery space ship across the Universe, making stops at some of his favorite places and discussing the scientific significance of each location.
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. It had a planned release date of April 19, 2018. However, with Hawking's death on March 14, CuriosityStream released the third episode, temporarily making all three episodes free to stream on their website as a tribute.
On October 5, 2017, the series won the News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Graphic Design & Art Direction, in a category with its peers from Smithsonian Channel, Discovery Channel, PBS and Vox.

Awards & Nominations

News & Documentary Emmy Award