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Last Chance to See

Nature · 2009

Last aired: S1 E6, Blue Whale · 2009-10-18

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.

Cast

Stephen Fry Stephen Fry

Mark Carwardine Mark Carwardine

Season 1

E1 Amazonian Manatee 2009-09-06 · 60 min Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine search for animals on the edge of extinction. They discover how the Amazonian manatee, a freshwater mammal, has survived.

E2 Northern White Rhino 2009-09-13 · 60 min Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine search for animals on the edge of extinction. Are there any northern white rhinos still alive in the wild?

E3 Aye-Aye 2009-09-20 · 60 min Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine search for animals on the edge of extinction. In Madagascar, Mark and Stephen search for the aye-aye, a peculiar lemur.

E4 Komodo Dragon 2009-09-27 · 60 min Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine search for animals on the edge of extinction. While tracking the Komodo dragon, the travellers release turtles into the wild.

E5 Kakapo 2009-10-04 · 60 min Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine are in New Zealand, searching for animals close to extinction. They look for the last remaining kakapo, a fat, flightless parrot.

E6 Blue Whale 2009-10-18 · 60 min Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine have a close encounter with grey whales, and meet the deadly Humboldt squid in a search for the mighty blue whale.

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