CinemaOSSeries · 2021– · 1 Season

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

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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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Status
Returning Series
Language
DE
First aired
September 4, 2021
Last aired
October 25, 2026
Seasons
1
Episodes
223
Network
ARTE

Season 1

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Written by
David Donschen
Thomas Kulik
Produced by
Alexander Lahl
Max Mönch

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