Benedict Cumberbatch

Stephen Hawking

Peter Firth

Sir Fred Hoyle

Tom Ward

Roger Penrose

Lisa Dillon

Jane Wilde

John Sessions

Dennis Sciama

Phoebe Nicholls

Isobel Hawking

Michael Brandon

Arno Penzias

Tom Hodgkins

Robert Wilson

Alice Eve

Martha Guthrie

Adam Godley

Frank Hawking

Matthew Marsh

Dr. John Holloway

Anastasia Hille

Nurse Susan McClean

Christian Rubeck

Reporter

Bertie Carvel

George Ellis

Carolina Giammetta

Lidia Sciama

Sebastian Armesto

Robert Silkin

Rohan Siva

Jayant Narlikar

Deirdre Costello

Barmaid

Linda Spurrier

Train Passenger

Anthony Howell

Hamlet

Che Cartwright

Guildenstern

Leon Ockenden

Rosencrantz

James Warrior

Cab Driver

David McKail

Frink

Rory Copus

Edgar

Philip McGinley

Chris

Charlie Beall

Hugh

Mark Wells

Cyclist

Philip Martin

Director

Jessica Pope

Producer

Laura Mackie

Executive Producer

John Lynch

Executive Producer

Grace Hartley

Associate Producer

Simon Bird

Associate Producer

Murray Gold

Original Music Composer

Julian Court

Director of Photography

Trevor Waite

Editor

Janey Fothergill

Casting

Donal Woods

Production Design

Cissy Cook

Art Direction

Joanna Eatwell

Costume Design

Alison Elliott

Makeup Designer

Faye De Bremaeker

Makeup Supervisor

Colin Cooper

Foley Mixer

Lee Crichlow

Sound Effects Editor

Rory Farnan

Dialogue Editor

Lee Walpole

Dialogue Editor

Peter Moffat

Writer