Name: Last Chance to See
Released: 2009-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Stephen Fry, Mark Cawardine

TV Show · Documentary · Special Interest

A unique insight into the disappearing world around us Join Britain’s best-loved wit and raconteur, Stephen Fry, as he follows in his late friend Douglas Adams’ footsteps, with zoologist Mark Carwardine, in search of some of the rarest and most threatened animals on earth.

2009 · 59m

Starring Stephen Fry, Mark Cawardine

Director Tim Green, John-Paul Davidson

EPISODE 1

Amazonian Manatee

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 arm deep in the Amazon rainforest.
EPISODE 2

Northern White Rhino

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.
EPISODE 3

Aye-Aye

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.
EPISODE 4

Komodo Dragon

On a journey through Malaysia and Indonesia to track down the deadly Komodo dragon, the travellers help to release turtles into the wild and encounter one of the deadliest snakes on earth.
EPISODE 5

Kakapo

In New Zealand the travellers make their way through one of the most dramatic landscapes in the world. They are on a journey to find the last remaining kakapo, a fat, flightless parrot which, when threatened with attack, adopts a strategy of standing very still indeed.
EPISODE 6

Blue Whale

In a dramatic conclusion to the series, the travellers 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.