On the big screen: The Theory of Everything

Director: James Marsh

Based on Jane Hawking’s memoir, ‘Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen’, this biopic traces the life and career of British astrophysicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking.

As a young man at school, it was already clear that Hawking had an exceptional mind.

Having won a scholarship to Oxford University, his future looked extremely bright.

Going on to Cambridge, he meets and falls in love with Jane Wilde, and the two become engaged.

Stephen begins to have health problems and discovers he has a debilitating motor neuron disease known as ALS.

Given two years to live, Jane insists they get married anyway and she becomes his full-time caregiver.