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42 – The Answer to Almost Everything

Show Info

  • Status: Returning Series
  • First Aired: September 4, 2021
  • Seasons: 3
  • Episodes: 175
  • Networks: ARTE, ARTE
  • Genres: Documentary
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42 – The Answer to Almost Everything(2021)

TMDB Rating: 9.5 (4 votes)

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.

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Season 1

174 episodes • 2021Avg: 8.2Golden Era

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1Episode 1Sep 4, 20210.0
2Could We Live on the Moon?Sep 11, 20217.0
3Episode 3Sep 18, 20210.0
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9What if Fear Didn't Exist?Oct 30, 20210.0
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11Do We All hear the Same Thing?Nov 14, 20217.0
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22Will We Stop Flying?Feb 12, 20220.0
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Season 2

0 episodes • TBA

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Season 3

1 episodes • 2023

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