Season 1

Genius by Stephen HawkingSeason 1

2016
6 Episodes

Episodes

Can We Time Travel?
S01E01
10.0

Can We Time Travel?

Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to determine if time travel is possible. The fascinating journey of discovery features DeLoreans, atomic clocks, a giant black hole and a large swath of New York City.

18 May 201644m
Are We Alone?
S01E02

Are We Alone?

Professor Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to work out the likelihood of alien life out there in the universe. See why the team has their minds blown in a way they were never expecting.

18 May 201644m
Why Are We Here?
S01E03

Why Are We Here?

Stephen Hawking gives three ordinary people a truly mind-bending challenge: Can they work out why they exist at all? Hawking takes them down a rabbit hole of profound realizations, helping them think like philosophers as much as scientists.

25 May 201644m
Where Did the Universe Come From?
S01E04

Where Did the Universe Come From?

Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to work out where the universe came from. Hawking leads the trio on an extraordinary journey of discovery featuring racing cars, ice-skaters, balloons and running tracks.

25 May 201644m
What Are We?
S01E05

What Are We?

Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to find out what we really are. Self-assembling machines, light-up bacteria and the world's first physical demonstration of evolution in action conspire to revolutionize their view of life.

01 Jun 201644m
Where Are We?
S01E06
10.0

Where Are We?

Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to think like a genius. Can they measure the earth, the solar system and even the universe - and find our true place in the cosmos?

01 Jun 201644m