Zoologist, author and broadcaster, Mark Carwardine, is a Council Member of Halesworth charity, World Land Trust. An active and outspoken conservationist, award-winning writer TV and radio presenter, last year Mark worked with Stephen Fry on a BBC Television series: Last Chance to See.

Some twenty years ago Mark had worked with the late, great, Douglas Adams on the first series of Last Chance to See, when their journeys took them as far afield as Zaire in search of the Northern White Rhino, China in search of the Yangtze River Dolphin and the Amazon in search of the Manatee. The book of the series was published in 1990 as a companion to the BBC radio series. In 2001 Mark and Douglas were discussing the possibility of new adventures, when sadly Douglas suffered a heart attack and died that year.

Stephen Fry was a close friend of Douglas Adams, and when Douglas and Mark spent their year travelling the world, Stephen lived in Douglas’ house, and recalls “taking urgent phone calls to send maps and lenses to faraway places.” It seemed a natural evolution that Stephen should take over where Douglas left off and in 2008-09, exactly 20 years after the original journey, Stephen and Mark found themselves heading off to in search of those same animals, to look at how they had fared over the past two decades.

Mark will show dramatic and captivating footage from the series along with beautiful images of the endangered species they encountered. He will read extracts from his books and will talk about ‘life on the road’ with Stephen Fry. World Land Trust is delighted to be teaming up with Halesworth Arts Arts Festival on this charity event, raising funds for WLT’s overseas conservation projects.

Mark will also be signing copies of his book.

Tickets: £12.50 from the Festival box office: 01986 874264

Email Address: [email protected]

Website: www.halesworthartsfestival.org.uk

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