In this special episode Steve Backshall reveals the advanced camera technology and tricks of the trade that allow him and the Deadly 60 crew to film stunning images of the planet's most lethal predators. Including the high-speed camera that captured the breathtaking breach attack of the great white shark and the specially designed camera traps that let the crew film wildlife when they're not even there.

Wildlife shorts. In Indonesia Steve and his crew have a nerve-racking close encounter, when they are chased by a group of ravenous, three metre long Komodo Dragons.

Wildlife shorts. Steve and the crew head to Mexico's breathtaking Yucatán Peninsula where he embarks on a high-octane chase with the fastest fish in the sea, the sailfish.

Wildlife shorts. In Ethiopia Steve has a midnight dinner date with a pack of wild spotted hyenas, one of Africa's most feared predators.

Wildlife shorts. Steve heads to the mountain kingdom of Nepal to paraglide with an Egyptian vulture above the foothills of the Himalayas.

Wildlife shorts. Steve joins a team in South America trying to save the highly endangered Orinoco crocodile and comes face-to-face with a protective mother croc.

Steve and his crew brave a South American thunderstorm to get a close-up view of one of the world's rarest canines, the maned wolf.

Steve and his crew brave a South American thunderstorm to get a close-up view of one of the world's rarest canines, the maned wolf.

In South Africa, Steve uses a special slow-motion camera to capture the stunning split second attack of the highly venomous puff adder.

Steve Backshall brings us another of his favourite animal encounters from the Deadly 60 list. Steve heads to Australia to try and measure the bite force of a giant saltwater crocodile.

Steve gets a privileged close-up look at the swooping skills of an iconic UK bird of prey, the small but deadly Kestrel.

Steve heads to Venezuela looking for the biggest snake in the world, the mighty Green Anaconda, capable of growing to over six metres in length.

Steve is back in Australia for one of his most dramatic encounters ever as he dangles beneath a helicopter and is dropped into the nest of giant, wild saltwater crocodile.

Steve and the crew head to South Africa to try and film the breathtaking breach attack of a great white shark with a special slow-motion camera.

Steve comes face to face with a real life sea-monster, the conger eel, during a night-time dive off the UK coast.

Steve and the crew venture into the 'cave of hanging serpents', to see the awesome hunting skills of the Mexican Night Snake.

In South Africa, Steve shows off the remarkable killer feet of the snake-stomping secretary bird.

Steve and the crew head into the beautiful Alaskan wilderness to look for giant grizzly bears fishing for salmon.

Steve dives into the crystal clear waters of the Silver Springs River in Florida to swim with a wild Alligator.

In Venezuela, Steve has a spine-chilling encounter with the world's largest centipede, the giant scolpendra, armed with a venomous and potentially lethal bite.

In the Indian Ocean, Steve attempts to free dive with the largest animal ever known to have lived, the blue whale.