1 00:01:16,660 --> 00:01:17,952 Well, come on! 2 00:01:18,078 --> 00:01:20,371 Oh! Come on, old man! 3 00:01:21,415 --> 00:01:23,249 Coming into Trinity Lane. 4 00:01:23,667 --> 00:01:25,209 Oh! 5 00:01:25,919 --> 00:01:27,170 Eyes on the road, Brian! 6 00:01:27,463 --> 00:01:28,463 Whoa! 7 00:01:31,300 --> 00:01:32,425 Brian spies an opening! 8 00:01:32,509 --> 00:01:33,509 A-ha! 9 00:01:34,678 --> 00:01:36,304 Eyes on the staff! 10 00:01:36,388 --> 00:01:37,430 Hawking's lost it! 11 00:01:41,477 --> 00:01:42,685 Whoa! 12 00:01:43,353 --> 00:01:44,353 No! 13 00:01:44,438 --> 00:01:45,480 You lose, Brian. 14 00:01:52,488 --> 00:01:54,947 Too slow, old man. Too slow. 15 00:01:56,116 --> 00:01:57,867 Oh, my goodness. Right. 16 00:01:58,619 --> 00:02:00,578 Time for a drink. 17 00:02:00,662 --> 00:02:01,829 Hello. 18 00:02:02,873 --> 00:02:04,415 Oo-pah! 19 00:02:06,877 --> 00:02:10,463 What if the secret of the universe had something to do with sex, huh? 20 00:02:10,547 --> 00:02:11,756 Maybe do your doctorate on that. 21 00:02:12,257 --> 00:02:13,466 The physics of love. 22 00:02:13,550 --> 00:02:15,009 I think that's more your field, Brian. 23 00:02:15,093 --> 00:02:16,344 Oh, not lately. 24 00:02:16,512 --> 00:02:18,679 They will boot you out, you know, if you don't decide. 25 00:02:19,139 --> 00:02:21,224 I know everyone here who's... 26 00:02:21,767 --> 00:02:23,976 Brilliant. Oh, dear. 27 00:02:24,353 --> 00:02:25,436 Scientists. 28 00:02:25,896 --> 00:02:27,647 - Ah, yes. - Ah, you made it. 29 00:02:29,441 --> 00:02:30,817 Don't worry, we don't have to stay for long. 30 00:02:30,901 --> 00:02:32,527 Looks mortifyingly dull. 31 00:02:37,449 --> 00:02:40,117 Bores. Who's that? 32 00:02:40,786 --> 00:02:41,869 Who's who? 33 00:02:42,246 --> 00:02:44,121 Oh, him? Oh... 34 00:02:44,456 --> 00:02:46,791 He's strange. Clever. 35 00:02:47,042 --> 00:02:49,794 Goes to "Ban the Bomb" marches. 36 00:02:50,212 --> 00:02:53,589 Wilde. Jane Wilde. 37 00:02:53,841 --> 00:02:55,633 Oh, look, there's David. David! 38 00:02:55,717 --> 00:02:58,177 I'll be back in a minute. I'll be back in a second. Diana! Diana! 39 00:03:14,444 --> 00:03:15,945 Hello. Hello. 40 00:03:16,613 --> 00:03:18,364 Science. Arts. 41 00:03:19,283 --> 00:03:21,492 English? French and Spanish. 42 00:03:23,453 --> 00:03:25,705 What about you? What are you... 43 00:03:25,956 --> 00:03:27,999 Oh, cosmologist, I'm a cosmologist. 44 00:03:28,625 --> 00:03:29,917 What's that? 45 00:03:30,627 --> 00:03:33,004 It's a kind of religion for intelligent atheists. 46 00:03:33,338 --> 00:03:34,922 Intelligent atheists? Mmm-hmm. 47 00:03:35,757 --> 00:03:37,049 You're not religious, are you? 48 00:03:37,301 --> 00:03:38,593 C of E. 49 00:03:41,763 --> 00:03:43,639 Church of England? England, yeah. 50 00:03:46,476 --> 00:03:47,727 I suppose someone has to be. 51 00:03:48,645 --> 00:03:51,272 What do cosmologists worship, then? 52 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:52,690 What do we worship? Mmm. 53 00:03:52,858 --> 00:03:54,734 One single unifying equation 54 00:03:54,818 --> 00:03:56,819 that explains everything in the universe. 55 00:03:56,987 --> 00:03:58,237 Really? Yes. 56 00:03:58,322 --> 00:03:59,322 What's the equation? 57 00:04:00,824 --> 00:04:01,866 That is the question. 58 00:04:03,327 --> 00:04:04,660 And a very good question. 59 00:04:05,495 --> 00:04:06,662 I'm not quite sure yet. 60 00:04:07,956 --> 00:04:09,999 But I intend to find out. 61 00:04:16,840 --> 00:04:19,342 Then why didn't you stay at Oxford? 62 00:04:19,551 --> 00:04:21,677 Because my finals exams were such a shambles, 63 00:04:21,762 --> 00:04:24,764 that the examiners, they summoned me in for a viva, 64 00:04:24,848 --> 00:04:26,223 and they told me that if I got a second... 65 00:04:26,308 --> 00:04:27,433 What's a viva? 66 00:04:27,976 --> 00:04:31,103 Oh, it's a sort of mildly terrifying face-to-face thingy. 67 00:04:31,188 --> 00:04:33,397 Like an interview? An interrogation. 68 00:04:34,066 --> 00:04:36,692 And I told them that if they gave me a second-class degree, 69 00:04:36,777 --> 00:04:39,445 then I would stay with them and do my research at Oxford. 70 00:04:39,529 --> 00:04:42,198 But if they gave me the first that I needed to get into Cambridge, 71 00:04:42,282 --> 00:04:44,909 then they would never have to see me again. 72 00:04:46,161 --> 00:04:48,162 They gave you the first. 73 00:04:48,497 --> 00:04:50,539 They gave me a first. Of course. 74 00:04:50,624 --> 00:04:53,209 This party is officially deceased. 75 00:04:53,877 --> 00:04:56,253 Come on, I fixed up a ride home. 76 00:04:57,714 --> 00:04:59,256 Come on, Jane. 77 00:05:00,717 --> 00:05:01,884 Jane. 78 00:05:02,260 --> 00:05:04,679 Well, it was lovely to talk to you. 79 00:05:04,763 --> 00:05:05,930 Yes. 80 00:05:06,014 --> 00:05:08,849 And I hope you find your equation. 81 00:05:09,851 --> 00:05:11,394 Yes. Oh. 82 00:05:13,438 --> 00:05:14,605 Ah. Bye. 83 00:05:15,941 --> 00:05:17,108 Bye. 84 00:05:27,077 --> 00:05:28,411 Stephen? Oh. 85 00:05:29,246 --> 00:05:30,246 Yeah. 86 00:05:39,214 --> 00:05:41,215 Well, then, here we are. 87 00:05:41,425 --> 00:05:42,717 A little challenge for you all, 88 00:05:42,801 --> 00:05:45,386 as you embark upon your separate doctoral journeys, 89 00:05:45,470 --> 00:05:47,096 whatever they may be, Mr. Hawking. 90 00:05:48,015 --> 00:05:49,015 Pass them down. 91 00:05:50,100 --> 00:05:51,934 Something to separate the men from the boys, 92 00:05:52,019 --> 00:05:53,394 the wheat from the chaff, 93 00:05:53,478 --> 00:05:55,104 the mesons from the pi mesons, 94 00:05:55,230 --> 00:05:57,231 the quarks from the quacks. 95 00:05:57,441 --> 00:06:00,860 Ten questions, each more impregnable than the last. 96 00:06:01,361 --> 00:06:03,404 Good luck. You'll need it. 97 00:06:03,530 --> 00:06:05,906 Shall we say Friday, 3:00? 98 00:06:06,450 --> 00:06:08,034 This is going to hospitalize me. 99 00:06:11,621 --> 00:06:13,456 And, one. Drive! 100 00:06:13,623 --> 00:06:15,166 Two. Drive! 101 00:06:15,625 --> 00:06:17,168 Three. Drive! 102 00:06:17,794 --> 00:06:20,296 Stay long, Brian. I'll give you something long. 103 00:06:20,464 --> 00:06:23,966 Stay long, Brian! Keep long, Brian! 104 00:06:24,259 --> 00:06:25,259 Shut up! 105 00:06:25,635 --> 00:06:27,303 - Long, Brian! - I'm exhausted! 106 00:06:27,387 --> 00:06:29,138 Stay long, Brian! 107 00:06:32,309 --> 00:06:33,976 Flip it. Flip it, Wiggs. 108 00:06:35,979 --> 00:06:37,938 Somebody else, for once. 109 00:06:38,065 --> 00:06:39,732 Can I get two more of those, please? Yeah, sure. 110 00:06:40,192 --> 00:06:42,818 And some change for the payphone. Yeah. 111 00:06:53,997 --> 00:06:54,914 Steve, you all right, mate? 112 00:06:54,998 --> 00:06:56,540 Jane. 113 00:07:00,796 --> 00:07:03,464 No, of course, Timothy turned out to be an absolute cad. 114 00:07:03,548 --> 00:07:05,508 I mean, you'll never guess who I saw him with the other day. 115 00:07:05,592 --> 00:07:06,634 Caroline! 116 00:07:06,885 --> 00:07:10,221 For heaven's sake, she can have him, quite frankly. 117 00:07:12,224 --> 00:07:13,891 What's the probability? 118 00:07:14,434 --> 00:07:16,268 Reasonably low. 119 00:07:17,354 --> 00:07:20,981 Um... This is... This is Stephen. 120 00:07:21,191 --> 00:07:23,192 - Do you play croquet? - Croquet? 121 00:07:24,111 --> 00:07:25,694 Not recently. 122 00:07:26,196 --> 00:07:27,863 Sunday morning. 123 00:07:28,281 --> 00:07:29,657 Actually busy Sunday mornings. 124 00:07:32,786 --> 00:07:33,869 Oh. 125 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:36,413 Him. 126 00:07:39,626 --> 00:07:40,876 Okay. 127 00:07:47,551 --> 00:07:51,428 Anyway, before I was completely interrupted... 128 00:08:02,274 --> 00:08:04,275 Oh, come on, get up. 129 00:08:04,568 --> 00:08:06,402 How many did you get? 130 00:08:07,529 --> 00:08:08,696 Morning, Brian. 131 00:08:08,822 --> 00:08:10,656 Good afternoon, Stephen. 132 00:08:11,074 --> 00:08:12,449 How many of the impossible questions did you do? 133 00:08:12,701 --> 00:08:15,161 Brian, I have no idea what you're talking about. 134 00:08:15,287 --> 00:08:17,705 How many of Sciama's questions did you get, Stephen? 135 00:08:17,873 --> 00:08:19,874 None. You didn't get any? 136 00:08:20,876 --> 00:08:21,917 I was going to do them later. 137 00:08:22,002 --> 00:08:23,169 You haven't even looked at them. 138 00:08:23,253 --> 00:08:24,461 No. 139 00:08:24,796 --> 00:08:26,630 Stephen, are you aware that you have voluntarily embarked upon 140 00:08:26,715 --> 00:08:29,466 a PhD in physics, at the most prestigious college in England? 141 00:08:29,551 --> 00:08:30,593 Yes. Oh. 142 00:08:30,719 --> 00:08:33,387 I thought maybe you'd slept through the induction or something. 143 00:08:36,433 --> 00:08:37,433 Bri? 144 00:08:38,685 --> 00:08:39,685 What? 145 00:08:39,769 --> 00:08:40,936 Can you whip on some Wagner? 146 00:08:42,063 --> 00:08:43,606 Oh, sod off. 147 00:09:28,193 --> 00:09:29,944 Come in, Stephen. Sorry. 148 00:09:31,488 --> 00:09:34,156 Um, Michael, that's so illegible, 149 00:09:34,241 --> 00:09:37,159 I can't quite decipher how wrong it is. I suspect enormously. 150 00:09:37,244 --> 00:09:39,787 And, Brian, that's just baffling. 151 00:09:40,664 --> 00:09:42,039 Have you even bothered, Stephen? 