Deadly 60
Deadly 60 is a program for youth on CBBC. Steve Backshall tracks down 60 of the world's deadliest animals in Deadly 60. The popular program has been available since 2025. A total of 89 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in October 2026.
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Deadly 60
Palm oil is a wonder product, but the spread of it causes devastating deforestation. Steve Backshall explains what we can all do to help.
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From checking where your pet comes from to not sharing ‘cute’ photos online, there are things we can all do to combat the illegal pet trade. Steve takes us through them.
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.
From reusable bottles to beach cleans, Steve Backshall shares his tips for combating the rising tide of ocean plastic.
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.
Naturalist Steve Backshall's global search for deadly creatures takes him to meet the saltwater crocodile and search for huge-fanged ghost bats.
Naturalist Steve Backshall investigates the Pacific's giant cuttlefish, the elusive duck-billed platypus, and the lethal yellowfin tuna.
September 2026
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.
Steve Backshall heads to Oman in search of the most cryptically camouflaged animals of the underwater world. They range from leopard sharks to the octopus, and cuttlefish to a giant moray eel.
Steve Backshall's quest for deadly species sees him come face to face with a huge lace monitor lizard and encounter a venomous redback spider.
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.
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.
Steve goes on a journey to meet the extraordinary people fighting to save one of the most important environments on earth: the coral reef.
Steve heads into the heart of the Suriname Jungle. He goes in search of poison dart frogs, deadly snakes and hopes to find the elusive giant river otter.
Steve heads down in a deep-sea submersible to explore the ocean depths like never before. He then travels to the Natural History Museum to meet some of the weirdest animals from the deep.
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 caiman.
August 2026
Steve takes a special journey to meet the most trafficked animal on earth - the pangolin. He meets the people working tirelessly to save them.
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.
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.
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.