In Search of the aye-aye Exclusive: The 1985 pilot show

Douglas, Mark and the crew on a mountain. Photo by Mark Carwardine

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Searching for the aye-aye of Madagascar

Listen to the original radio programme that inspired Last Chance to See, Natural Selection: In Search of the Aye-aye. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 1 November 1985, this is how it was billed at the time:

The aye-aye of Madagascar is one of the rarest and strangest animals in the world - who better to search for it than Douglas Adams, author of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' and naturalist Mark Carwardine?


Endangered Animals

Kakapo. Photo by Mark Carwardine

Kakapo

Mark Carwardine's take on the plight of the rarest animals in the world.

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