Steve takes to the water, adventuring his way through the Blyde Canyon in South Africa on the hunt for one of Africa’s most deadly but surprising animals. Luckily, his plucky team are on hand when the wildlife gets a little too close for comfort.

Steve is in South Africa on the trail of yet another deadly animal. This time, Steve makes a splash while trying to catch a fish with his mouth, realising that he’s not quite as skilled as the mighty fish eagle.

The black mamba is probably South Africa's most feared snake, but does it really deserve a spot on the deadly 60? Steve looks at a number of slithery serpents in an action-packed 'snake-off' to find the answer.

Steve is in South Africa on the hunt for the world's most fearless animal, the honey badger.

Wildlife presenter Steve Backshall tracks down 60 of the world's deadliest animals. Steve braves the waters off South Africa to get close to a great white shark.

Steve roots around in a typical Australian back garden, on the hunt for another deadly animal to fill his list. It's the deadly redback spider that he's after and luck seems to be on his side when he uncovers an eight-legged critter in a garage

Steve takes to the seas in an attempt to demonstrate the speed of the mighty tuna and jumps at the change to get into a huge net with hundreds of these turbo-charged fish.

In Australia, Steve is investigating a mysterious and deadly little arachnid that's causing the local fruit bats to fall out of the trees. It's a paralysis tick and they can also latch themselves onto people!

Steve embarks on another adventure, this time to Australia where he ends up eyeball-to-eyeball with one of the largest lizards on the planet, the Australian lace monitor

Wildlife presenter Steve Backshall explores the outskirts of a town in Australia where locals live side-by-side with one of the deadliest snakes on the planet.

Venturing into the depths of an eerie old Australian gold mine, expert naturalist Steve Backshall searches for another animal for his deadly 60 list. But will he find the secretive ghost bat which has brought him here?

The crew are in the South African bush, with Steve dashing around on the hunt for another deadly animal for his list. He is coaxing a fat-tailed scorpion out of his burrow, but it isn't too pleased to see him!

From the big and the bad to the ugly, Steve Backshall travels the world to show off some of the world's deadliest animals. In Australia, Steve dives off the coast with one of the strangest animals of all - the giant cuttlefish.

Wildlife presenter Steve Backshall tracks down 60 of the world's deadliest animals. In India, a squabble over food shows Steve how unpredictable the sloth bear can be.

Steve and the crew touch down in India. After being schooled in a form of martial art named after the praying mantis, Steve goes on the search for some in the wild

He's in India and the animal in question is a gharial - an ancient crocodilian with a mouth full of teeth and an appetite for fish.

After spending days searching for the Bengal tiger, the crew suddenly seem to be falling over them, getting a little closer than they had bargained for!

Steve Backshall and his intrepid crew are in the jungles of Borneo, abseiling into one of the largest cave systems in the world to find deadly animals for his list. Not only is it dark, spooky and smelly but alive with creepy crawlies.

Steve has heard of a place where thousands of bald eagles arrive every year to feed on the spawning salmon. Keen to see them first-hand, he heads up one of the freezing rivers for a closer look.

The action takes place in Brazil's Northern Savannah. The Deadly 60 crew have a chance encounter with a tough little owl with an ingenious way of catching its supper, and Steve shows why it deserves a place on the list.

Naturalist Steve Backshall canoes and treks through Borneo to find deadly animals for his list. He's on the hunt for a reptile but not just any reptile. He's about to have a rather close encounter with the largest snake in the world!

There's only one animal on Steve's mind in this episode - sharks. And there are plenty of species of shark to choose from in the Bahamas. After helping to release a baby lemon shark at a research center, Steve heads out into the ocean for an encounter with some adult lemon sharks that he will never forget.

Wildlife presenter Steve Backshall tracks down 60 of the world's deadliest animals. Steve and his crew get hot and humid in the Southern USA, as they hunt for the swamp beasts with the biggest bite. They aren't disappointed as they come face to face with an enormous Alligator-Snapping Turtle.

Steve and the crew are helping a team of shark scientists to tag tiger sharks in the Bahamas. Steve has one of his favourite encounters from the series as he helps a tiger shark to get water flowing over its gills by guiding it through the water.

Wildlife presenter Steve Backshall tracks down 60 of the world's deadliest animals. Steve takes to the seas in an attempt to demonstrate the speed of the mighty tuna and jumps at the change to get into a huge net with hundreds of these turbo-charged fish.

In the snowy mountains of Alaska, Steve comes face-to-face with a shy but deadly predator, the beautiful wolverine.

Wildlife presenter Steve Backshall tracks down 60 of the world's deadliest animals. Here, he puts the fastest animal on the earth to the test as he races a peregrine falcon in a sports car. There is no contest and Steve almost loses his head.

Steve and the crew head for the hills of Arizona as they take on arguably the toughest assignment of the series - finding a mountain lion.

A helicopter trip over the vast expanse of Brazil's northern savannah helps adventurer Steve Backshall find his next contender for the Deadly 60. He is in search of the elusive giant anteater, but can he get close enough to film one for his list?

Steve and his crew are in the rainforests of Brazil on the search for contenders for a place on the Deadly 60. The forest is teeming with wildlife, not to mention some seriously large spiders - but Steve is after a monster tarantula for his list.

The clear waters of Borneo's coast are home to a deadly shoal of barracuda and Steve Backshall finds himself at the centre of them.

In the warm waters off Borneo's coast, Steve Backshall and the Deadly 60 team encounter a lightning-fast spear mantis shrimp as it hunts for its supper.

Wildlife presenter Steve Backshall tracks down 60 of the world's deadliest animals.

Wildlife presenter Steve Backshall tracks down 60 of the world's deadliest animals.

Steve is in South Africa on a mission to track down one of the deadliest predators of the series, the Nile crocodile. He comes face to face with one of these living dinosaurs in a heart-stopping encounter.

Wildlife presenter Steve Backshall tracks down 60 of the world's deadliest animals. With help from some cool technology, the Deadly 60 crew go in search of one of Arizona's deadliest predators, the iconic rattlesnake.

Wildlife presenter Steve Backshall tracks down 60 of the world's deadliest animals. Determined to see one of the strangest animals to inhabit the waters of Brazil's flooded forest, Steve and the team go in search of pink river dolphins. The result is one of the most magical encounters of the series.

Deep in the Brazilian jungle at night, Steve and the team witness one of the most amazing spectacles of the series as they encounter a colony of army ants on the move.

Wildlife presenter Steve Backshall tracks down 60 of the world's deadliest animals. Steve Backshall and the Deadly crew find themselves in deep water as they head into the flooded forests of Brazil. The water is teeming with life and Steve has a chance encounter with a mysterious flesh-eating fish that makes the local piranha look positively tame.