152 00:09:42,290 --> 00:09:44,041 Oh, sorry. Uh... 153 00:09:48,171 --> 00:09:50,506 Right. Train timetables. 154 00:09:51,007 --> 00:09:52,841 Ah. 155 00:09:53,176 --> 00:09:55,427 That's, uh, totally unacceptable. 156 00:09:55,512 --> 00:09:56,720 These expired a month ago. 157 00:09:56,805 --> 00:09:59,014 It's on the back, I had a little accident. 158 00:09:59,224 --> 00:10:00,641 Ah. 159 00:10:05,939 --> 00:10:06,939 I could only do nine. 160 00:10:10,860 --> 00:10:11,860 Good Lord. 161 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:15,072 Oh, thank God. Bravo. 162 00:10:17,367 --> 00:10:18,951 Nine? 163 00:10:21,413 --> 00:10:23,038 Come in. 164 00:10:25,292 --> 00:10:27,334 Ah, Stephen, take a seat. 165 00:10:39,180 --> 00:10:42,057 I wanted to talk to you about your subject. 166 00:10:42,976 --> 00:10:46,478 We're all rather concerned as to what it's going to be. 167 00:10:46,771 --> 00:10:48,397 I can't decide. 168 00:10:52,861 --> 00:10:54,528 Do you have any ideas? 169 00:10:56,698 --> 00:10:57,740 No. 170 00:11:15,925 --> 00:11:21,764 So, this is where J.J. Thomson discovered the electron, 171 00:11:22,724 --> 00:11:25,351 and where Rutherford split the atom. 172 00:11:29,189 --> 00:11:32,066 You know, one of the great rewards of this job is one never knows 173 00:11:32,150 --> 00:11:33,984 from where the next great leap forward 174 00:11:34,069 --> 00:11:36,320 is going to come, or from whom. 175 00:11:40,116 --> 00:11:44,536 Listen, next Friday, I'm taking a few graduates of merit to London 176 00:11:44,621 --> 00:11:47,956 to attend a talk by the mathematician Roger Penrose. 177 00:11:48,458 --> 00:11:51,126 Do come along, if you're interested. 178 00:11:55,465 --> 00:11:58,092 Oh, and close the door as you leave. 179 00:12:44,431 --> 00:12:46,473 So, I gather you've never been to church. 180 00:12:46,683 --> 00:12:48,434 Once upon a time. 181 00:12:48,726 --> 00:12:50,436 Tempted to convert? 182 00:12:50,562 --> 00:12:53,689 I have a slight problem with the whole "celestial dictator" premise. 183 00:12:54,691 --> 00:12:56,608 Now, what are you doing for lunch? 184 00:12:56,734 --> 00:12:58,861 Ma makes a cracking roast. 185 00:13:03,283 --> 00:13:06,535 Ah, so, Jane, what are you studying? 186 00:13:07,328 --> 00:13:08,620 Arts. Spuds? 187 00:13:09,038 --> 00:13:10,497 Thank you. 188 00:13:10,665 --> 00:13:12,708 Um, French and Spanish. 189 00:13:12,917 --> 00:13:14,543 I'm hoping to do a PhD eventually. 190 00:13:14,836 --> 00:13:16,128 Oh, what on? 191 00:13:16,212 --> 00:13:18,881 Medieval poetry of the Iberian Peninsula. 192 00:13:18,965 --> 00:13:20,799 Medieval poets? 193 00:13:21,426 --> 00:13:23,051 What painters do you like? 194 00:13:23,219 --> 00:13:25,053 Well, I like Turner. 195 00:13:25,305 --> 00:13:27,222 Mmm. Turner, really? 196 00:13:27,307 --> 00:13:28,891 You know, I always feel that his paintings 197 00:13:28,975 --> 00:13:30,851 look as if they've been left out in the rain. 198 00:13:30,935 --> 00:13:32,060 - Oh. - Pa. 199 00:13:32,145 --> 00:13:34,438 And William Blake. 200 00:13:34,564 --> 00:13:36,315 Thank you, Mother. Oh, good heavens, surely not. 201 00:13:36,566 --> 00:13:38,150 Jane, have some of my elderflower wine. 202 00:13:38,234 --> 00:13:40,152 - Oh, yes, thank you. - Don't touch it. 203 00:13:40,236 --> 00:13:42,988 Don't touch it, Jane. Thank you. Mother? 204 00:13:43,323 --> 00:13:45,282 Stephen doesn't like my home-made wine. 205 00:13:45,575 --> 00:13:46,867 Philistine. 206 00:13:46,910 --> 00:13:49,745 I'm going to send you back with a couple of bottles. 207 00:13:49,871 --> 00:13:53,415 So, Stephen, you have come from church with a good woman. 208 00:13:53,583 --> 00:13:55,125 Are you feeling holier than thou? 209 00:13:56,085 --> 00:13:58,295 Positively saintly. Thank you. 210 00:13:58,421 --> 00:14:01,423 You haven't said why you don't believe in God. 211 00:14:02,258 --> 00:14:04,718 A physicist can't allow his calculations to be muddled 212 00:14:04,802 --> 00:14:06,803 by a belief in a supernatural creator. 213 00:14:07,096 --> 00:14:10,265 Sounds less of an argument against God than against physicists. 214 00:14:13,102 --> 00:14:14,269 Light or dark? 215 00:14:16,606 --> 00:14:18,774 Jane, light meat or dark? Oh, light, please. 216 00:14:20,944 --> 00:14:22,945 I'm inviting Jane to be my partner to the May Ball. 217 00:14:23,112 --> 00:14:25,197 Really? Ah. 218 00:14:25,281 --> 00:14:26,323 Very impressive. 219 00:14:26,449 --> 00:14:28,033 You'll have to dance this year, Stephen. 220 00:14:29,369 --> 00:14:31,662 Make way for Mother's leg. Here we go. 221 00:14:49,639 --> 00:14:50,931 Hello. 222 00:14:53,476 --> 00:14:54,643 Hello. 223 00:15:07,282 --> 00:15:10,409 Ooh. Sorry. 224 00:15:10,660 --> 00:15:12,202 You okay? Yeah. 225 00:15:21,921 --> 00:15:23,255 Do you dance, Stephen? No. 226 00:15:25,550 --> 00:15:27,926 No. I don't dance. 227 00:15:28,011 --> 00:15:30,012 It's a phenomenon I'm very happy to observe, 228 00:15:30,096 --> 00:15:32,055 but I can't possibly imagine participating. 229 00:15:32,140 --> 00:15:33,223 I absolutely agree. 230 00:15:33,308 --> 00:15:34,433 I mean, who would want to dance? 231 00:15:34,517 --> 00:15:36,184 No, I'm serious. I don't dance. 232 00:15:39,856 --> 00:15:41,648 No dancing, then. 233 00:15:48,865 --> 00:15:52,284 You see how the men's shirtfronts and their bow ties, 234 00:15:52,368 --> 00:15:53,952 how they glow more than the women's dresses? 235 00:15:54,037 --> 00:15:55,412 Yes. 236 00:15:55,538 --> 00:15:57,539 Do you know why? Why? 237 00:15:59,167 --> 00:16:00,667 Tide. 238 00:16:00,752 --> 00:16:01,960 The washing powder? 239 00:16:02,045 --> 00:16:04,963 The fluorescence in the washing powder is caught by the UV light. 240 00:16:06,716 --> 00:16:09,134 Why do you know that? 241 00:16:13,598 --> 00:16:17,684 When stars are born, and when they die, 242 00:16:18,561 --> 00:16:20,562 they emit UV radiation. 243 00:16:21,064 --> 00:16:24,316 So if we could see the night sky in the ultraviolet light, 244 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,194 then almost all the stars would disappear 245 00:16:28,279 --> 00:16:30,155 and all that we would see 246 00:16:30,406 --> 00:16:33,617 are these spectacular births and deaths. 247 00:16:36,162 --> 00:16:38,246 I reckon it would look a little... 248 00:16:38,748 --> 00:16:40,457 Like that. 249 00:16:57,767 --> 00:16:58,767 Wow! 250 00:16:58,893 --> 00:17:00,936 Oh! Did you see? 251 00:17:02,355 --> 00:17:04,147 Like those. Like those ones... 252 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:17,411 Why? 253 00:17:17,704 --> 00:17:18,787 Why what? 254 00:17:18,871 --> 00:17:20,372 Why Spanish medieval poetry? 255 00:17:20,456 --> 00:17:23,667 I suppose I like to time-travel. 256 00:17:24,585 --> 00:17:25,877 Like you. 257 00:17:26,546 --> 00:17:29,715 Are there any particular time periods that you like to visit? 258 00:17:29,799 --> 00:17:31,633 I imagine the Twenties was fun. 259 00:17:31,718 --> 00:17:33,552 The Roaring Twenties. Mmm. 260 00:17:34,095 --> 00:17:35,303 "Seek, then, 261 00:17:35,388 --> 00:17:38,014 "No learning from starry men, 262 00:17:38,099 --> 00:17:39,808 "Who follow with the optic glass 263 00:17:39,934 --> 00:17:41,643 "The whirling ways of stars that pass" 264 00:17:47,066 --> 00:17:48,108 Bravo. 265 00:18:14,469 --> 00:18:16,303 Well, that's astonishing, isn't it? 266 00:18:21,350 --> 00:18:27,314 "In the beginning was the Heaven and the Earth. 267 00:18:30,026 --> 00:18:32,360 "And the Earth was without form, 268 00:18:34,447 --> 00:18:35,989 "and darkness 269 00:18:36,491 --> 00:18:38,909 "was upon the face of the deep." 270 00:18:52,006 --> 00:18:53,965 Will you dance with me? 271 00:19:52,441 --> 00:19:52,524 The train now departing from platform three is 272 00:19:52,525 --> 00:19:55,527 The train now departing from platform three is 273 00:19:55,903 --> 00:19:59,489 the nine-seventeen service to London King's Cross. 274 00:20:06,914 --> 00:20:10,041 Come on, Stephen. Get a move on. 275 00:20:10,334 --> 00:20:12,627 What's wrong with you, man? Chop-chop. 276 00:20:27,351 --> 00:20:30,854 A star, more than three times the size of our sun, 277 00:20:30,980 --> 00:20:33,148 ought to end its life how? 278 00:20:33,983 --> 00:20:35,358 With a collapse. 279 00:20:35,985 --> 00:20:38,320 The gravitational forces of the entire mass 280 00:20:38,404 --> 00:20:41,656 overcoming the electromagnetic forces of individual atoms, 281 00:20:41,741 --> 00:20:43,783 and so collapsing inwards. 282 00:20:44,285 --> 00:20:45,744 If the star is massive enough, 283 00:20:45,828 --> 00:20:47,412 it will continue this collapse, 284 00:20:47,496 --> 00:20:49,497 creating a black hole, 285 00:20:49,582 --> 00:20:53,627 where the warping of space-time is so great that nothing can escape. 286 00:20:53,794 --> 00:20:55,211 Not even light. 287 00:20:55,338 --> 00:20:58,340 It gets smaller. 288 00:21:00,009 --> 00:21:01,343 Smaller. 289 00:21:01,427 --> 00:21:03,762 The star, in fact, gets denser, 290 00:21:03,846 --> 00:21:06,348 as atoms, even subatomic particles, 291 00:21:06,432 --> 00:21:10,185 get literally crushed into smaller and smaller space. 292 00:21:12,188 --> 00:21:15,857 And at its end point, what are we left with? 293 00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:19,819 A space-time singularity. 