Stephen Hawking set for ‘geekcom’ role in US sitcom The Big Bang Theory

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Professor Stephen Hawking, the eminent physicist who suffers from motor neurone disease, will appear in an episode of the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory next month. He will play himself in the so-called “geekcom,” which focuses on the lives of four socially awkward scientists and their actress neighbour, alongside the character of Sheldon Cooper played by Jim Parsons. Producers had asked the Brief History of Time author to appear on the show several times in the past, but he had been too ill to accept. The Big Bang Theory is the second most popular sitcom in the United States, after Two and a Half Men. Professor Hawking’s episode will air in America next month, and on Channel 4 on a date yet to be announced.
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