Shark Bites
Shark Bites is a documentary on CBBC. Steve Backshall explores the amazing world of sharks, revealing the surprising inner workings that allow them to hold their own at the top of the food chain. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 6 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in July 2024.
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Shark Bites
Steve Backshall learns about our very own gentle giant - the basking shark. It can be found in the UK's coastal waters every spring and summer.
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Steve Backshall meets a shark that is a master of teamwork - the blacktip shark. The blacktip isn't the largest shark in its territory, so it adopts a sensible solution to survive.
Series 1
Steve Backshall learns about sharks. Steve looks at what makes the great white shark such a perfect predator and one of the greatest hunters on the planet.
Steve Backshall goes to the coast of Malaysian Borneo where he meets the whitetip reef shark, which turns into a highly honed hunter at night.
Steve meets a shark that is the master of moves. The Caribbean reef shark has lightning-quick reaction times and is one seriously flexible fish.
Steve Backshall learns about sharks. Here, he meets the lemon shark - the snappiest shark in the world - while diving in the Bahamas in the Caribbean.