About this season
Wildlife presenter Steve Backshall tracks down 60 of the world's deadliest animals.
Episodes (11)
1. Rhino Rescue Special
Aired 17 February 2020 • 29 min
Steve joins teams trying to prevent the rhino from being hunted to extinction.
2. Bali
Aired 24 February 2020 • 29 min
Steve sets sail to Bali for a diving adventure to find a giant ocean sunfish. He rescues fish trapped in an abandoned net and meets the teenagers fighting to ban plastic bags on the island.
3. Gabon Jungle
Aired 2 March 2020 • 29 min
Steve travels to Gabon for the first time. Exploring Loango National Park, Steve goes in search of crocodiles, surprisingly deadly chimpanzees and feisty forest elephants.
4. Norway
Aired 9 March 2020 • 28 min
Steve heads to Norway to dive with the planet’s ultimate predator - the orca. He also witnesses the northern lights and gets up close to the mighty mouth of a humpback whale.
5. South Africa
Aired 16 March 2020 • 29 min
Steve witnesses a serval hunting in the weird surroundings of a power station at night, puts snakes to the test in a chomp-off and meets a rare spider.
6. Ecuador Oceans
Aired 23 March 2020 • 29 min
Steve heads to Ecuador to dive with the giant manta ray. He also gets a unique view of the biggest baby on Earth and rescues a turtle caught in a fishing line.
7. Borneo
Aired 30 March 2020 • 29 min
Steve gets strangled by a python on a night-time river expedition, climbs a 40-metre tree and finds out why our thirst for palm oil is threatening bears and orangutans.
8. Shark Rescue Special
Aired 6 April 2020 • 28 min
Steve dives in the shark capital of the world, meets hammerhead and tiger sharks nose to nose and passionately explains why sharks need friends.
9. Ecuador Jungle
Aired 13 April 2020 • 29 min
Steve heads to the Amazon rainforest in search of some of the deadliest critters on Earth, from deadly snakes to freaky spiders.
10. Gabon Coast
Aired 20 April 2020 • 28 min
Steve finds out who is boss as he faces a real-life King Kong. He gets up close to Africa’s largest snake and stakes out a crocodile nest to try and catch a sneaky thief red-handed.
11. Unseen
Aired 27 April 2020 • 28 min
Deadly special featuring some of the best moments from the series. Steve races a cheetah, rescues a king cobra and shares some of those rare times when things go wrong.