294 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,282 Space and time come to a stop. 295 00:21:52,269 --> 00:21:55,230 I wonder what would happen if you applied Penrose's theory about black holes 296 00:21:55,314 --> 00:21:57,315 to the entire universe. 297 00:21:58,067 --> 00:22:01,111 If Einstein is right, or if general relativity is correct, 298 00:22:01,195 --> 00:22:03,279 then the universe is expanding, yes? 299 00:22:03,364 --> 00:22:04,781 Yes. Okay. 300 00:22:04,865 --> 00:22:08,284 So, if you reverse time, then the universe is getting smaller. 301 00:22:08,369 --> 00:22:10,370 All right. 302 00:22:10,454 --> 00:22:14,624 So, what if I reverse the process all the way back, 303 00:22:14,709 --> 00:22:17,794 to see what happened at the beginning of time itself? 304 00:22:17,878 --> 00:22:19,963 At the beginning of time itself? Yes. 305 00:22:20,089 --> 00:22:23,008 So the universe, getting smaller and smaller, 306 00:22:23,092 --> 00:22:25,427 getting denser and denser, hotter and hotter as we... 307 00:22:25,511 --> 00:22:26,928 You mean wind back the clock? 308 00:22:27,763 --> 00:22:29,264 Exactly. Wind back the clock. 309 00:22:29,348 --> 00:22:31,016 Wind back the clock. 310 00:22:31,100 --> 00:22:32,851 Is that what you're doing? 311 00:22:33,394 --> 00:22:35,478 Are you winding back the clock? That is what I'm doing. 312 00:22:36,105 --> 00:22:37,439 Well, keep winding. 313 00:22:37,523 --> 00:22:40,150 And you've got quite a long way to go. Keep winding. 314 00:22:40,276 --> 00:22:41,317 I don't want to fall in. 315 00:22:41,402 --> 00:22:42,610 You've got to get back to the beginning of time. 316 00:22:42,695 --> 00:22:44,696 You've got a long way to go. Keep winding. 317 00:22:44,822 --> 00:22:47,449 Keep winding until you get... 318 00:22:49,326 --> 00:22:51,202 A singularity? A space-time singularity. 319 00:22:51,287 --> 00:22:53,997 So, the universe born from a black hole exploding. 320 00:22:54,123 --> 00:22:56,458 Keep going. What do you mean, "Keep going"? 321 00:22:57,126 --> 00:22:58,668 Before the universe began? 322 00:22:58,753 --> 00:23:01,629 No, no, no, no. Keep going, develop the mathematics. 323 00:24:45,526 --> 00:24:47,735 Okay, all right, very good. 324 00:24:48,279 --> 00:24:50,655 Push it as hard as you can. Push it. 325 00:24:50,865 --> 00:24:52,699 Push it. As hard as you can. 326 00:24:52,783 --> 00:24:54,242 I am pushing as hard as I can. 327 00:24:56,036 --> 00:24:59,581 Why... Come on. One, two... 328 00:25:02,585 --> 00:25:04,127 Why won't it... 329 00:25:04,795 --> 00:25:06,588 All right, all right. 330 00:25:07,631 --> 00:25:09,757 Fourth finger, fourth peg. 331 00:25:44,668 --> 00:25:47,462 It's called motor neuron disease. 332 00:25:51,508 --> 00:25:54,052 It's a progressive neurological disorder 333 00:25:54,136 --> 00:25:55,887 that destroys the cells in the brain 334 00:25:55,971 --> 00:25:58,264 that control essential muscle activity, 335 00:25:58,682 --> 00:26:01,059 such as speaking, 336 00:26:01,268 --> 00:26:02,977 walking... 337 00:26:03,103 --> 00:26:05,647 ...breathing, swallowing. 338 00:26:06,982 --> 00:26:11,486 The signals that muscles must receive in order to move are disrupted. 339 00:26:12,780 --> 00:26:15,740 The result is gradual muscle decay. 340 00:26:17,326 --> 00:26:18,910 Wasting away. 341 00:26:20,621 --> 00:26:25,833 Eventually, the ability to control voluntary movement is lost. 342 00:26:27,086 --> 00:26:28,711 Entirely. 343 00:26:32,716 --> 00:26:35,927 I'm afraid average life expectancy is two years. 344 00:26:40,349 --> 00:26:42,892 There's nothing I can do for you. 345 00:26:45,479 --> 00:26:47,355 What about the brain? 346 00:26:49,108 --> 00:26:51,025 The brain isn't affected. 347 00:26:51,110 --> 00:26:54,821 Your thoughts won't change, it's just that... 348 00:26:58,158 --> 00:27:01,244 Well, eventually, no one will know what they are. 349 00:27:04,873 --> 00:27:06,874 I'm ever so sorry. 350 00:27:33,110 --> 00:27:34,610 Hello, Brian. 351 00:27:57,092 --> 00:28:00,178 Welcome to this week's episode of The Natural World, 352 00:28:00,262 --> 00:28:04,057 where this week we explore the bizarre hibernation patterns 353 00:28:04,433 --> 00:28:06,726 of the rare Cambridge physicist 354 00:28:07,061 --> 00:28:09,812 seen here in his remarkable plumage. 355 00:28:12,483 --> 00:28:15,610 So how was it? What did they say? How's your wrist? 356 00:28:16,111 --> 00:28:17,987 I have a disease, Bri. 357 00:28:19,782 --> 00:28:22,450 Is it venereal, Stephen? 358 00:28:25,662 --> 00:28:27,663 I have motor neuron disease. 359 00:28:30,209 --> 00:28:31,334 Sorry, I don't... 360 00:28:31,418 --> 00:28:34,212 It's Lou Gehrig's disease. He was a baseball player. 361 00:28:34,296 --> 00:28:37,924 Sorry, I'm lagging behind in my pioneering research into 362 00:28:38,008 --> 00:28:41,135 obscure, motor, baseball-related diseases. 363 00:28:43,263 --> 00:28:45,014 I have two years to live. 364 00:28:46,642 --> 00:28:47,892 Sorry? 365 00:28:49,186 --> 00:28:51,813 It does sound odd when you say it out loud, doesn't it? 366 00:28:54,149 --> 00:28:56,192 You... What do you mean? 367 00:28:57,694 --> 00:28:59,487 No, you don't. 368 00:29:00,656 --> 00:29:02,323 What did they say? 369 00:29:02,408 --> 00:29:04,659 Sorry, I don't really, um... 370 00:29:07,830 --> 00:29:08,830 Will you go, Bri? 371 00:29:09,206 --> 00:29:10,706 Stephen, sorry, I was just being a berk. 372 00:29:10,791 --> 00:29:12,875 No, it's not... 373 00:29:15,170 --> 00:29:16,421 Will you go? 374 00:29:17,756 --> 00:29:20,174 Stephen, phone for you. 375 00:29:20,843 --> 00:29:22,301 It's a girl. 376 00:29:31,186 --> 00:29:32,186 Um... 377 00:29:32,312 --> 00:29:34,188 I'll... I'll... Um... 378 00:29:35,441 --> 00:29:37,191 I'll see you soon. I'll... 379 00:29:38,110 --> 00:29:39,402 Yes. 380 00:29:50,914 --> 00:29:52,540 She's waiting. 381 00:30:02,384 --> 00:30:03,593 Stephen? 382 00:30:42,925 --> 00:30:45,176 Nobody's seen him for a while. 383 00:30:45,260 --> 00:30:46,928 I suppose, you know... 384 00:30:51,475 --> 00:30:53,309 Jane. Jane. 385 00:30:53,477 --> 00:30:56,938 Brian, hello. Sorry. Um... 386 00:30:57,773 --> 00:31:00,441 Why don't you... Why don't you sit down? 387 00:31:05,405 --> 00:31:06,739 I'm so sorry. 388 00:31:06,823 --> 00:31:10,451 I spoke to Stephen, uh, yesterday, 389 00:31:10,953 --> 00:31:12,745 and I know that you called him... 390 00:31:51,118 --> 00:31:52,994 Something educational? 391 00:31:55,205 --> 00:31:56,372 Very. 392 00:31:58,250 --> 00:32:01,502 John is having an affair with Martha. But... 393 00:32:02,337 --> 00:32:03,754 Martha is in love with Alan, 394 00:32:03,839 --> 00:32:06,674 and I think that Alan is probably a homosexual by the look of his jumper. 395 00:32:06,758 --> 00:32:08,217 So... 396 00:32:08,594 --> 00:32:13,180 Well, I'm just trying to work out the mathematical probability of happiness. 397 00:32:13,682 --> 00:32:14,974 Are you close? 398 00:32:15,183 --> 00:32:18,686 Some integer of zero, but no, not quite there yet. 399 00:32:22,399 --> 00:32:23,524 Stephen. 400 00:32:24,192 --> 00:32:26,861 You just missed him, he was here earlier. 401 00:32:29,823 --> 00:32:31,157 Don't do this. 402 00:32:36,455 --> 00:32:37,872 Go. 403 00:32:42,544 --> 00:32:44,128 Croquet. 404 00:32:45,756 --> 00:32:47,548 Play a game with me. 405 00:32:48,759 --> 00:32:50,051 Go. 406 00:32:54,890 --> 00:32:57,850 If you don't get up and play a game with me, 407 00:32:58,226 --> 00:33:00,561 I won't come back here again. 408 00:33:04,691 --> 00:33:05,983 Ever. 409 00:33:19,414 --> 00:33:20,748 Come on. 410 00:34:50,172 --> 00:34:51,714 Leave me now. 411 00:34:52,257 --> 00:34:53,466 Are you going to talk about this or not? 412 00:34:53,550 --> 00:34:55,176 Will you just go? 413 00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:57,762 Is that what you want? Yes, it is what I want. 414 00:34:57,846 --> 00:35:00,681 So, please, if you care about me at all, then please just go. 415 00:35:01,057 --> 00:35:03,017 I can't. I have two years to live. 416 00:35:03,101 --> 00:35:05,102 I need to work. I love you. 417 00:35:09,691 --> 00:35:12,860 That's a false conclusion. 418 00:35:13,987 --> 00:35:15,905 I want us to be together for as long as we've got, 419 00:35:15,989 --> 00:35:18,699 and if that's not very long, well, then that's just how it is. 420 00:35:19,409 --> 00:35:22,161 It'll have to do. You don't know what's coming. 421 00:35:22,245 --> 00:35:24,205 It'll affect everything. 422 00:35:41,515 --> 00:35:43,808 Your glasses are always dirty. 423 00:36:01,701 --> 00:36:03,077 There. 424 00:36:04,746 --> 00:36:06,664 That's better, isn't it? 425 00:36:07,582 --> 00:36:08,916 Yes. 426 00:36:11,837 --> 00:36:13,379 Yes, it is. 427 00:36:20,053 --> 00:36:23,514 Now the solutions to the Schrödinger equation 428 00:36:23,598 --> 00:36:27,601 must vanish at the boundary of the box, and so we have... 429 00:36:29,271 --> 00:36:30,729 Time. 430 00:36:31,815 --> 00:36:33,983 Oh, time, that's your subject? 431 00:36:36,403 --> 00:36:38,445 Any aspect in particular? 