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Visited: October 2008Gorillas, lions, fruitbats and even black rhinos but do Stephen and Mark find the rare and elusive northern white rhino?

Visited: January 2008 Stephen and Mark find pink river dolphins, squirrel monkeys and more but do they find the enchanting Amazonian manatee?

Visited:1985 Douglas Adams and Mark went to Madagascar for the very first Last Chance to See programme which inspired the radio series.

Visited: 1989 Douglas Adams and Mark went to China for the original series to see the now extinct river dolphin.

Visited: 1989A small island in the Indian Ocean was the desitination for Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine to find the Rodrigues fruit bat.

Visited:1989 Juan Fernandez Island off the coast of Chile was the destination for the last programme of the radio series.

Visited: 1989Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine met Ralph the kakapo while recording the original radio series.

Visited: March 2009/April 2009The man-eating Komodo dragon is the focus of Stephen and Mark's visit to Malaysia and Indonesia.

Visited: 1989 Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine survived their encounter with the 'creature with the worst smelling breath of any known to man.'

Visited: November 2008 The search is on for a very unique looking lemur, the aye-aye, with bonus encounters with a fossa, indri and a giant jumping rat.

Visited: 1989To catch a glimpse of this shy and retiring mammal, Douglas Adams and Mark went to Brazil to record the original radio series.

Visited: December 2008/January 2009Stephen Fry and Mark Carwardine track the pleasantly fragrant parrot, the kakapo.

Visited: February/March 2009Stephen and Mark search for the colossal, yet elusive blue whale but find an abundance of sealife along the way.