In this six part series Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine head to the ends of the Earth in search of animals on the edge of extinction, following the route Mark took 20 years ago with the author Douglas Adams.

Original radio programmes

Listen to the original Last Chance to See radio programmes with Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine, first broadcast in 1989.

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Episode 1: Amazonian Manatee

Stephen teams up with Douglas's co-conspirator, zoologist Mark Carwardine, to see how the species they ( Douglas Adams & Mark Carwardine) found first time around have fared. Heading the list is the Amazonian manatee, which could once be found in great herds but is now officially "vulnerable to extinction" with just a few thousand remaining – spread across a territory twice the size of Australia. The pair follow the stunning pink dolphin, said to be the key to finding the "ghosts of the Amazon" themselves.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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