Stephen Hawking first appeared on the BBC in the 1977 documentary The Key to the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Creation | BBC Archive

Stephen Hawking receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. RIP. | C-SPAN

In collaboration with the Starmus festival here in Tenerife, I am pleased to announce the first recipients of the Stephen Hawking Medal, for Science Communication. In this special inaugural year of the awards, I have been invited to personally select the awardees. The winners have made outstanding contributions in the articulation and portrayal of science to the public, within the three categories of science, art, and film. The winners are. Professor Jim Al-Khalili, in the science category. For