Steve Backshall is in South Africa where he braves an encounter with a pack of blacktip sharks, faces a swarm of killer bees, and gets close to a lion. Show more
Steve Backshall and his crew are in South Africa. They are looking for one of the most iconic deadly animals of them all, the ferocious great white shark. Show more
Steve Backshall and the crew scour the wetlands of Venezuela in search of more lethal beasts. Steve heads into crocodile infested waters for a nocturnal encounter. Show more
Steve Backshall and the Deadly 60 crew head for the island paradise of Sri Lanka. They journey to Yala National Park, famous for its population of Sri Lankan leopards. Show more
Steve Backshall journeys from the lush mountains of Ethiopia to the plains of South Africa. He encounters one of the most feared predators in Africa, the spotted hyena. Show more
Steve Backshall and the crew head to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, where Steve enjoys an encounter with a bull shark, races with some sailfish and marvels at a million bats. Show more
Steve Backshall continues his search for the planet's deadliest predators with a visit to Florida, where he swims with a wild alligator in the Silver Springs river. Show more
Steve Backshall tracks down some of the largest deadly animals Asia has to offer. Starting in Indonesia, Steve and his crew are chased by a group of Komodo dragons. Show more
Steve Backshall and his crew visit Australia and New Zealand in search of more lethal predators. Steve is dropped onto the nest of a saltwater crocodile. Show more
Steve Backshall embarks on one of his best ever missions, to the steamy rainforests of Costa Rica, where he hunts down some of the deadliest animals in Central America. Show more
Steve Backshall is in the Philippines to seek a living dinosaur, and delves into a subterranean world to find an arachnid with legs four times longer than its body. Show more
Steve Backshall journeys to the heart of South America. A hunt for the mighty anaconda goes badly wrong when Steve is attacked by an unseen predator. Show more
Steve is in Central America for another of his best missions. He takes to the water in search of a monster of the deep seas, and seeks the world's biggest wasp. Show more
Deadly 60 on a Mission
25/02/2011
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland
Steve Backshall is on a mission to meet 60 of the deadliest animals on earth. He risks his life to meet the mighty hippopotamus, and gets hands-on with Africa's deadly snakes. Show more
Steve Backshall takes to the waters of British Columbia, where he encounters a fast and fierce sea lion and one of the weirdest-looking fish on the planet. Show more