Last Chance to See
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Last Chance to See

7.0 / 10
2009
1 season
6 episodes
Documentary

A follow-up to the 1990 Radio 4 series in which the late Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine travelled around the world in search of endangered species. 20 years later Stephen Fry and Mark Carwardine go back to see what has become of the animals in two decades, and to discover what has affected their fortunes.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Amazonian Manatee

    06-09-200960m

    Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine set out to discover how the lugubrious Amazonian manatee, a freshwater mammal, has survived the last two decades, but Stephen breaks his a...

  • Ep 2

    2.Northern White Rhino

    13-09-200960m

    On a journey across Africa towards the war-torn Congo, the travellers encounter chimpanzees, gorillas and elephants, but are there any northern white rhinos still alive in the wild...

  • Ep 3

    3.Aye-Aye

    20-09-200960m

    In Madagascar the travellers encounter the biggest and the smallest lemurs on earth. But they are searching for the aye-aye, a peculiar lemur which, according to local legend, brin...

  • Ep 4

    4.Komodo Dragon

    27-09-200960m

    This week's program is ostensibly about Komodo dragons, but Stephen and Mark start their travels in Malaysian Borneo - and that's where they experienced their personal highs and lo...

  • Ep 5

    5.Kakapo

    04-10-200960m

    In New Zealand Stephen and Mark look for the last kakapo, a fat, flightless parrot.

  • Ep 6

    6.Blue Whale

    18-10-200960m

    In a dramatic conclusion to the series, the travelers have a close encounter with grey whales and meet the deadly Humboldt squid in a search for the mighty blue whale, the biggest...

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