Deadly Predators
Deadly Predators is a program for youth on CBBC. Join Steve Backshall on his search for Deadly Predators, animals that are deadly in their own world. Meeting them face to face, using epic experiments and the latest graphics, we'll put each predator to the test! The program has been available since 2025. A total of 7 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in July 2025.
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Deadly Predators
Steve finds out which predators have the best weapons on earth, from squid with giant tentacles to free-diving crocodiles and a silent owl assassin.
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Steve goes in search of Deadly Predators with the greatest super-senses on earth. From echolocating bats to supersonic whales, and a snake that sees its prey in complete darkness.
Steve meets a punching shrimp, the world’s heaviest eagle, and comes face to face with a wolf.
Steve gets chased down a mountain by a peregrine falcon and high-dives like a gannet off a cliff.
Steve uncovers the secrets of sharks, the world’s most infamous predators. From the ocean’s most graceful killers to the biggest shark to have ever existed.
Steve dives with a deadly Portuguese man o’ war and creates the ultimate predator with state-of-the-art CGI.
Steve finds out why tigers look green to their prey and why geckos have hairy toes.