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Last broadcast on Mon, 2 Nov 2009, 02:20 on BBC One (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine head to the ends of the earth in search of animals on the edge of extinction.
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.
Clips (5)
The Kakapo
Douglas Adams described the kakapo as the 'world's largest, fattest and least-able-to-fly parrot'. Mark Carwardine describes it rather more charitably.
Stephen Fry in New Zealand
Stephen Fry holds a tuatara, a native species found only in New Zealand. Despite appearances it is actually reptile, not a lizard.
Credits
- Presenter
- Stephen Fry
- Presenter
- Mark Carwardine
- Director
- Ben Southwell
- Producer
- Ben Southwell
- Executive Producer
- Sam Organ
- Executive Producer
- Andre Singer
Broadcasts
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Sun 4 Oct 200920:00
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Tue 6 Oct 200920:00
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Tue 6 Oct 200923:50
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Wed 7 Oct 200900:20
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Mon 2 Nov 200902:20
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