Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives
Documentary which follows the singer of US rock band Eels, Mark Everett, as he travels across America to learn about the father he never knew, quantum physicist Hugh Everett III.
Documentary which tells the story of a rock star and a quantum mechanic. Mark Oliver Everett, better known as E, is the lead singer of cult US band the Eels. What most of his fans don't know is that Mark's father, Hugh Everett III, was one of America's top quantum physicists. In 1957, Hugh Everett came up with a revolutionary theory that predicts the existence of parallel universes. The idea quickly seeped into popular culture but only recently has it been accepted by mainstream physicists.
However, Mark was estranged from his father - Hugh died when Mark was just 19 - and knows little about his father's early life and virtually nothing about his controversial theory. With a soundtrack by the Eels, the film follows the wry and charismatic Mark as he travels across America to learn about the father he never knew. It is only by entering the paradoxical world of quantum mechanics that Mark can hope to understand why he was such a stranger to his own father.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Mark Everett |
Narrator | Annie Macmanus |
Executive Producer | Andrew Thompson |
Director | Louise Lockwood |
Broadcasts
- Mon 26 Nov 2007 21:00
- Mon 26 Nov 2007 23:40
- Tue 27 Nov 2007 02:40
- Mon 3 Dec 2007 00:00
- Tue 22 Jan 2008 20:00
- Wed 23 Jan 2008 02:40
- Mon 28 Jan 2008 22:40
- Tue 29 Jan 2008 03:10
- Sat 1 Mar 2008 20:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Scotland
- Wed 7 May 2008 23:20Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except East & Yorkshire
- Mon 17 Nov 2008 23:10
- Thu 24 Jun 2010 21:00
- Fri 25 Jun 2010 03:55
- Sat 26 Jun 2010 02:00
- Sun 11 Jul 2010 01:10