
Steve turns up the heat in Namibia, searching for deadly animals in one of the hottest places on the planet! A clever camera brings him right up close to a tiny but mighty spider, while sheer sweat and persistence pay off as the team tracks down one of the most elusive and deadly reptiles in the dunes. \n\nBarely stopping for breath, Steve has a close encounter with a vulture, which leads the team to try a wacky experiment with gruesome results.
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Series 1 - South Africa
Wildlife series. Steve Backshall tracks down 60 of the world's deadliest animals. In Hoedspruit, South Africa, Steve encounters an angry hippo and a venomous scorpion.
19-11-2025
CBBC
Series 2: 15. Philippines
Steve dives in the beautiful waters of the Philippines to check out a shark that spends most of the day 550 metres below the surface. He swims with one of the deadliest snakes o ...
16-11-2025
CBBC
Series 2: 14. Philippines Part One
Steve is in the Philippines for more deadly encounters. He goes nose-to-nose with a living dinosaur, meets an arachnid with legs four times longer than its body and has a night- ...
09-11-2025
CBBC
Series 6: 10. Snake Island
Steve Backshall heads to a place very few people ever go: Snake Island in Brazil, where the concentration of snakes is higher than anywhere else on earth.
03-11-2025
CBBC
Series 2: 13. Thailand
In Thailand, Steve comes face-to-face with the longest venomous snake in the world, the king cobra, whose bite could kill an elephant. He meets two of Thailand's killer cats for ...
02-11-2025
CBBC
Series 6: 9. Otter Hide And Seek
Steve Backshall dives into the world of the caiman, learns about the plight of the world’s biggest parrot and tries to find his nemesis - the giant river otter.
31-10-2025
CBBC
Series 6: 5. Dragons And Death Adders
Steve Backshall is in Sydney, Australia, searching for the world’s most venomous spider, the fastest striking snake and an ocean dragon that is a camouflaged assassin.
31-10-2025
CBBC
Series 6: 8. Meerkat Madness
Steve Backshall is in the Kalahari to search for its weirdest residents. From aardwolves to aardvarks and mischievous meerkats, Steve is hoping for some Deadly firsts.
30-10-2025
CBBC
Series 4: 4. Norway
Steve and his trusty crew embark on an epic journey to a remote corner of Norway to experience a very special wildlife spectacle. Each year in November millions of herring pass ...
02-09-2025
CBBC
Series 6: 5. Dragons And Death Adders
Steve Backshall is in Sydney, Australia, searching for the world’s most venomous spider, the fastest striking snake and an ocean dragon that is a camouflaged assassin.
31-10-2025
CBBC
Series 6: 4. Bat Spectacular
Steve Backshall is in Zambia to witness ten million fruit bats undertake the world’s largest aerial migration. However, these bats are a buffet for Africa’s top thre ...
30-10-2025
CBBC
Series 6: 6. Jaguar Special
Steve Backshall is in Brazil searching for the world’s most elusive cat: the jaguar. He sees them swimming, meets mothers and cubs, and even witnesses one jaguar hunting a ...
27-10-2025
CBBC
Series 6: 7. Camouflage Killers
Steve Backshall is in Australia to search for the world’s most freaky and venomous fish: the stone fish. He also finds trapdoor spiders and a snake that hunts bats.
29-10-2025
CBBC
Series 6: 2. Saving Sharks
Steve dives with 100 grey nurse sharks - aka ragged-tooth sharks - a wobbegong and a gigantic whale shark, and he joins a mission in Indonesia to save sharks from over-fishing w ...
28-10-2025
CBBC
Series 6: 9. Otter Hide And Seek
Steve Backshall dives into the world of the caiman, learns about the plight of the world’s biggest parrot and tries to find his nemesis - the giant river otter.
31-10-2025
CBBC
Series 6: 10. Snake Island
Steve Backshall heads to a place very few people ever go: Snake Island in Brazil, where the concentration of snakes is higher than anywhere else on earth.
03-11-2025
CBBC
Series 6: 1. Cheetah Special
Steve Backshall tracks cheetahs across Zambia by motorbike, witnessing epic hunting and the challenges faced by this endangered predator.
27-10-2025
CBBC
Series 6: 8. Meerkat Madness
Steve Backshall is in the Kalahari to search for its weirdest residents. From aardwolves to aardvarks and mischievous meerkats, Steve is hoping for some Deadly firsts.
30-10-2025
CBBC