C4 To Broadcast Stephen Hawking Documentary

The first autobiographical documentary about Professor Stephen Hawking is to be screened on Channel 4 after its release in UK and Ireland cinemas.

Titled Hawking, the biopic is an "intimate" look at the theoretical physicist's life, narrated by Hawking himself.

It also includes interviews with astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Hawking's sister, ex-wife, carers and students.

The film had its world premiere at the South By South West Festival this week.

"It's a story that most of us have been aware of over the years, and so one kind of forgets how extraordinary it is," said David Glover, Channel 4's senior commissioning editor.

Hawking, 71, is one of the world's most famous scientists and the film follows his journey from an underachieving schoolboy to a multi-million pound selling author.

It will explain how he learned to adapt to life after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease and given two years to live when he married his first wife, Jane, in 1964.

Interviewees include Jane and Hawking's sister Mary, as well as colleagues including Sir Roger Penrose, actors Jim Carrey and Benedict Cumberbatch, who played Hawking in a 2004 TV drama, and Sir Richard Branson.

Commissioned by Channel 4, the film is a co-production between the UK broadcaster and US network PBS.

March 15 2013 - waveguide.co.uk

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Last News Broadcast

Tonight's Six O'Clock News was the final BBC One news bulletin to be broadcast from Television Centre in West London.

From Monday, the news will be broadcast from New Broadcasting House in London's West End.

BBC News has been broadcast from Studio TC7 at Television Centre since 1965.

The last bulletin was presented by Sophie Raworth.

Tomasz Schaffernaker presented the last weather bulletin from Television Centre at just after 23:00.

March 15 2013 - waveguide.co.uk

Reader Comment

Won't the 10pm News on BBC1 be the last News programme from the Television Centre...not the 6pm one.

Alan Walker

The BBC said this evening it was the last. Tonight's bulletin is at 22:30.

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Norman Collier Dies

Norman Collier, the comedian best known for his faulty microphone routine, has died at the age of 87.

The Yorkshire comedian passed away on Thursday evening at a care home in Hull after having Parkinson's Disease for six years.

Collier was a star of the club circuit in the 60s, 70s and 80s, and the Hull-born comedian was also well known for his onstage chicken impressions.

He was also a contemporary of Little and Large, with whom he often worked and the northern funny man got his big break on the Royal Variety Show in 1971.

"It's kept me in good health, making people laugh. And it's kept them in good health too," he said in 2009.

March 15 2013 - waveguide.co.uk

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