Mark Carwardine

Mark Carwardineis a zoologist, an outspoken conservationist, an award-winning writer, a TV and radio presenter, a widely-published wildlife photographer, a best-selling author, a wildlife tour operator and leader, and a magazine columnist. He presented the popular six-part BBC-TV series Last Chance to See, with actor and comedian Stephen Fry, in which the unlikely duo travelled the world in search of a motley collection of endangered species (following in the footsteps of a similar journey Mark had made with Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, 20 years earlier). He also co-presented the BBC-TV series Museum of Life and, for many years, presented the weekly half-hour program Nature on BBC Radio 4. Mark has written more than 50 books on a variety of wildlife, travel and conservation subjects, including several bestsellers. He was Chairman of the Judging Panel of the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition, for seven years (2005-2011), was selected as one of ‘The World's 40 Most Influential Nature Photographers’ in Outdoor Photography magazine, and was one of 58 European nature photographers chosen in 2008 to contribute to Wild Wonders of Europe.