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Amazonian Manatee

Last Chance to SeeSeries 1
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Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine search for animals on the edge of extinction. They discover how the Amazonian manatee, a freshwater mammal, has survived.

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.

They 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.

59 minutes

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Sat 18 Dec 201018:00
BBC HD

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PresenterStephen Fry
PresenterMark Carwardine
ProducerTim Green
DirectorTim Green
Executive ProducerSam Organ
Executive ProducerAndré Singer

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  • Sun 6 Sep 200920:00
    BBC Two except Yorkshire
  • Tue 8 Sep 200920:00
    BBC HD
  • Tue 8 Sep 200923:20
    BBC Two except Yorkshire
  • Mon 5 Oct 200900:30
    BBC One except Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales
  • Wed 7 Oct 200900:50
    BBC One Northern Ireland
  • Wed 6 Jan 201000:00
    BBC HD
  • Tue 13 Jul 201020:00
    BBC Four
  • Wed 14 Jul 201002:25
    BBC Four
  • Tue 14 Dec 201019:00
    BBC HD
  • Wed 15 Dec 201001:00
    BBC HD
  • Sat 18 Dec 201018:00
    BBC HD

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