42 – The Answer to Almost Everything (2021)

09/04/2021 (DE) • Documentary

Overview

What would we be without mucus? Can we live on water? How much does life weigh? Finding out the answers is the aim of ARTE's new science show. In a nod to Douglas Adams's "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", where the figure 42 is the ultimate answer to all questions, 42 tries to provide the answers.

42 – The Answer to Almost Everything (2021)

09/04/2021 (DE)

Documentary

Overview

What would we be without mucus? Can we live on water? How much does life weigh? Finding out the answers is the aim of ARTE's new science show. In a nod to Douglas Adams's "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", where the figure 42 is the ultimate answer to all questions, 42 tries to provide the answers.

Top Billed Cast

Nora Tschirner

Self - Narrator (voice)

163 Episodes

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Last Season

Season 3

2023 | 1 Episodes

Season 3 of 42 – The Answer to Almost Everything premiered on September 3, 2023.

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Status

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Type

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Original Language

French

Keywords

social documentary

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