432 00:36:38,822 --> 00:36:40,030 Time. 433 00:36:42,284 --> 00:36:44,451 Come in, come in. 434 00:36:52,961 --> 00:36:55,045 I... 435 00:36:55,630 --> 00:36:59,967 I don't think you realize what lies ahead, Jane. 436 00:37:01,303 --> 00:37:03,971 His life is going to be very short. 437 00:37:05,140 --> 00:37:08,142 So, be careful. 438 00:37:10,478 --> 00:37:13,105 The weight of science is against you, 439 00:37:14,149 --> 00:37:17,860 and this will not be a fight, Jane. 440 00:37:20,488 --> 00:37:24,033 This is going to be a very heavy defeat. 441 00:37:28,496 --> 00:37:30,080 For all of us. 442 00:37:35,003 --> 00:37:37,338 I know what you all think. That... 443 00:37:39,841 --> 00:37:43,302 That I don't look like a terribly strong person. 444 00:37:46,848 --> 00:37:48,474 But I love him, 445 00:37:50,727 --> 00:37:53,479 and he loves me. 446 00:37:56,191 --> 00:37:59,193 We're going to fight this illness together. 447 00:38:03,698 --> 00:38:05,032 All of us. 448 00:39:24,446 --> 00:39:26,447 Two, three... 449 00:39:31,244 --> 00:39:32,619 Good luck. 450 00:39:33,496 --> 00:39:35,622 Morning, Stephen. Morning, Professor. 451 00:39:46,134 --> 00:39:47,301 I know, I know. 452 00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:49,136 It could be a little bit more elegant. 453 00:39:49,262 --> 00:39:50,554 Yes, but I... 454 00:39:56,102 --> 00:39:57,728 Come in, Stephen. 455 00:40:05,987 --> 00:40:08,697 I know it's something we were all worried about initially, 456 00:40:08,782 --> 00:40:10,532 but I... I knew, Roger... 457 00:40:10,617 --> 00:40:12,743 You had some reservations about it in the early days. 458 00:40:12,952 --> 00:40:14,244 Yes, but it's not uncommon in any theory. 459 00:40:14,329 --> 00:40:15,454 Yes. 460 00:40:15,538 --> 00:40:17,790 Absolutely. Very well, very well. We'll see. 461 00:40:18,666 --> 00:40:20,375 Welcome, Stephen. Morning. 462 00:40:20,794 --> 00:40:22,669 Would you like to take a seat? 463 00:40:23,046 --> 00:40:24,213 No, I'm fine. Thank you. 464 00:40:24,297 --> 00:40:25,672 You're sure? Yeah. 465 00:40:26,841 --> 00:40:29,384 So, Stephen, in summary, um, 466 00:40:29,469 --> 00:40:32,137 as we know, chapter one, full of holes, uh, 467 00:40:33,473 --> 00:40:35,641 lacks mathematical support. 468 00:40:35,892 --> 00:40:39,520 Professor Thorne? Chapter two, not really original. 469 00:40:39,813 --> 00:40:41,480 Uses a lot of Roger's ideas. 470 00:40:41,815 --> 00:40:43,982 Well, at least you run with them. 471 00:40:44,692 --> 00:40:48,070 Uh, chapter three, too many unanswered questions. 472 00:40:48,238 --> 00:40:49,279 I agree. 473 00:40:49,364 --> 00:40:51,907 And then, of course, we have chapter four. 474 00:40:51,991 --> 00:40:54,827 This black hole at the beginning of time. 475 00:40:55,245 --> 00:40:57,454 Space-time singularity. Indeed. 476 00:40:58,706 --> 00:41:01,917 It's brilliant. Brilliant, Stephen. 477 00:41:02,710 --> 00:41:04,086 Superb. 478 00:41:04,379 --> 00:41:07,131 Therefore, all there is to say is well done. 479 00:41:07,674 --> 00:41:09,424 Or perhaps I should say, to be more precise, 480 00:41:09,509 --> 00:41:11,218 well done, Doctor. 481 00:41:11,386 --> 00:41:12,761 Bravo, Stephen. 482 00:41:12,846 --> 00:41:15,639 - An extraordinary theory. 483 00:41:16,182 --> 00:41:17,891 Thank you. 484 00:41:21,396 --> 00:41:22,729 So, what next? 485 00:41:23,231 --> 00:41:24,565 Prove it. 486 00:41:25,650 --> 00:41:29,111 To prove with a single equation 487 00:41:29,195 --> 00:41:31,405 that time has a beginning. 488 00:41:35,034 --> 00:41:37,411 Wouldn't that be nice, Professor? 489 00:41:39,247 --> 00:41:44,042 The one simple, elegant equation 490 00:41:46,838 --> 00:41:48,755 to explain everything. 491 00:41:49,716 --> 00:41:51,258 Yes, it would. 492 00:41:52,343 --> 00:41:54,052 It would indeed. 493 00:41:55,096 --> 00:41:56,555 Thank you. 494 00:42:14,115 --> 00:42:17,618 To the esteemed and formidable 495 00:42:18,203 --> 00:42:19,536 Doctor... Who? 496 00:42:22,457 --> 00:42:24,625 Doctor Stephen Hawking. 497 00:42:24,918 --> 00:42:26,960 Doctor Stephen Hawking. 498 00:42:28,922 --> 00:42:30,505 Thank you. 499 00:42:31,633 --> 00:42:33,717 It is astonishing he's the first person to receive his doctorate 500 00:42:33,801 --> 00:42:35,219 bearing in mind how little work he's been doing. 501 00:42:37,138 --> 00:42:39,181 Work was the worst four-letter word for Stephen. 502 00:42:39,265 --> 00:42:42,184 At Oxford especially, he averaged an hour. 503 00:42:42,352 --> 00:42:44,478 An hour a day, he averaged. 504 00:42:44,729 --> 00:42:46,605 And now, here he is, the esteemed man. 505 00:42:46,689 --> 00:42:48,232 Astonishing levels of sloth. 506 00:42:48,316 --> 00:42:49,900 I've got... On the theme of sloth, Brian, 507 00:42:49,984 --> 00:42:52,569 how many of your lectures have I covered in the last six months? 508 00:42:52,654 --> 00:42:55,322 When you've been doing research trips up to the Lake District. 509 00:42:55,406 --> 00:42:57,157 Absolutely, completely... So have I! 510 00:42:57,242 --> 00:42:58,367 - How many? - Four. 511 00:43:24,936 --> 00:43:27,187 Everything all right? All good. 512 00:43:27,689 --> 00:43:28,855 I'm fine. 513 00:43:45,081 --> 00:43:46,665 What can you do? 514 00:43:46,749 --> 00:43:47,791 Would you like kartoffel? 515 00:43:47,875 --> 00:43:49,876 Oh, please. 516 00:43:55,550 --> 00:43:57,426 Business or pleasure? Ah, for pleasure. 517 00:44:20,199 --> 00:44:21,616 Hey, Robbie. 518 00:44:25,580 --> 00:44:27,289 It's okay, Robbie. 519 00:46:16,691 --> 00:46:18,150 This 520 00:46:19,569 --> 00:46:22,904 is temporary. 521 00:46:26,451 --> 00:46:27,951 Of course. 522 00:46:34,792 --> 00:46:37,377 Well, it's convenient for breakfast. 523 00:46:50,433 --> 00:46:51,975 Thank you. 524 00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:57,397 Sorry, did you say something? 525 00:47:00,610 --> 00:47:02,444 I said... 526 00:47:06,073 --> 00:47:07,532 Yes? 527 00:47:10,036 --> 00:47:11,536 ...thank you. 528 00:47:41,943 --> 00:47:43,652 There we go, Lucy. 529 00:47:52,411 --> 00:47:54,037 There we go. 530 00:47:56,457 --> 00:47:57,958 There we go. 531 00:47:59,043 --> 00:48:00,794 Have you got her? 532 00:48:02,088 --> 00:48:03,797 She looks like you. 533 00:48:07,969 --> 00:48:09,928 Oh, no. 534 00:48:11,055 --> 00:48:13,473 Oh, wait. Go, Jane. 535 00:48:15,142 --> 00:48:16,977 I'll be one second. 536 00:48:18,062 --> 00:48:20,814 Luce! Lucy. 537 00:48:33,202 --> 00:48:34,619 Jane? 538 00:49:03,357 --> 00:49:06,026 Oh, Stephen. Oh. Hello... 539 00:49:09,739 --> 00:49:11,489 I've got an idea. 540 00:49:14,201 --> 00:49:16,036 Jane... 541 00:49:16,954 --> 00:49:18,663 Jane, I've had an idea. 542 00:49:29,967 --> 00:49:31,468 Hello. Hello, Dennis. 543 00:49:31,552 --> 00:49:33,219 Hello, Dennis. How are you? 544 00:49:35,264 --> 00:49:37,307 Okay. Good luck. 545 00:49:37,391 --> 00:49:39,809 He'll be fine. He'll be fine. 546 00:49:41,562 --> 00:49:42,520 Oops. Sorry. 547 00:49:42,605 --> 00:49:43,897 No problem. 548 00:49:52,073 --> 00:49:54,282 Allowing us to predict 549 00:49:56,077 --> 00:50:01,831 that some particles can, in fact, escape a black hole. 550 00:50:02,875 --> 00:50:08,254 So, black holes are not, in fact, black at all, 551 00:50:09,507 --> 00:50:13,885 but glow with heat radiation. 552 00:50:16,430 --> 00:50:19,432 The steady emission of heat energy 553 00:50:20,267 --> 00:50:24,187 causes the black holes to lose mass 554 00:50:25,815 --> 00:50:32,570 and eventually they disappear in a spectacular explosion. 555 00:50:33,114 --> 00:50:35,824 It's very, very simple, in the way that a body loses heat. 556 00:50:35,950 --> 00:50:38,702 Second law of thermodynamics. Right, it's thermodynamics. 557 00:50:40,663 --> 00:50:42,372 If we can imagine that a black hole 558 00:50:42,456 --> 00:50:44,207 is, indeed, losing particles 559 00:50:44,291 --> 00:50:47,335 and over time, will diminish in size, it will evaporate, it will... 560 00:50:47,670 --> 00:50:49,003 Disappear. 561 00:50:51,424 --> 00:50:52,424 So 562 00:50:57,138 --> 00:50:58,388 first 563 00:50:58,806 --> 00:51:03,852 a star vanishes into a black hole. 564 00:51:05,312 --> 00:51:06,980 And then 565 00:51:07,773 --> 00:51:10,150 the black hole itself 566 00:51:12,111 --> 00:51:13,319 vanishes. 567 00:51:13,863 --> 00:51:15,155 Gone, nothing. 568 00:51:15,239 --> 00:51:17,490 From nothing to nothing! 569 00:51:17,616 --> 00:51:18,992 You owe me another beer. 570 00:51:19,577 --> 00:51:21,745 I have just shown you that our friend has proven 571 00:51:21,829 --> 00:51:23,955 that time, indeed, has a beginning. 572 00:51:24,457 --> 00:51:26,499 Not only that, how the universe was born, 573 00:51:26,751 --> 00:51:28,168 and... How it will end. 574 00:51:28,335 --> 00:51:29,461 Bang! 575 00:51:31,297 --> 00:51:32,297 Crunch! 576 00:51:34,300 --> 00:51:37,469 It's, uh, beautiful, it's racy, it's... 577 00:51:37,678 --> 00:51:38,845 Complete nonsense! 578 00:51:40,264 --> 00:51:41,848 It's preposterous! 579 00:51:44,018 --> 00:51:46,895 Was it something I said, Professor? 580 00:51:48,898 --> 00:51:50,356 Uh, excuse me. 581 00:51:53,027 --> 00:51:56,488 My name is Professor Khalatnikov 582 00:51:57,156 --> 00:51:59,115 from the Soviet Academy of Science. 583 00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:00,408 As you know, 584 00:52:00,493 --> 00:52:04,204 my field is evolution of the hot universe, 585 00:52:04,288 --> 00:52:07,999 the properties of the microwave background radiation 586 00:52:08,083 --> 00:52:10,376 and the theory of black holes. 