Season 1
6 episodes · Sep 6, 2009
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- S1E1
Amazonian Manatee
Sep 6, 200960mStephen 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.
- S1E2
Northern White Rhino
Sep 13, 200960mOn 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.
- S1E3
Aye-Aye
Sep 20, 200960mIn 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.
- S1E4
Komodo Dragon
Sep 27, 200960mThis week's program is ostensibly about Komodo dragons, but Stephen and Mark start their travels in Malaysian Borneo - and that's where they experienced their personal highs and lows of the trip.
- S1E5
Kakapo
Oct 4, 200960mIn New Zealand Stephen and Mark look for the last kakapo, a fat, flightless parrot.
- S1E6
Blue Whale
Oct 18, 200960mIn a dramatic conclusion to the series, the travelers 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.