Steve seeks out deadly creatures in miniature, including Australia’s most beautiful spider, Oman’s deadly deathstalker scorpion and a bright blue beauty in Indonesia.
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Series 7: 9. Peacock Jumping Spider
Steve seeks out deadly creatures in miniature, including Australia’s most beautiful spider, Oman’s deadly deathstalker scorpion and a bright blue beauty in Indonesia.
09-10-2026
CBBC
Series 4 - Shorts: 4. Palm Oil
The oil palm is a remarkable tree, with an incredibly diverse fruit that can be used for many different things - from shampoo and soap to toothpaste, crisps and chocolate. Unfor ...
08-10-2026
CBBC
Series 4 - Shorts: 3. Exotic Pet Trade
An exotic pet is something that is slightly different from your average cat, dog or hamster and is often an animal from a far-flung place. Steve has kept snakes, spiders and sco ...
07-10-2026
CBBC
Series 4 - Shorts: 2. Climate Change
From saving energy to walking instead of using the car, Steve Backshall shares his ideas for small things we can all do to be climate change heroes.
06-10-2026
CBBC
Series 4 - Shorts: 1. Plastics
Plastic is one of the greatest inventions in human history. It makes so much of our lives possible, but how we dispose of it is now a massive problem. By the year 2050 it’ ...
05-10-2026
CBBC
Series 7: 8. Giant Sea Lions And Chilean Bullfrog
Steve Backshall heads to the cities of Chile in search of the wildlife surviving alongside people. From feisty sea lions to a giant bullfrog that needs protecting for its survival.
02-10-2026
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 ...
24-08-2026
CBBC
Series 7: 8. Giant Sea Lions And Chilean Bullfrog
Steve Backshall heads to the cities of Chile in search of the wildlife surviving alongside people. From feisty sea lions to a giant bullfrog that needs protecting for its survival.
02-10-2026
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.
25-08-2026
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 ...
08-08-2026
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.
28-08-2026
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 ...
24-08-2026
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 ...
26-08-2026
CBBC
Series 3 - Alaska
Wildlife series. Steve and the crew head into the beautiful Alaskan wilderness, home to some of the most impressive predators on Earth - humpback whales and grizzly bears.
26-08-2026
CBBC