Last Chance to See
8.2
2009
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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- Cast:
- Stephen Fry
Episode 6 : Blue Whale
October. 18,2009
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 creature that has ever lived.
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Episode 5 : Kakapo
October. 04,2009
In New Zealand Stephen and Mark look for the last kakapo, a fat, flightless parrot.
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Episode 4 : Komodo Dragon
September. 27,2009
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 lows of the trip.
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Episode 3 : Aye-Aye
September. 20,2009
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, brings death to those who encounter it.
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Episode 2 : Northern White Rhino
September. 13,2009
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? The news is not good but there is some hope in the remarkable project under way to save the black rhino in Kenya.
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