All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Can We Time Travel?

    • May 18, 2016
    • PBS

    Join Stephen Hawking as he 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.

  • S01E02 Are We Alone?

    • May 18, 2016
    • PBS

    Join Professor Stephen Hawking as he 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.

  • S01E03 Why Are We Here?

    • May 25, 2016
    • PBS

    Join Stephen Hawking as he sets 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.

  • S01E04 Where Did The Universe Come From?

    • May 25, 2016
    • PBS

    Join Stephen Hawking as he 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.

  • S01E05 What Are We?

    • June 1, 2016
    • PBS

    Join Stephen Hawking as he 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.

  • S01E06 Where Are We?

    • June 1, 2016
    • PBS

    Join renowned scientist Stephen Hawking as he 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?