
Steve and the team are at the Museum of Natural History in Oxford. Steve takes a look inside some of the top predators featured on Deadly 60 to find out what makes them so deadly. The skeletons and jaws of crocodiles, snakes and some of the most lethal sharks on the planet hold the key as to their deadly prowess.
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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.
19-05-2026
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.
19-05-2026
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.
18-05-2026
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.
18-05-2026
CBBC
Series 7: 2. Blue Whales And Saltwater Crocodiles
Steve Backshall heads to Timor Leste in search of the biggest animal to have ever lived - the blue whale. He also hopes to find the saltwater crocodile, one of the giants of land.
18-05-2026
CBBC
Series 5: 1. Braving The Bait Balls
Steve is in search of one of the most spectacular events on earth - bait balls. These wildlife events are so epic that they can be seen from space - but they won’t be easy ...
17-05-2026
CBBC
Series 7: 6. Saving Coral Reefs
In this special episode of Deadly 60, Steve Backshall takes a deep dive into the fate of one of the most extraordinary, and endangered, ecosystems on our planet: coral reefs. Th ...
16-05-2026
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 ...
15-05-2026
CBBC
Series 7: 1. Bears And Vipers In Slovenia
Steve Backshall goes in search of one of Europe’s most venomous snakes: the nose-horned viper. He also hopes to track down a bear and goes deep into a cave system to find ...
15-05-2026
CBBC
Series 6: 3. Ocean Oddballs
Steve is underwater in Indonesia with funny-looking frogfish, a stargazer, flamboyant cuttlefish, a mimic octopus and a Bobbit worm.
13-05-2026
CBBC
Series 7: 6. Saving Coral Reefs
In this special episode of Deadly 60, Steve Backshall takes a deep dive into the fate of one of the most extraordinary, and endangered, ecosystems on our planet: coral reefs. Th ...
16-05-2026
CBBC
Series 7: 4. Slow Loris And King Cobras
Steve Backshall goes in search of bat-hunting boas, meets a team working to save the deadly but cute slow loris, and he comes face to face with the king of snakes: the king cobra.
02-05-2026
CBBC
Series 7: 1. Bears And Vipers In Slovenia
Steve Backshall goes in search of one of Europe’s most venomous snakes: the nose-horned viper. He also hopes to track down a bear and goes deep into a cave system to find ...
15-05-2026
CBBC
Series 2: 26. Endangered Special
Steve Backshall looks at animals that are both deadly and endangered.\n\nSteve explores why mighty animals like the chimpanzee, mountain gorilla and harpy eagle are threatened w ...
01-04-2026
CBBC
Series 7: 5. Puffins And Dragonflies
Steve Backshall heads out to find one of the UK’s greatest predators: the dragonfly. He witnesses the aerial prowess of the hobby and dives underwater with the puffin.
09-05-2026
CBBC
Series 7: 3. Secretive Puma Special
Steve Backshall goes searching for Patagonia’s perfect predator: the puma. After waiting his whole life to see one, Steve sees a tiny cub and witnesses a female puma hunti ...
25-04-2026
CBBC
Series 7: 2. Blue Whales And Saltwater Crocodiles
Steve Backshall heads to Timor Leste in search of the biggest animal to have ever lived - the blue whale. He also hopes to find the saltwater crocodile, one of the giants of land.
18-05-2026
CBBC
Series 4: 10. Gabon Coast
Steve and the crew travel 4,000 miles to the Loango National Park in Gabon. It’s a little-known corner of Africa that deserves a place in Deadly history.\n\nSteve heads ou ...
27-04-2026
CBBC
Series 6: 3. Ocean Oddballs
Steve is underwater in Indonesia with funny-looking frogfish, a stargazer, flamboyant cuttlefish, a mimic octopus and a Bobbit worm.
13-05-2026
CBBC