Meetings with remarkable animals

Guide dog Laura needed a new home. And, after listening to her owner talk on the radio about what would happen to her much loved guide and companion when she retired, Martin Clunes picked up the phone. He’d always been a soft touch when it came to animals. One more couldn’t hurt. Adopting Laura opened his eyes to the extraordinary care provided by assistance dogs, but also piqued his curiosity. Throughout history, our meetings with remarkable animals have eased, enriched and sometimes saved our lives in countless and surprising ways. Together with his own life-changing encounters with animals around the world, Martin celebrates the intelligence, loyalty and companionship of some truly extraordinary creatures whose lives have been entwined with our own.