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 92 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in October 2026.
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Deadly 60
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.
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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.
Series 1
Steve Backshall and the team brave the intense heat of the Arizona desert. Featuring the hunting skill of the Harris hawk, some deadly rattlesnakes and an elusive cougar.
Series 7
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.
Series 1
Children's wildlife documentary. The team battle freezing conditions to view a wolverine and Arctic foxes, and search for where bald eagles arrive to feed on salmon.
Series 7
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 hunting an armadillo.
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.
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 a dragon.
Series 3
Wildlife series. Steve and the crew head to Mexico's breathtaking Yucatan Peninsula, where he embarks on a high-octane chase with the fastest fish in the sea.
Series 1
Children's wildlife documentary. Scouring the UK for lethal beauties, Steve goes otter-spotting with Terry Nutkins and meets with the UK's biggest spider.
Series 3
Wildlife series. Steve Backshall looks for one of the most iconic of all predators in South Africa, the ferocious great white shark.
Series 1
The Deadly 60 team scours the UK in search of its lethal beauties. Gannets prove to be more than a match for Steve in a diving competition.
Series 3
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.
Wildlife series. Steve is on his home turf, scouring land, sea and air for some of the deadliest critters that the UK has to offer.
Wildlife series. In the medieval Ethiopian city of Harar, Steve Backshall has a unique and potentially lethal encounter with a pack of spotted hyenas.
Series 7
Steve Backshall heads to Oman, where he abseils to a verreaux's eagle nest, tracks down wolves and swims alongside a super pod made up of over 100 dolphins.
Series 3
Wildlife series. Steve Backshall travels to Indonesia in search of three very different reptiles to add to his list of 60 deadly predators.
Series 1
Steve Backshall is in Borneo, tracking down underwater animals for his Deadly 60 list. He comes face to face with a highly venomous scorpion fish and a spear mantis.
Naturalist Steve Backshall's search for deadly creatures takes him to Borneo's Gomantong caves where thousands of cockroaches and the scutigera centipede await.
Series 7
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.