Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives

Synopsis

Documentary which follows Mark Oliver Everett, the lead singer of US rock band Eels, as he travels across America to learn about the father he never knew, quantum physicist Hugh Everett III.

Hugh died of a heart attack in his home in 1982, where his body was found by 19-year-old Mark. Even though they had lived in the same house, the two of them were alienated. Only by entering the paradoxical world of quantum mechanics can Mark hope to understand why he was such a stranger to his own father.

Credits

Actor

Mark Everett

Broadcasts

1. Mon 26 Nov 2007
   21:00
   BBC Four
2. Mon 26 Nov 2007
   23:40
   BBC Four
3. Tue 27 Nov 2007
   02:40
   BBC Four
4. Mon 3 Dec 2007
   00:00
   BBC Four
5. Tue 22 Jan 2008
   20:00
   BBC Four
6. Wed 23 Jan 2008
   02:40
   BBC Four
7. Mon 28 Jan 2008
   22:40
   BBC Four
8. Tue 29 Jan 2008
   03:10
   BBC Four
9. Sat 1 Mar 2008
   20:00
   BBC Two (Scotland only)
10. Wed 7 May 2008
    23:20
    BBC Two (except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland (Analogue))
11. Mon 17 Nov 2008
    23:10
    BBC Four