7.7/1042 votes#1 - Amazonian Manatee
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/2009
Stephen 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.
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- 7.9/1038 votes
#2 - Northern White Rhino
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/2009
On 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.
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- 8.3/1033 votes
#3 - Aye-Aye
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/20/2009
In 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.
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- 7.9/1030 votes
#4 - Komodo Dragon
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/27/2009
This 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.
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- 8.2/1044 votes
#5 - Kakapo
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/4/2009
In New Zealand Stephen and Mark look for the last kakapo, a fat, flightless parrot.
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- 8.0/1027 votes
#6 - Blue Whale
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/2009
In 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.
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A follow-up to the 1990 Radio 4 series in which the late Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine travelled around the world in search of endangered...
Genre:Documentary
Network:BBC Two
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Amazonian Manatee" is the best rated episode of "Last Chance to See" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 42 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/6/2009. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Northern White Rhino".