587 00:52:11,337 --> 00:52:12,879 To be honest, 588 00:52:13,631 --> 00:52:15,381 I came here today 589 00:52:16,217 --> 00:52:19,052 expecting to hear a lot of nonsense. 590 00:52:20,721 --> 00:52:22,388 I go home disappointed. 591 00:52:23,182 --> 00:52:25,141 The little one here 592 00:52:26,310 --> 00:52:27,519 has done it! 593 00:52:28,896 --> 00:52:30,230 He has done it! 594 00:52:38,739 --> 00:52:41,491 It is a pleasure to meet you, Professor. 595 00:52:41,575 --> 00:52:42,992 Entirely my pleasure. 596 00:52:43,077 --> 00:52:44,244 My pleasure. 597 00:52:45,913 --> 00:52:47,205 Thank you. 598 00:52:47,289 --> 00:52:48,581 Well done, Stephen. 599 00:52:49,291 --> 00:52:52,252 Well, that went pretty well, all things considered. 600 00:52:52,586 --> 00:52:54,003 I was worried for a while. 601 00:52:58,050 --> 00:52:59,717 Hawking radiation! 602 00:52:59,802 --> 00:53:01,553 The little one has done it! 603 00:53:01,637 --> 00:53:03,263 The little one has done it! 604 00:53:04,765 --> 00:53:07,100 - Hey, come on, genius! - Oh, very funny! 605 00:53:10,437 --> 00:53:11,938 You've had enough of that, old man. 606 00:53:12,439 --> 00:53:13,815 Oh, uh... Come on, codger. 607 00:53:14,483 --> 00:53:16,192 One, two, 608 00:53:16,277 --> 00:53:17,402 three! 609 00:53:19,405 --> 00:53:22,198 My God! How does Jane manage? 610 00:53:25,494 --> 00:53:27,161 Stephen, 611 00:53:27,246 --> 00:53:29,956 your motor-mouth disease, does it affect, um... 612 00:53:31,041 --> 00:53:32,166 What? 613 00:53:33,085 --> 00:53:34,627 Uh, everything? 614 00:53:35,796 --> 00:53:37,297 What? No. 615 00:53:37,381 --> 00:53:38,965 Different system. 616 00:53:39,800 --> 00:53:42,385 Automatic. Are you serious? 617 00:53:43,679 --> 00:53:45,722 Well, that's pretty wonderful, isn't it? 618 00:53:46,307 --> 00:53:48,266 Well, it certainly explains a lot about men. 619 00:53:50,477 --> 00:53:51,477 Hurry up! 620 00:53:52,563 --> 00:53:54,480 Come on! 621 00:54:02,948 --> 00:54:04,616 Please. 622 00:54:27,556 --> 00:54:29,307 What is it? 623 00:54:29,391 --> 00:54:31,059 It's a surprise. 624 00:54:33,020 --> 00:54:34,020 Right. 625 00:54:35,022 --> 00:54:36,272 Keep them closed. 626 00:54:37,691 --> 00:54:38,858 Ta-da! 627 00:54:39,526 --> 00:54:41,235 Look, Daddy, look! 628 00:54:41,320 --> 00:54:43,821 That is an electric wheelchair. 629 00:54:44,615 --> 00:54:46,282 If you don't like it, we can take it back. 630 00:55:10,099 --> 00:55:13,017 I don't understand. You've spent years 631 00:55:13,394 --> 00:55:16,688 assuming black holes exist and you believe 632 00:55:16,772 --> 00:55:18,982 Cygnus X-1 could well turn out to be 633 00:55:19,066 --> 00:55:21,985 the first black hole that we can actually observe. 634 00:55:22,069 --> 00:55:24,445 And yet, you've bet Kip Thorne it's not a black hole. 635 00:55:24,530 --> 00:55:25,822 Yes. 636 00:55:25,906 --> 00:55:27,156 What did you bet him? 637 00:55:27,241 --> 00:55:30,910 A one-year subscription to a magazine. 638 00:55:31,745 --> 00:55:34,414 Which magazine? Nature? No. 639 00:55:35,082 --> 00:55:36,290 Penthouse. 640 00:55:36,917 --> 00:55:40,086 Penthouse? Yes. 641 00:55:40,170 --> 00:55:41,587 Gonna get you! 642 00:55:44,925 --> 00:55:47,051 Daddy, look out! Let's get Mummy! 643 00:55:47,678 --> 00:55:50,096 Come on... 644 00:55:50,264 --> 00:55:51,723 Gonna get you. 645 00:55:52,391 --> 00:55:53,433 Mummy, Mummy! 646 00:55:53,809 --> 00:55:55,435 Come and look! 647 00:55:58,439 --> 00:56:00,440 We're gonna get you. 648 00:56:00,941 --> 00:56:02,275 Come on. 649 00:56:07,489 --> 00:56:11,075 - Holiday! - Holiday! Holiday... 650 00:56:11,160 --> 00:56:12,994 Holiday! Holiday... 651 00:56:22,337 --> 00:56:23,379 Hello! 652 00:56:23,464 --> 00:56:24,839 Hello! Hello. 653 00:56:24,923 --> 00:56:26,799 There you are. Hello, Pa! 654 00:56:26,884 --> 00:56:28,134 Isn't it marvelous? 655 00:56:28,594 --> 00:56:29,969 What about these steps, Frank? Lucy! 656 00:56:30,054 --> 00:56:31,471 Steps are nothing, Jane. 657 00:56:31,555 --> 00:56:34,223 - Stephen! Here we are! - Hello! 658 00:56:34,433 --> 00:56:36,225 Yes, here we go. 659 00:56:36,310 --> 00:56:39,187 Once we're up at the top, it's very snug. Hello, Stephen. 660 00:56:39,313 --> 00:56:40,980 Hello. There we go. 661 00:56:41,440 --> 00:56:43,608 Turn you around, Stephen. Want me to pull? 662 00:56:43,692 --> 00:56:46,027 No, no, I'll be fine. You get the luggage. 663 00:56:46,153 --> 00:56:47,820 Here we go. Off we go. Let's go. I'll lift it up. 664 00:56:51,075 --> 00:56:54,077 There we are, you see? Quite easy. 665 00:56:54,745 --> 00:56:56,829 And up one, there we go. 666 00:56:57,456 --> 00:56:58,581 Shimmering? 667 00:56:58,832 --> 00:57:00,625 Um, uh, the... 668 00:57:00,751 --> 00:57:04,587 Oh, rain coming down, shivering cold? Cold? 669 00:57:04,671 --> 00:57:08,299 Uh, no. Um, the, uh, falling. 670 00:57:08,383 --> 00:57:12,678 Falling... Um... Ooh! 671 00:57:12,763 --> 00:57:14,180 Very cold. What is it? 672 00:57:15,766 --> 00:57:18,017 I'm having a jolly... 673 00:57:18,227 --> 00:57:20,228 Okay, take Lucy. One minute. 674 00:57:20,312 --> 00:57:21,312 Oh. 675 00:57:21,396 --> 00:57:22,688 What is it? 676 00:57:24,525 --> 00:57:26,317 Ah... 677 00:57:28,695 --> 00:57:30,238 Is it out? 678 00:57:31,698 --> 00:57:33,533 Some water. No, don't worry. 679 00:57:35,160 --> 00:57:37,203 Okay, that's it. 680 00:57:37,287 --> 00:57:38,287 There we go. 681 00:57:39,039 --> 00:57:40,540 It's okay. It's okay. 682 00:57:40,791 --> 00:57:42,500 He needs to see a specialist. 683 00:57:43,418 --> 00:57:45,378 Keeps happening over and over again. 684 00:57:45,462 --> 00:57:48,131 - Ridiculous. - No doctors. 685 00:57:48,882 --> 00:57:51,217 No doctors. 686 00:57:52,803 --> 00:57:54,428 All right, no doctors. 687 00:57:59,309 --> 00:58:00,518 A little water. 688 00:58:39,141 --> 00:58:40,391 Stephen. 689 00:58:43,854 --> 00:58:45,104 I need help. 690 00:58:47,858 --> 00:58:49,442 If only for Robert. 691 00:58:50,110 --> 00:58:51,527 He's missing out on his childhood. 692 00:58:52,779 --> 00:58:55,656 I keep looking for a way to make this work, 693 00:58:56,742 --> 00:58:58,534 but I can't find it on my own. 694 00:58:58,619 --> 00:59:00,369 Everything is fine. 695 00:59:00,454 --> 00:59:03,372 We're just a normal family. 696 00:59:03,457 --> 00:59:05,666 We're not a normal family. 697 00:59:10,130 --> 00:59:12,131 We're not a normal family! 698 00:59:15,302 --> 00:59:16,636 Robert. 699 00:59:17,638 --> 00:59:21,390 Your mother is very angry with me. 700 00:59:28,857 --> 00:59:30,066 Thanks. 701 00:59:40,661 --> 00:59:42,036 Jane. 702 00:59:47,918 --> 00:59:49,293 Jane, stop. 703 00:59:57,135 --> 00:59:58,386 Sit. 704 01:00:12,276 --> 01:00:13,442 Now, 705 01:00:16,113 --> 01:00:17,947 I'd like to make a suggestion. 706 01:00:21,576 --> 01:00:24,370 Might sound a bit unusual, but I have seen it work wonders. 707 01:00:25,706 --> 01:00:27,498 I think 708 01:00:27,582 --> 01:00:30,626 that you should consider joining the church choir. 709 01:00:36,967 --> 01:00:38,217 Mum, 710 01:00:38,719 --> 01:00:42,805 I think that's possibly the most English thing anyone has ever said. 711 01:00:45,225 --> 01:00:46,684 Maybe so. 712 01:00:48,895 --> 01:00:50,062 I used to love singing. 713 01:00:50,314 --> 01:00:51,981 You're very good at it. 714 01:00:52,274 --> 01:00:54,066 I don't know about that. 715 01:00:54,276 --> 01:00:55,568 Just go. 716 01:00:58,405 --> 01:00:59,947 It's one hour a week. 717 01:01:00,365 --> 01:01:02,074 Mmm-hmm. Mmm. 718 01:01:43,617 --> 01:01:44,867 Really lovely, everyone. 719 01:01:45,452 --> 01:01:47,036 Okay. See you next week. 720 01:01:51,375 --> 01:01:52,708 Bye-bye. Bye. 721 01:01:55,087 --> 01:01:56,337 Goodbye. 722 01:01:59,424 --> 01:02:00,758 Hello. Hello. 723 01:02:00,842 --> 01:02:02,593 Have you come to sing? 724 01:02:02,677 --> 01:02:04,011 Um... 725 01:02:04,638 --> 01:02:06,430 I just came to, um... 726 01:02:09,101 --> 01:02:10,476 Soprano? 727 01:02:10,769 --> 01:02:12,395 Mezzo. Ah! 728 01:02:12,479 --> 01:02:14,146 Lovely, just what we need. 729 01:02:14,231 --> 01:02:15,481 Where have you been hiding? 730 01:02:16,066 --> 01:02:17,400 Good question. 731 01:02:17,484 --> 01:02:20,152 Well, you're here now, and, uh, just in time, 732 01:02:20,654 --> 01:02:22,405 as they say. 733 01:02:27,577 --> 01:02:30,162 Oh, uh, you know, I have to come back anyway, so... Good. 734 01:02:30,247 --> 01:02:32,373 You have everything? Yes, thank you. Yes. 735 01:02:32,916 --> 01:02:34,166 Thank you for coming. 736 01:02:34,251 --> 01:02:36,836 You will be a valuable asset. 737 01:02:37,170 --> 01:02:38,504 Thank you. 738 01:02:40,006 --> 01:02:41,340 Um... 739 01:02:42,092 --> 01:02:43,968 Well, I should be going. 740 01:02:44,052 --> 01:02:46,720 Um, and if your son wants those piano lessons, just... 741 01:02:46,847 --> 01:02:49,723 Yes, yes, absolutely. I, um... Call me. 742 01:02:49,808 --> 01:02:50,933 I will do. Great. 743 01:02:51,017 --> 01:02:53,769 My husband adores music, too. 744 01:02:53,854 --> 01:02:56,814 Oh, well, I could... Does he play? 745 01:02:57,441 --> 01:02:58,357 Um... 746 01:02:58,442 --> 01:03:00,484 I could teach him, as well. Um... 747 01:03:01,403 --> 01:03:03,237 That's a long story. 