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Throughout this series, Steve Backshall has travelled across the globe encountering wildlife from the cuddly to the deadly, putting his stamina and his bravery to the test along the way. In this special episode, Steve counts down through his top five adventures of the series, re...
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Steve travels to Japan to prove that it's possible to find extraordinary animals and adventure in one of the busiest countries on the planet. He kayaks through frozen seas to encounter the gigantic Steller's sea eagle, skis into frozen mountains to search for deer, takes a hot bath with Siberian swans drawn to Japan by its... 15:00 Expired
Steve Backshall continues his search for wild tigers in Bhutan. This time, his journey continues by kayak, navigating the treacherous rapids of the Drangme Chu river where he struggles to keep his head above water. His search then continues, high up in the Himalayas, on a mission to find out if rumours of tigers living at ... 15:00 Expired
Steve Backshall heads to Bhutan in search of wild tigers. As part of a basecamp full of international scientists, film-makers and experts, his job is to find out if tigers are thriving in Bhutan's jungles. With the help of a sniffer dog, trained to track down tiger scat - or poo - he goes off in search of clues. On his jou... 15:00 Expired
Steve Backshall continues his search for wildlife in the jungles of Borneo. This time, his quest for the unexplored parts of the rainforest take him down a 160m drop, deep into a sinkhole. Getting in there and dangling on the end of a rope pushes his bravery to the limit. Once down, the expedition venture underground into ... 15:00 Expired
Steve Backshall heads to the jungles of Borneo to track down the wildlife hidden beneath the canopy. Along with a team of international scientists, experts and film-makers, he's on a mission to prove just how special this jungle is, in the hope of protecting it from destruction by loggers. His job is to find out what's liv... 15:00 Expired
Steve Backshall goes in search of the super-giants of the seas on this Deadly Adventure. Starting on the Californian coast he gets too close for comfort with elephant seals, as the huge males battle it out on the beaches, hoping to impress the females. Driven on by a fascination with ocean super-giants he heads to South Af... 15:00 Expired
Steve Backshall takes on his most deadly challenge in the swamps of Botswana's Okovango Delta. His aim is to swim with the nile crocodile, a terrifying and effective predator that has outlived the dinosaurs, and is feared today by people and animals alike. As he descends into the dark and eerie water world, he encounters a... 15:00 Expired
Steve continues to search for new animals, this time on Mount Bosavi, an ancient volcano that last erupted 200,000 years ago. Any animals here could be entirely new to science, and so when a tiny skull is found, Steve and his teammates dedicate days and nights to trekking through the crater in search of this mystery animal... 15:00 Expired
Steve Backshall pushes deeper into Papua New Guinea's secret world by climbing into a vast and unmapped cave system. This underground world is flooded with raging water, and moving just a few meters is slow, hard work, but it's worth it, as each new step is pure exploration. Together with a team of expert cavers, Steve map... 15:00 Expired
Steve Backshall travels into the heartland of Papua New Guinea, a lost world covered in thick jungle and teeming with strange wildlife found nowhere else on earth. Working with an international team of scientists and film-makers, Steve's aim is to document the wildlife here and discover new species. On his first mission do... 15:00 Expired
Steve continues his adventures in Venezuela to reach the summit of a totally unexplored mountain. Back on the rock after his fall, the team climb right into a mysterious cave which contains the bones of unknown animals. After one more night on the cliff face Steve eventually becomes the first person ever to reach the summi... 15:00 Expired
Steve ventures into Venezuela to undertake one of the deadliest adventures he'll ever face. His mission is to climb a totally unexplored mountain to find out what animals live at the summit. Isolated for millions of years, the top promises to be a lost world inhabited by creatures totally new to science. Steve sleeps the n... 15:00 Expired
Steve continues his search for undiscovered animals in South America, joining a group of scientists, naturalists and film-makers all united by the common goal of saving Guyana's wildlife. They will record every animal they see in the hope of proving these jungles are too precious to be cut down.Steve ventures up unexplored...August 2015
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Steve travels to Guyana and is the first person ever to look for creatures at the bottom of a roaring waterfall. To get there he must abseil down 240 metres of rope into the roaring unknown around the plunge pool. It is a paradise for frogs and, even though he is hundreds of miles from the ocean, it's a haven for crabs. Bu...