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Heads up...
Oct. 5th, 2009 04:46 pmBBC's "Last Chance to See" is currently running, and is available on Usenet or many torrent sites. Usenet has standard and hi-def versions - I think it's very likely that this one is well worth downloading in high def (720p, 1.2GB per show)
Episode 5 has just posted.
From the program description for the first episode:
Most of us would happily follow Stephen Fry anywhere, so his latest venture seems the perfect project: retracing the steps of his friend Douglas Adams in search of endangered species. Adams's book Last Chance to See inspired conservationists, but he died before he could revisit it. His collaborator then was mild-mannered zoologist Mark Carwardine, who also accompanies Fry here as they head first to Brazil in search of the Amazonian manatee. What follows is the usual lilting montage of scenic views and genial encounters, enlivened by Fry's turn of phrase: "They feel like an old vinyl lilo," he says of river dolphins. The manatee itself turns out to be very sweet, but it's overshadowed by the scene where Fry breaks his arm getting onto a boat: it's no fun at all watching a national treasure in agony.
Episode 5 has just posted.
From the program description for the first episode:
Most of us would happily follow Stephen Fry anywhere, so his latest venture seems the perfect project: retracing the steps of his friend Douglas Adams in search of endangered species. Adams's book Last Chance to See inspired conservationists, but he died before he could revisit it. His collaborator then was mild-mannered zoologist Mark Carwardine, who also accompanies Fry here as they head first to Brazil in search of the Amazonian manatee. What follows is the usual lilting montage of scenic views and genial encounters, enlivened by Fry's turn of phrase: "They feel like an old vinyl lilo," he says of river dolphins. The manatee itself turns out to be very sweet, but it's overshadowed by the scene where Fry breaks his arm getting onto a boat: it's no fun at all watching a national treasure in agony.