748 01:03:04,030 --> 01:03:05,698 But, um... Ah, okay. 749 01:03:06,199 --> 01:03:08,492 Well, thank you, Jonathan. My pleasure, Jane. See you again. 750 01:03:08,577 --> 01:03:09,952 Bye-bye. Bye-bye. 751 01:03:33,852 --> 01:03:35,561 Third finger. No, that... That one, there. 752 01:03:37,314 --> 01:03:39,315 Try lifting your wrists a little bit. Keep your elbows back. 753 01:03:40,066 --> 01:03:41,233 Okay, try again. 754 01:03:43,528 --> 01:03:44,737 No. 755 01:03:54,456 --> 01:03:56,582 Good. Yeah. 756 01:04:03,173 --> 01:04:04,548 More wine? 757 01:04:05,675 --> 01:04:07,426 Um, why not? Thank you. 758 01:04:07,511 --> 01:04:09,678 Stephen? No. 759 01:04:28,114 --> 01:04:31,617 Stephen, Jane was telling me that you have a beautiful, uh, theorem. 760 01:04:34,037 --> 01:04:35,287 Um... 761 01:04:36,039 --> 01:04:38,499 That proves that the universe, um, 762 01:04:38,583 --> 01:04:40,459 had a beginning. Is that it? 763 01:04:43,296 --> 01:04:46,840 That was my PhD thesis. 764 01:04:49,135 --> 01:04:53,430 My new project disproves it. 765 01:04:54,307 --> 01:04:56,767 Uh, disproves it? Oh. Yes. 766 01:04:57,978 --> 01:05:01,730 Um, so then you no longer believe in the creation? 767 01:05:02,107 --> 01:05:08,279 What one believes is irrelevant in physics. 768 01:05:08,822 --> 01:05:10,239 "Irrelevant in physics." 769 01:05:10,532 --> 01:05:12,324 Oh. 770 01:05:13,076 --> 01:05:14,159 I see. 771 01:05:14,828 --> 01:05:16,620 Stephen's done a U-turn. 772 01:05:16,705 --> 01:05:20,207 The big new idea is that the universe has no boundaries at all. 773 01:05:20,875 --> 01:05:23,043 No boundaries, no beginning. 774 01:05:23,128 --> 01:05:25,129 And no God. Oh. 775 01:05:26,214 --> 01:05:29,300 Oh, I see. I... I thought that, um, 776 01:05:29,384 --> 01:05:33,387 you'd proved the universe had a beginning and thus a need for a creator. 777 01:05:34,514 --> 01:05:36,015 My mistake. 778 01:05:36,433 --> 01:05:39,143 No, mine. 779 01:05:42,397 --> 01:05:43,897 Stephen is looking for a single theory 780 01:05:43,982 --> 01:05:46,525 that explains all the forces in the universe. 781 01:05:47,527 --> 01:05:49,570 Therefore, God must die. 782 01:05:49,779 --> 01:05:52,156 Oh, uh, why must God die? I don't see. 783 01:05:53,158 --> 01:05:55,784 The two great pillars of physics 784 01:05:56,244 --> 01:05:58,454 are quantum theory, 785 01:05:58,747 --> 01:06:02,875 the laws that govern the very small particles, electrons and so on, 786 01:06:03,460 --> 01:06:05,878 and general relativity. 787 01:06:06,212 --> 01:06:07,671 Ah, yes, Einstein. 788 01:06:08,173 --> 01:06:09,256 Einstein's theory, the laws that govern 789 01:06:09,341 --> 01:06:11,133 the very large planets and such. 790 01:06:11,217 --> 01:06:14,303 But quantum and relativity... 791 01:06:14,387 --> 01:06:16,388 Don't tell me. They're different? 792 01:06:16,931 --> 01:06:19,558 They don't remotely play by the same rules. 793 01:06:20,393 --> 01:06:24,104 If the world were all potatoes, then, easy. 794 01:06:24,189 --> 01:06:26,899 You could trace a precise beginning 795 01:06:26,983 --> 01:06:28,734 as Stephen once did. 796 01:06:29,235 --> 01:06:31,070 A moment of creation. 797 01:06:31,946 --> 01:06:34,531 Hallelujah. God lives. 798 01:06:35,283 --> 01:06:36,742 If you incorporate peas into the menu, 799 01:06:36,868 --> 01:06:38,410 well, then it all goes a little... 800 01:06:38,787 --> 01:06:40,954 Tits up. Oh. 801 01:06:41,039 --> 01:06:43,123 Yes. Haywire. 802 01:06:43,208 --> 01:06:45,417 It just all becomes a godless mess. Oh, dear. 803 01:06:46,211 --> 01:06:48,087 Einstein hated peas. 804 01:06:48,880 --> 01:06:53,509 Quantum theory. He said, "God doesn't play dice with the universe." 805 01:06:54,135 --> 01:06:57,429 Seems he not only plays dice, 806 01:06:58,264 --> 01:07:02,935 but he throws them where we can't find them. 807 01:07:03,436 --> 01:07:06,647 God is back on the endangered species list. 808 01:07:07,232 --> 01:07:10,025 Well, I expect he'll cope. 809 01:07:10,110 --> 01:07:13,821 And physics is back in business. 810 01:07:13,905 --> 01:07:15,072 Yes. 811 01:07:16,783 --> 01:07:18,992 Physics is back in business. 812 01:07:30,255 --> 01:07:32,548 I was, uh, married, actually. 813 01:07:33,842 --> 01:07:36,552 Um... But, sadly, she passed. 814 01:07:38,888 --> 01:07:40,514 Almost a year ago now. 815 01:07:43,143 --> 01:07:44,810 It was, uh, leukemia. 816 01:07:47,313 --> 01:07:50,065 Um, she fought it and I nursed her. 817 01:07:51,484 --> 01:07:53,444 But, uh, in the end... 818 01:07:53,528 --> 01:07:55,154 Um... 819 01:07:58,783 --> 01:08:00,743 I do get quite lonely. 820 01:08:00,827 --> 01:08:04,079 The, uh, tyranny of the empty room 821 01:08:05,165 --> 01:08:06,498 and all that. 822 01:08:07,959 --> 01:08:11,545 But music is my salvation. Teaching and playing. 823 01:08:11,629 --> 01:08:14,631 Not really as a career, but I'm not very ambitious. 824 01:08:14,716 --> 01:08:16,425 Though that's not... 825 01:08:22,515 --> 01:08:24,808 Is that a sin? I don't know. 826 01:08:26,728 --> 01:08:29,229 Wrong man to ask. 827 01:08:35,195 --> 01:08:36,987 Thank you so much for having me. 828 01:08:37,071 --> 01:08:39,823 Thank you for coming. It was really, really wonderful. 829 01:08:40,700 --> 01:08:43,285 If there's anything I can do to be of service, 830 01:08:43,369 --> 01:08:44,411 um, to you, 831 01:08:44,496 --> 01:08:46,830 to the family, I mean, I would 832 01:08:46,915 --> 01:08:48,624 consider it a privilege. 833 01:08:49,000 --> 01:08:52,294 I have no children or commitments, so... 834 01:08:53,296 --> 01:08:56,548 I only mean that if I could be of help, 835 01:08:57,091 --> 01:08:59,051 I believe I might find a purpose that would 836 01:08:59,135 --> 01:09:01,804 help alleviate my own, um, situation. 837 01:09:04,057 --> 01:09:05,057 Good night. 838 01:09:06,142 --> 01:09:07,309 Night. 839 01:09:43,304 --> 01:09:45,639 I understand 840 01:09:48,101 --> 01:09:50,352 if you need help. 841 01:09:53,898 --> 01:09:59,111 If someone is prepared to offer it, 842 01:10:03,241 --> 01:10:05,534 I won't object. 843 01:10:48,786 --> 01:10:49,953 Chilly? 844 01:10:50,038 --> 01:10:51,705 Yeah, it's very bracing. 845 01:11:23,863 --> 01:11:25,364 Come on. Ready? 846 01:11:25,448 --> 01:11:27,074 Yeah. All right. 847 01:11:29,661 --> 01:11:31,995 17, 18... 848 01:11:39,837 --> 01:11:42,464 There we go. Right. I'm going to put the kettle on. 849 01:12:31,097 --> 01:12:34,057 Calls you one and calls you all 850 01:12:34,142 --> 01:12:37,936 To gain his everlasting hall 851 01:12:38,021 --> 01:12:41,356 Christ was born to save 852 01:12:41,441 --> 01:12:44,192 Christ was born to save 853 01:12:44,277 --> 01:12:46,319 - Great, lovely, okay. - We can go. 854 01:12:47,655 --> 01:12:49,239 Just gone 7:45. 855 01:12:49,657 --> 01:12:52,993 Um, could you all leave your copies? Goodbye. 856 01:12:59,584 --> 01:13:01,001 There's something I need to tell you. 857 01:13:02,336 --> 01:13:03,462 What? 858 01:13:04,338 --> 01:13:05,714 I'm pregnant. 859 01:13:08,676 --> 01:13:11,428 Gosh, I, um, assumed that you and Stephen, um... 860 01:13:13,139 --> 01:13:15,307 Well, that's really wonderful. 861 01:13:16,184 --> 01:13:18,477 It is. Yes, wonderful. 862 01:13:19,479 --> 01:13:21,480 Congratulations, Jane. 863 01:13:22,565 --> 01:13:23,774 Thank you. 864 01:13:39,290 --> 01:13:40,582 Everyone say, "Cheese." Ready? 865 01:13:40,666 --> 01:13:42,751 On the count of three. One, two, three. 866 01:13:42,835 --> 01:13:44,503 Cheese! 867 01:13:46,255 --> 01:13:47,339 Cheese. 868 01:13:51,636 --> 01:13:53,845 Is that your brother? On his bike? 869 01:13:57,809 --> 01:13:59,684 Mummy! Just coming. 870 01:13:59,769 --> 01:14:02,521 Oh, come on, sweetie. Come on... 871 01:14:09,403 --> 01:14:11,363 Now, you know 872 01:14:11,447 --> 01:14:15,784 I've always been supportive of your choice not to have home help, 873 01:14:15,868 --> 01:14:18,912 but we need to find a permanent solution. 874 01:14:19,497 --> 01:14:21,790 This, uh, situation cannot continue. 875 01:14:21,874 --> 01:14:26,920 You need to have a proper live-in nurse immediately. 876 01:14:27,463 --> 01:14:29,089 We have help. 877 01:14:29,882 --> 01:14:33,218 Look, you know what I'm talking about. 878 01:14:33,469 --> 01:14:36,721 We can't afford a live-in nurse. 879 01:14:37,140 --> 01:14:38,557 Stephen, you need to find a way 880 01:14:39,225 --> 01:14:40,725 for your family's sake. 881 01:14:41,144 --> 01:14:42,727 You're world-famous. 882 01:14:43,187 --> 01:14:46,898 For black holes, not for rock concerts. 883 01:14:47,733 --> 01:14:49,734 Stephen, this isn't funny. 884 01:14:50,570 --> 01:14:52,362 I believe it's urgent. 885 01:15:13,759 --> 01:15:15,969 We do have a right to know. 886 01:15:16,053 --> 01:15:18,138 We have a right to know, Jane. 887 01:15:21,392 --> 01:15:22,726 Know what? 888 01:15:24,103 --> 01:15:26,229 Whose child Timothy is. 889 01:15:26,314 --> 01:15:28,690 Stephen's or Jonathan's. 890 01:15:31,444 --> 01:15:33,403 That's what you think of me. 891 01:15:35,281 --> 01:15:38,825 There's no way that Timothy could have any other father than Stephen. 892 01:15:38,910 --> 01:15:40,035 None. 893 01:15:50,922 --> 01:15:52,214 Jonathan. 