National Geographic premieres Genius, an Albert Einstein story

Fox 21 Television Studios brings to screen the extraordinary life story of Albert Einstein in Genius, which tells the story of how Albert became Einstein, exploring his achievements and personal relationships in a new 10-episode series story based on Walter Isaacson's book, “Einstein: His Life and Universe."

The series premieres on 23 April 2017 at 8.05pm on National Geographic, as a first-ever scripted series for the channel. The series is produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Gigi Pritzker and stars Geoffrey Rush as the scientist himself as well as Johnny Flynn as a young Einstein and Emily Watson as his second wife, and first cousin, Elsa Einstein.