Classic Desert Island Discs: Stephen Hawking

Another chance to listen to the theoretical physicist speaking to Sue Lawley in 1992. Stephen Hawking wrote the best-selling A Brief History of Time and was the founder of the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge, where he was also the Emeritus Lucasian Professor. He talked to Sue Lawley about his life and work, and the illness which left him severely disabled, as well as selecting the eight discs he would choose to take to the mythical island.

Favourite track: Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Book: Middlemarch by George Eliot

Luxury: Crème brûlée