894 01:15:52,298 --> 01:15:54,049 Please don't go. I have to go. 895 01:15:54,133 --> 01:15:55,759 Come on. Everyone is talking... 896 01:15:55,843 --> 01:15:57,385 So, what does it matter? 897 01:15:57,470 --> 01:15:59,221 It's difficult for me because I'm just trying to help. 898 01:15:59,305 --> 01:16:01,765 I know you're trying to help, and your help is valued. 899 01:16:01,849 --> 01:16:04,601 The best thing for me right now is... I think maybe if 900 01:16:04,685 --> 01:16:06,436 I just step back for now. 901 01:16:06,520 --> 01:16:08,480 Please, Jonathan. We need you. 902 01:16:08,564 --> 01:16:11,024 The children need you, and I need you, and Stephen needs you. 903 01:16:11,108 --> 01:16:13,151 Jonathan. There's other things as well. 904 01:16:13,569 --> 01:16:14,903 Jane, I... 905 01:16:17,490 --> 01:16:18,990 I have feelings for you. 906 01:16:23,579 --> 01:16:26,164 And I have feelings for you, too. 907 01:16:31,379 --> 01:16:32,712 Thank you, Jane. 908 01:17:21,679 --> 01:17:25,932 I've been invited to the Bordeaux Opera. 909 01:17:26,809 --> 01:17:28,059 Invited where? 910 01:17:29,061 --> 01:17:30,353 Bordeaux. 911 01:17:32,356 --> 01:17:33,815 To Bordeaux? Mmm. 912 01:17:34,984 --> 01:17:36,651 Wagner. 913 01:17:37,028 --> 01:17:39,362 The students can take me. 914 01:17:39,989 --> 01:17:42,532 I know you hate flying. 915 01:17:44,076 --> 01:17:45,785 I do hate to fly. 916 01:17:46,454 --> 01:17:48,580 Bring the car. 917 01:17:49,123 --> 01:17:52,083 Meet me in Bordeaux. 918 01:17:54,462 --> 01:17:57,464 Take the children camping. 919 01:18:00,343 --> 01:18:02,635 It'll be too difficult to manage, Stephen. 920 01:18:09,226 --> 01:18:12,270 Bring Jonathan. 921 01:18:17,777 --> 01:18:20,070 I doubt he would be willing. 922 01:18:37,421 --> 01:18:38,880 Hello, Stephen. 923 01:18:55,314 --> 01:18:56,773 Is this okay? 924 01:18:57,149 --> 01:18:58,483 Well... 925 01:18:59,485 --> 01:19:00,860 I won't tell if you won't. 926 01:19:14,500 --> 01:19:16,209 Just bearing in mind you have to drive. 927 01:19:32,685 --> 01:19:35,145 Jane needs help. 928 01:19:49,702 --> 01:19:51,744 Sarah, you won't forget a vitamin B injection... Yes? 929 01:19:51,829 --> 01:19:53,079 ...as soon as you land. No. Of course. 930 01:19:53,164 --> 01:19:54,622 And you'll call me when you get to the hotel? I will. 931 01:19:54,707 --> 01:19:56,249 Yes? Promise? Good. Yes. 932 01:19:57,877 --> 01:19:59,252 Stephen. 933 01:20:01,672 --> 01:20:03,256 Mum will take the baby. 934 01:20:04,049 --> 01:20:07,010 She'll be here any minute. See you in Bordeaux. 935 01:20:08,262 --> 01:20:09,471 And be good. 936 01:20:33,871 --> 01:20:35,246 Are they asleep? 937 01:20:35,331 --> 01:20:36,539 Yeah. 938 01:20:52,097 --> 01:20:54,849 Okay. It's okay. I'm all right. Where are the children? 939 01:21:08,155 --> 01:21:10,281 I think we've done rather well. Mmm. 940 01:21:10,991 --> 01:21:12,617 Right. Children? 941 01:21:12,701 --> 01:21:14,285 Get your sleeping bags. 942 01:21:16,622 --> 01:21:17,872 Thank you. 943 01:21:30,344 --> 01:21:31,803 Thank you. Thanks. 944 01:22:37,786 --> 01:22:38,995 Jonathan? 945 01:23:08,067 --> 01:23:09,359 Shh! 946 01:23:13,906 --> 01:23:14,947 Oh, God! 947 01:23:17,451 --> 01:23:18,826 Excuse me, sorry. 948 01:23:52,319 --> 01:23:54,153 Jonathan? 949 01:23:54,238 --> 01:23:55,988 Jonathan. 950 01:23:56,073 --> 01:23:58,032 Stephen's been taken ill. 951 01:23:58,117 --> 01:23:59,450 He's in hospital and 952 01:23:59,535 --> 01:24:01,953 he, uh... He's in a coma. Stephen's been taken ill? 953 01:24:56,842 --> 01:24:58,468 What are you talking about? 954 01:25:02,014 --> 01:25:03,681 This way would be a painless end. 955 01:25:04,141 --> 01:25:06,350 If we try to bring him round from the anesthetic, 956 01:25:07,019 --> 01:25:09,061 it's not sure he will survive resuscitation. 957 01:25:10,898 --> 01:25:13,107 You have to bring him round from the anesthetic. 958 01:25:14,818 --> 01:25:16,861 Are you sure it's what you want? 959 01:25:18,280 --> 01:25:21,032 The only way of weaning him off the ventilator 960 01:25:21,116 --> 01:25:22,950 will be to give him a tracheotomy. 961 01:25:23,744 --> 01:25:26,954 A hole in the neck, bypassing the throat. 962 01:25:28,957 --> 01:25:30,666 He will never speak again. 963 01:25:35,506 --> 01:25:37,048 There's no question. 964 01:25:38,717 --> 01:25:40,468 Stephen must live. 965 01:25:40,552 --> 01:25:42,887 I will see he gets everything he needs. 966 01:25:43,847 --> 01:25:46,224 I will have him transferred back to Cambridge. 967 01:25:49,561 --> 01:25:51,395 He may not survive the journey. 968 01:25:52,564 --> 01:25:54,023 Yes, he will. 969 01:26:02,157 --> 01:26:03,157 I know. 970 01:26:05,661 --> 01:26:06,661 I'll 971 01:26:08,080 --> 01:26:09,121 step back. 972 01:26:13,043 --> 01:26:14,502 Did you get everything in the car? 973 01:26:14,586 --> 01:26:17,255 His chair and his equipment and everything? 974 01:26:38,610 --> 01:26:39,610 Goodbye. 975 01:28:15,874 --> 01:28:16,874 Stephen? 976 01:28:36,478 --> 01:28:38,229 This is a spelling board. 977 01:28:41,066 --> 01:28:43,776 Firstly, you tell me what letter you want 978 01:28:43,860 --> 01:28:46,696 by blinking when I say the color of the group 979 01:28:46,780 --> 01:28:48,322 that contains the letter. 980 01:28:50,993 --> 01:28:52,618 Once I know the group, you can choose 981 01:28:52,703 --> 01:28:54,453 the character inside that group 982 01:28:55,080 --> 01:28:56,247 by blinking again when I say 983 01:28:56,331 --> 01:28:58,499 the color of each letter within that group. 984 01:29:01,545 --> 01:29:02,545 Apparently. 985 01:29:04,339 --> 01:29:05,423 Let's just try. 986 01:29:10,512 --> 01:29:11,512 Green. 987 01:29:15,058 --> 01:29:16,058 Blue. 988 01:29:18,770 --> 01:29:19,770 Pink. 989 01:29:22,983 --> 01:29:23,983 Black. 990 01:29:26,111 --> 01:29:27,111 Red. 991 01:29:31,116 --> 01:29:32,450 Blink to choose the color of the group 992 01:29:32,534 --> 01:29:34,201 of the letter you want, Stephen. 993 01:29:46,173 --> 01:29:47,173 Green. 994 01:29:50,135 --> 01:29:51,135 Blue. 995 01:29:55,474 --> 01:29:56,474 Pink. 996 01:30:02,814 --> 01:30:03,814 Black. 997 01:30:08,987 --> 01:30:09,987 Red. 998 01:30:40,727 --> 01:30:42,520 - Hello. - Hello, Elaine. 999 01:30:42,771 --> 01:30:44,939 Shall I take your coat? Okay. 1000 01:30:45,023 --> 01:30:46,148 Thank you, Jane. 1001 01:30:53,323 --> 01:30:54,907 Just wait here. Great. 1002 01:31:02,749 --> 01:31:03,749 She's here. 1003 01:31:04,376 --> 01:31:05,960 She comes highly recommended. 1004 01:31:09,047 --> 01:31:10,548 Promise not to eat her alive. 1005 01:31:13,343 --> 01:31:14,343 Okay? 1006 01:31:26,356 --> 01:31:27,356 Here we are. 1007 01:31:29,985 --> 01:31:31,986 Elaine, Stephen. 1008 01:31:33,488 --> 01:31:34,572 Stephen, Elaine. 1009 01:31:34,906 --> 01:31:36,532 Lovely to meet you, Professor. 1010 01:31:38,577 --> 01:31:40,619 Now, you should have everything you need. 1011 01:31:40,954 --> 01:31:43,455 But if there's anything else, I'll be just next door. 1012 01:31:44,207 --> 01:31:45,207 Great. 1013 01:31:45,750 --> 01:31:47,585 I think we'll get straight to work. 1014 01:31:48,003 --> 01:31:49,086 Thank you, Jane. 1015 01:31:49,462 --> 01:31:51,881 Oh, if you could close the doors. Of course. 1016 01:31:58,638 --> 01:32:00,264 We'll get started, then. 1017 01:32:02,434 --> 01:32:03,434 Okay. 1018 01:32:12,652 --> 01:32:13,652 Red. 1019 01:32:16,573 --> 01:32:17,573 Yellow. 1020 01:32:18,742 --> 01:32:19,742 T. 1021 01:32:23,246 --> 01:32:24,246 Green. 1022 01:32:25,123 --> 01:32:26,123 Black. 1023 01:32:27,209 --> 01:32:28,209 E. 1024 01:32:29,044 --> 01:32:30,628 Green, green. 1025 01:32:31,004 --> 01:32:32,004 A. 1026 01:32:32,380 --> 01:32:33,380 Tea. 1027 01:32:34,758 --> 01:32:35,966 You want a cup of tea. 1028 01:32:39,387 --> 01:32:40,387 Okay. 1029 01:32:44,643 --> 01:32:45,684 Any preference? 1030 01:32:49,481 --> 01:32:51,815 You've memorized the board, I know you have. 1031 01:32:54,152 --> 01:32:55,444 I haven't got all day. 1032 01:32:58,365 --> 01:33:00,199 Green, green. 1033 01:33:01,117 --> 01:33:02,243 Green, yellow. 1034 01:33:02,953 --> 01:33:03,953 Yellow. 1035 01:33:04,204 --> 01:33:05,204 B. 1036 01:33:06,414 --> 01:33:08,415 Green, blue, pink, black, red. 1037 01:33:09,459 --> 01:33:10,459 Red. 1038 01:33:11,044 --> 01:33:12,920 Green, yellow, blue, blue. 1039 01:33:13,546 --> 01:33:14,546 U. 1040 01:33:14,631 --> 01:33:16,507 So, B, U. Oh. 1041 01:33:17,509 --> 01:33:18,884 Builder's tea, right? 1042 01:33:27,852 --> 01:33:29,270 So, how did you get on? 1043 01:33:29,854 --> 01:33:30,854 You know... 1044 01:33:31,022 --> 01:33:33,691 I think he's the most brilliant man I've ever met. 1045 01:33:34,192 --> 01:33:35,317 You're very lucky. 1046 01:33:35,402 --> 01:33:36,402 Thank you. 1047 01:33:36,861 --> 01:33:38,737 You must worship the ground beneath... 1048 01:33:38,822 --> 01:33:39,822 His wheels? 1049 01:33:41,366 --> 01:33:42,866 And he's the perfect patient. 1050 01:33:43,118 --> 01:33:44,285 He's so funny! 1051 01:33:44,619 --> 01:33:45,786 When you read about him... 1052 01:33:45,870 --> 01:33:48,038 Let's see how you get on, shall we, Elaine? 1053 01:33:50,125 --> 01:33:51,792 That's tightened up. 1054 01:33:52,794 --> 01:33:55,629 As you can see, it's height-adjustable 1055 01:33:55,797 --> 01:33:58,841 and we can change the angle to whatever Steve wants it at. 1056 01:33:59,175 --> 01:34:00,217 You know, it's cutting-edge. 1057 01:34:00,302 --> 01:34:01,385 So, how does it work? 1058 01:34:01,469 --> 01:34:03,595 It uses a very simple interface 1059 01:34:03,680 --> 01:34:05,222 that scans through the alphabet, 1060 01:34:05,307 --> 01:34:07,391 selects each letter one at a time. 1061 01:34:07,475 --> 01:34:10,019 I mean, using this technique, the Professor can expect 1062 01:34:10,103 --> 01:34:12,104 to write about four words per minute. 1063 01:34:12,605 --> 01:34:14,189 Good. Better than one a minute. 1064 01:34:14,274 --> 01:34:16,150 Yes, and what I've done 1065 01:34:16,234 --> 01:34:19,445 is taken the components from a telephone answering system, actually, 1066 01:34:19,529 --> 01:34:20,821 to convert the written text 1067 01:34:20,905 --> 01:34:22,114 into synthesized speech. 1068 01:34:22,198 --> 01:34:24,450 I mean, the voice sounds a little bit robotic, 1069 01:34:24,534 --> 01:34:26,910 but, um, shall we give it a try? 1070 01:34:27,329 --> 01:34:28,746 Great. Here's the clicker. 1071 01:34:33,168 --> 01:34:34,251 Right hand? 1072 01:34:41,092 --> 01:34:42,551 There you go. 1073 01:34:44,054 --> 01:34:46,805 Welcome to the future. 1074 01:34:57,025 --> 01:34:58,025 It's American. 1075 01:34:59,069 --> 01:35:00,152 Is that a problem? 1076 01:35:00,737 --> 01:35:03,989 Oh, my goodness. Well, is there another voice? 1077 01:35:05,742 --> 01:35:07,785 That's the only one they have at the moment. 1078 01:35:07,869 --> 01:35:08,994 I think it's great. 1079 01:35:53,832 --> 01:35:57,167 Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. 1080 01:36:01,172 --> 01:36:03,507 Exterminate. 1081 01:36:04,551 --> 01:36:06,176 Exterminate. 1082 01:36:08,388 --> 01:36:09,555 Exterminate. 1083 01:36:18,523 --> 01:36:19,940 I will write a book. 1084 01:36:22,610 --> 01:36:23,610 About what? 1085 01:36:31,661 --> 01:36:32,661 Time. 1086 01:36:43,089 --> 01:36:45,007 What is the nature of time? 1087 01:36:46,217 --> 01:36:48,135 Will it ever come to an end? 1088 01:36:53,224 --> 01:36:56,727 Someday, these answers may seem as obvious to us 1089 01:36:56,853 --> 01:36:59,062 as the Earth orbiting the sun, 1090 01:37:00,440 --> 01:37:04,067 or perhaps as ridiculous as a tower of tortoises. 1091 01:37:07,572 --> 01:37:10,282 Only time, whatever that may be, 1092 01:37:10,783 --> 01:37:11,783 will tell. 1093 01:37:34,933 --> 01:37:35,933 Professor? 1094 01:37:47,695 --> 01:37:48,987 It is for a friend. 1095 01:37:49,614 --> 01:37:50,781 Of course it is. 1096 01:37:51,449 --> 01:37:52,950 That's what they all say. 1097 01:37:54,744 --> 01:37:57,579 You don't have to be embarrassed in front of me, Professor. 1098 01:37:58,122 --> 01:37:59,706 I know what men are like. 1099 01:38:01,626 --> 01:38:02,876 Shall we take a look? 1100 01:38:04,754 --> 01:38:05,754 There you go. 1101 01:38:18,685 --> 01:38:20,185 Oh! I'm sorry. 1102 01:38:31,030 --> 01:38:32,030 Next one? 1103 01:38:38,413 --> 01:38:39,413 What? 1104 01:39:21,623 --> 01:39:26,209 So I said, "I have long been looking for a model of the universe. 1105 01:39:28,212 --> 01:39:30,881 "I finally found her." 1106 01:39:32,925 --> 01:39:34,051 I bet you did. 1107 01:39:41,601 --> 01:39:44,478 Stephen, I need to steal you. The contract's arrived. 1108 01:39:45,021 --> 01:39:47,230 Could you just give us a minute, please, Jane? 1109 01:39:59,327 --> 01:40:00,327 There we go. 1110 01:40:09,128 --> 01:40:10,128 Like new. 1111 01:40:39,951 --> 01:40:40,951 "Who are we? 1112 01:40:42,578 --> 01:40:43,704 "Why are we here? 1113 01:40:44,288 --> 01:40:45,539 "If we ever learn this, 1114 01:40:45,623 --> 01:40:48,208 "it will be the ultimate triumph of human reason, 1115 01:40:48,626 --> 01:40:50,711 "for then we would know the mind of God." 1116 01:40:52,922 --> 01:40:53,964 Do you mean this? 1117 01:40:55,133 --> 01:40:56,133 Yes. 1118 01:40:58,803 --> 01:40:59,761 Of course. 1119 01:40:59,846 --> 01:41:01,346 So, you're acknowledging him? 1120 01:41:07,395 --> 01:41:08,395 However... 1121 01:41:12,108 --> 01:41:13,191 "However" what? 1122 01:41:20,616 --> 01:41:23,201 Are you actually going to let me have this moment? 1123 01:41:28,916 --> 01:41:30,125 You are welcome. 1124 01:42:10,041 --> 01:42:13,502 I have asked Elaine to travel with me to America. 1125 01:42:16,881 --> 01:42:18,799 She will look after me. 1126 01:42:33,022 --> 01:42:34,022 Will she? 1127 01:42:38,319 --> 01:42:39,319 Yes. 1128 01:42:46,160 --> 01:42:48,787 You always used to tell me when an invitation came in. 1129 01:42:51,833 --> 01:42:54,584 Another award. What can you do? 1130 01:43:06,013 --> 01:43:07,264 I am sorry. 1131 01:43:17,483 --> 01:43:18,900 How many years? 1132 01:43:25,992 --> 01:43:27,200 They said two. 1133 01:43:30,580 --> 01:43:31,955 You've had so many. 1134 01:44:00,234 --> 01:44:02,152 Everything will be okay. 1135 01:44:21,088 --> 01:44:22,505 I have loved you. 1136 01:44:32,850 --> 01:44:34,351 I did my best. 1137 01:45:13,182 --> 01:45:14,182 Careful. 1138 01:45:15,559 --> 01:45:16,893 That... That's staying. 1139 01:45:17,144 --> 01:45:18,144 All right. 1140 01:46:04,275 --> 01:46:05,275 Bye, Jonathan. 1141 01:47:34,615 --> 01:47:36,407 Professor, I love your book! 1142 01:47:43,833 --> 01:47:44,833 Thank you. 1143 01:47:47,378 --> 01:47:50,046 I first met the Professor 1144 01:47:51,715 --> 01:47:53,216 in 1963. 1145 01:47:54,051 --> 01:47:55,468 Now there you are. Time! 1146 01:47:55,761 --> 01:47:56,845 Where does it go? 1147 01:47:58,055 --> 01:48:00,306 It has been one of the great joys 1148 01:48:00,391 --> 01:48:05,145 of my life to watch this man defy every expectation, 1149 01:48:05,229 --> 01:48:08,189 both scientific and personal. 1150 01:48:09,066 --> 01:48:13,111 Please welcome onto the stage my esteemed colleague, 1151 01:48:14,155 --> 01:48:16,948 my dear friend, Professor Hawking. 1152 01:48:34,341 --> 01:48:35,592 Thank you. Could we please have 1153 01:48:35,676 --> 01:48:38,636 the first pre-selected question? Thank you. 1154 01:48:45,102 --> 01:48:46,436 Can you hear me? 1155 01:48:50,399 --> 01:48:52,275 Now you are recognized everywhere. 1156 01:48:53,277 --> 01:48:55,236 How do you deal with all the attention? 1157 01:48:55,779 --> 01:48:59,282 I was stopped recently by a tourist in Cambridge, 1158 01:48:59,658 --> 01:49:02,285 who asked if I was the real Stephen Hawking. 1159 01:49:03,454 --> 01:49:07,790 I replied I was not and said the real one was much better looking. 1160 01:49:11,212 --> 01:49:14,297 In 1979, you talked about the possibility 1161 01:49:14,381 --> 01:49:17,884 of a theory of everything being discovered before the end of the century. 1162 01:49:19,637 --> 01:49:22,013 I now predict that I was wrong. 1163 01:49:26,977 --> 01:49:27,977 Professor Hawking, 1164 01:49:28,145 --> 01:49:30,730 you have said you do not believe in God. 1165 01:49:32,733 --> 01:49:35,568 Do you have a philosophy of life that helps you? 1166 01:50:38,757 --> 01:50:41,134 You have said you do not believe in God. 1167 01:50:43,262 --> 01:50:45,638 Do you have a philosophy of life that helps you? 1168 01:51:09,121 --> 01:51:12,874 It is clear that we are just an advanced breed of primates 1169 01:51:13,125 --> 01:51:17,253 on a minor planet orbiting around a very average star 1170 01:51:17,546 --> 01:51:22,258 in the outer suburb of one among 100 billion galaxies. 1171 01:51:24,094 --> 01:51:25,094 But, 1172 01:51:25,763 --> 01:51:28,181 ever since the dawn of civilization, 1173 01:51:28,599 --> 01:51:31,059 people have craved for an understanding 1174 01:51:31,143 --> 01:51:33,394 of the underlying order of the world. 1175 01:51:35,189 --> 01:51:37,857 There ought to be something very special 1176 01:51:37,941 --> 01:51:41,069 about the boundary conditions of the universe. 1177 01:51:42,237 --> 01:51:45,948 And what can be more special than that there is no boundary... 1178 01:51:48,786 --> 01:51:52,163 And there should be no boundary to human endeavor. 1179 01:51:54,333 --> 01:51:55,917 We are all different. 1180 01:51:56,794 --> 01:51:58,753 However bad life may seem, 1181 01:51:59,046 --> 01:52:02,465 there is always something you can do and succeed at. 1182 01:52:04,093 --> 01:52:07,053 While there is life, there is hope. 1183 01:52:28,367 --> 01:52:29,367 That came. 1184 01:52:39,920 --> 01:52:41,045 It's from Stephen. 1185 01:52:48,303 --> 01:52:49,303 Gosh. 1186 01:53:09,199 --> 01:53:11,534 Your glasses are always dirty. 1187 01:53:29,470 --> 01:53:32,597 Professor and Mrs. Hawking, Her Majesty the Queen. 1188 01:54:03,337 --> 01:54:04,754 Congratulations... 1189 01:54:06,590 --> 01:54:09,050 My Companion of Honour. 1190 01:54:11,220 --> 01:54:13,429 Not bad for an old liberal socialist. 1191 01:54:15,641 --> 01:54:18,351 Don't worry, you can decline the knighthood. 1192 01:54:29,238 --> 01:54:31,155 Thank you, for today. 1193 01:54:32,616 --> 01:54:33,824 It was extraordinary. 1194 01:54:35,536 --> 01:54:38,120 It's all been rather extraordinary though, hasn't it? 1195 01:54:47,172 --> 01:54:48,422 What are you writing? 1196 01:55:00,811 --> 01:55:03,980 Look what we made.